Friday, November 7, 2008

Random Cell Phone Pics

We Voted!!
Actually the kids pushed all of the buttons for us.


Last Piece


Our Secret Spot


Hunting Buddies





Almost Lost
Squirrels have a habit of burying themselves after getting shot. This makes it difficult to find them. Move any of the leaves and your potential for covering them deeper is greater. This squirrel ran down the tree and ran about 20'. By the time we made our way to the tree we could not find which way it ran. We thought he missed and almost gave up. Then I spied a little bit of tail sticking out of the leaves.
WARNING: GRAPHIC PICTURES!






A Happy and Successful Hunter





Self Photos Explained



My Brunch Just Arrived

Kenton and I had to agree that he had the best mommy in the world and I had the best wife!! Wow....Pastor's Office service with some flavor! Thanks to my family who are so good to me!!

Back Hoe Work

I love doing work for Hatcher's Game Preserve. I usually end up with pheasant hunts! This time I did the work in exchange for 2 14"x 20' gas well pipe casings. I will use them to cover in the ditch in front of the church rental house.



Greg chaining the bridge to be lifted.




Spending Quality Time With Kids

I have been promising the kids to go spotting for deer for two weeks now. So Wednesday after Bible Study we were to go out. Something changed those plans and so we set out last night. Kenton and I took turns using the light and Vincent and Kendra sat back and enjoyed the show.

A trophy 8 point was bedded down behind a doe about 50' from the road. By the time I got my cellphone camera out it was already 150' away. So I did not get a good picture of the buck. About a 16-17" inch inside spread and about 18" high.

Just as we started to drive away we realized a small spike buck was laying about 30' from our van. It just laid there and watched us. Of course we had to make noise and watch it run away.

Some doe browsing under an apple tree.

We saw a total of 40+ deer in about 30 minutes.




The Subtle Etiquette of the Man Hug



Hat Tip to Jon Delamarter

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Eating Breakfast with Tommy.....

.......My Buckeye Buddy and Company . Company included Tom and Cindy Misch, Henry and Jan Miller, and my family. We had a great time and hope to do it again some day.
Tommy gets harrased by me allot. Somehow Penn State had something to do with it that morning.
Go Joe Pa!! Go Buckeyes!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Revival Sermons with Rev. Henry Miller

Thursday night:
Psalm 103
6 Blessings of the Lord.

Friday night:
Mathew 6:19-34
If God is not your #1 priority in life, you don't have God in your life.

Saturday night:
Hebrews 11
A faith that Saves, Sanctifies, and Satisfies.
We are looking forward to some good services today!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Good News...

...for we people with VISTA.... Windows 7.0 will come out next year

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/20081028/tc_cnet/83011386031007686456

Starting the Siding on the Church

Thanks to Dad and Rev. Paul Houseworth for helping out.










Thank You's from the Bulletin

Most of the time I forget to add church bulletin items in my blog. This week with so many helping out I want to make sure and thank everyone again for their help. Of course nobody likes praise. At least that is what I have found. The hardworking humble servant does not want praise because it goes against his character, and the slacking servant does not want to hear praise for the hardworking servant because it hurts his foolish pride. Never the less at the risk of offending everyone I have always made it a policy to thank everyone that helps in some way around the church every week. It is my trademark. So with that.....from the bulletin:

I want to thank everyone who helped out around the church the paste two weeks. It was extra busy with the amount of work I had with my schooling and I appreciated everyone that helped out. Thanks to Buddy and Lisa Carr for donating the LVL beam for the platform renovation. Blaine Cosner, Jim Gurnee and Roy Shumate helped out as well. Special thanks to Jim Gurnee and Rev. Paul Houseworth who started the siding project. Wayne Drury stopped by to for a few hours Friday. Tom Rodgers worked on the outside water lines, helped get the siding material, and assisted some with the siding on Friday. Roy Shumate provided the scaffolding that we will be using to do the high part. Paul Klien cleaned up after everyone. Andy Crouch did some work on the rental house for us. Larry Miller kept the live stock fed while we were away Friday and Saturday. May the Lord bless each and every one of you for your help in this on going project. Our goal is to have the church sealed up for winter and the platform area opened up for the Christmas program.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Thanks to My Congregation

I want to express my gratitude to the best bunch of people anywhere! It is not very often you find people that are so gracious, love you the way you are, and put up with you the way they do. It makes me want to live here forever. For the past 5 weeks they have done something special every Sunday morning for their pastor. I have heard of other pastors getting special treatments during Pastor Appreciation Month, but this year they out did everyone else and themselves. I am not sure they will be able to top it. They were not doing it because they felt obligated, they did it from their heart and put a lot of love and thought in to it. They have been planning these past 5 Sundays for almost 5 months. I am not sure who all was involved, but special thanks to Peg Shauberger and Ilene Randall for heading up the "taking care of the pastor" committee. My heart was touched each service as they did something out of the ordinary for us.
These three poster boards show pictures from our childhood. They secretly met and talked to our parents to get pictures and information to put this display together.

For more pictures see my wife's blog entry: http://gurneejourney.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-good-shepherd-we-have.html

George is Back Home!

George had several tests including a stress test. Everything came back great! He will undergo more tests at a later date. Kendra helped me do my calling today. She loves riding around with Daddy, and Daddy is so proud of his pretty little girl.