"Amazing Grace" Movie Trailer

Check back tomorrow for details on our group movie outing.

The Gift of Love

Enjoy Sunday's Special Music, The Gift of Love, featuring a duet by Emily and Elaine, and dance by Christina.

Mama Mia's 2007 - "Mystery Dinner Theatre"

The town of Westwood gathered last night in the Town Square for a community supper and the unveiling of a new statue at City Hall. Check out the hilarity that followed after the statue went missing!


The Statue Is Missing!


The Dancing Nuns!


Hannah Sings "Who I Am."


Sherlock Holmes Joins The Investigation.


Justin and Joe Telling Jokes.


Tess and Wren Dancing. (With A Surprise!)


Justin's Song.


The Statue Finally Unveiled!

NO Youth Activities Tonight!

Due to the inclement weather, there will be no Youth Activities tonight. Check out the beautiful pictures of the church covered in snow!

I Killed Elmo!

I didn't kill Elmo; Jeremy Foster did! Watch the video to see why. Have a great weekend and I'll see you Saturday at Mama Mia's!

Youth News

There will be a final rehearsal for those performing at Mama Mia's tomorrow night (Friday) at 6 PM in Whitten Hall.

Mama Mia's is this Saturday! All youth are needed as servers. Wear black pants and a white shirt. Be downstairs in the Sunset Lounge at 4 PM ready to eat. Tom will provide instructions for the evening at 4:30 PM.

The IMPACT Virginia! Early Registration Discount Deadline is this Sunday! Pay only $110 if you get your money and forms in to Tom Kern by February 25! After the 25th, the cost of Impact rises to $135. Get your hard copy forms from Tom or Stephen (church office) or get them from the Files page of our Google Groups web page! You must have a free Google Account to access our group web page.

Don't forget: We are giving away a copy of the book, Jesus With Dirty Feet by Don Everts at FaithStation Sunday night. For a chance to win, make a comment on the Tuesday, February 13 post.

We are tentatively scheduled to go see the movie Amazing Grace on Saturday, March 3. We'll see the 1 PM showing of the movie at the Kingstowne 16 theatre. Cost is $7.25 for the matinee. Check for final details in next week's Youth News and on the blog.

Sunday's schedule will be normal, except we will eat dinner in the Sunset Lounge due to the Bill Cumbie memorial service and reception.

Make sure you check out the calendar at the bottom of the blog to keep informed about upcoming events.

Random Question of the week: Which book in the Bible is your favorite? Why?

Lenten Devotions

Passport offers a daily free Lenten Online Devotion called Journey to the Cross. It is interactive, thoughtful and includes no advertisements whatsoever. Try it out!

This is FaithStation! (Sunday, February 18)

Sunday's second session of The 24/7 Experience found us observing the student travelers in Philadelphia meeting with Shane Claiborne and The Simple Way. The key word was "love." Shane challenged the students with ideas like, "The kingdom of heaven is not just what happens when we die, it's a way of life right now," and "You are literally the hands and feet of Jesus alive in the world." Our challenge as a group was to write the 'hands and feet' phrase down on paper and display it in a prominent place in order to help us learn how living with that truth changes the way we see the world. How about it? How is the truth of being the hands and feet of Jesus changing the way you see the world? And what are you doing about that? Comment on this by Sunday, March 4, for a chance to win a "Jesus Was Homeless" T-shirt.
To read more information about this subject, check out Shane's book, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. There's a great story about the T-shirt in the book!

I Can't Feel My Legs!

Here's some wisdom delivered with humor to help you enjoy your weekend. And what a weekend it ends up being - with the three snow days plus Monday's holiday, it will end up being a 6-day weekend!

See if you can spot the blooper in this video!

Youth News

There will be rehearsals for those performing at Mama Mia's tonight at 6 PM and Saturday, February 17, at 9 AM. Both rehearsals take place in Whitten Hall.

There is no youth choir this Sunday, February 18!

Lake Braddock Musical Theatre presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music on February 15-18. Support Andrew and Devin Rothwell in this classic musical. Contact Patti Rothwell for more information.

Mama Mia's is Saturday, February 24th! Plan now to help out at this important fundraiser for Impact Virginia! All youth are needed as servers.

The IMPACT Virginia! Early Registration Discount Deadline is Sunday, February 25. Pay only $110 if you get your money and forms in to Tom Kern by February 25! After the 25th, the cost of Impact rises to $135. Get your hard copy forms from Tom or Stephen (church office) or get them from the Files page of our Google Groups web page! You must have a free Google Account to access our group web page.

Make sure you check out the calendar at the bottom of the blog to keep informed about upcoming events.

Random Question of the Week: Which team will go farther in this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: John's West Virginia Mountaineers, Stephen's Texas A&M Aggies, or your team?

Valentine's Snow Day!

What a day! Once again school is closed because of inclement weather. (And school is cancelled for tomorrow as well!) And once again that means there are no church activities tonight. As I look outside my office window the day looks beautiful, with one exception: the wind. I hope everyone enjoys their Snow Day! Don't forget to express your love to that special someone(s) in your life - husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend, friend, sibling, parent, GOD!

Views from my neighborhood.

Our front yard.

Flowers for all the girls in my life.

The vase with the three flowers are for Annie, Allison, and Ainsley. The other arrangement is for Randa. It has one red rose for the Valentine's Day we celebrated as an engaged couple and eight pink roses for each of the Valentine's Days we have celebrated as husband and wife.

IV! Early Registration Discount Deadline

Impact Virginia! is June 24-30, 2007. We are going to the Eastern Shore this year.

The Early Registration Discount Deadline for Impact Virginia! is Sunday, February 25. To receive the discount, get your forms and money ($110) in to Tom Kern by the deadline. After the 25th, the cost rises to $135. All information and forms can be found on the Files section of our Google Groups page. The information will be posted to the church website soon. Hard copies are available from Tom or from Stephen at the church office.

Check out last year's Impact video:

This is FaithStation! (Sunday, February 11)

This past Sunday we started our journey with The 24/7 Experience. During this series we will be looking more closely at how to follow Jesus every day. Sunday night's first session introduced us to seven students who we will be observing as they travel the country to meet with some radical Jesus-followers.

We started in New York City and we heard the words of Don Everts, author of the book Jesus with Dirty Feet. In his book, he writes that becoming a follower of Jesus "is never more than Jesus' call, 'Follow Me,' and a response: dropping of familiar nets." What are some "familiar nets" that you are holding on to that you know Jesus is asking you to drop in order to follow him?

Comment on this idea of dropping familiar nets by February 25 for a chance to win a copy of the book, Jesus With Dirty Feet!

Famous Couples Party

The 7th annual Famous Couples Party is in the books and a great time was had by all! Thanks goes to the guys (Mike, Justin, Reggie, and Joe) for planning the party and the Secret Sweeties Week. Also, thanks goes out to Holly and Patti for providing adult help and supervision! And last of all, thanks to all the youth and adults who participated in the evening and who helped set up for the party and then clean it all up afterwards! See you at next year's party!

Souper Bowl of Caring Update

We raised $1,008.30 on Sunday during our Souper Bowl of Caring collection! Half of the money will go to ECHO and the other half will stay here to help our church food pantry. There were also 7 canned goods donated to our church food pantry on Sunday.

Snow Day!

There are no church activities this afternoon or evening because FCPS cancelled school because of the snow - the first official snow day of the year!

HOW DID YOU SPEND YOUR SNOW DAY?