REMINDER: The parent meeting is this Sunday morning during Sunday School. At 9:45 meet in your student’s room on the second floor of the Walton Bldg (MS in the Harbor, 9/10 in the Loft, 11/12 in the Spot). Afterward Andy and I will gather everyone in the Harbor to outline the year’s events. In the […]

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“More Swimming” ~ Ivy (pronounced “simm’n”)     Over the past couple of days Ivy discovered the Olympics, and now nearly every moment, Ivy asks to watch swimming. She loves the races and splashing water. This morning Ivy was crying for “more swimming, daddy”, thankfully last night Megan taped the Women’s Individual Gymnastics to watch this morning. […]

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Hey Folks. I always blog a summary of the Plunge lesson and normally I have it posted by Thursday morning (Wednesday if I am really on the ball… unfortunately the ball is normally rolling away from me!). Of course this week things have been up in the air, so forgive me for posting so late! […]

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“I made it and I like it” ~ Jeniffer Dake’s godson while refusing to have his diaper changed    A word on the shirts: Coming out of a camp where half of us found ourselves hugging the porcelain throne, Andy and I knew we needed to handle the situation with the utmost care and respect. […]

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Yesterday we arrived in the place where Luther turned the church on it head. Today we stood in Buchenwald, a place of unbelievable destruction and hate (though in terms of concentration camps it was minor – more amazing!) Speaking with the students this week – and exaimining myself – so often we choose the easy […]

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