Baptism Parrrrrtayyyyy!

We are having a big baptism party Sunday, July 5th starting @ 3:30pm. It is going to be at Josh Schaeffers lakehouse. Come ready to eat, swim, boat....bring tailgate games.....etc....it's going to be a blast!!!

Here are the details:

Location: 538 Imperial, Martin, GA (map to follow)
Time: 3:30pm - ?
Food: Grilled chicken, ribs, sausage, and hotdogs will be provided. Bring a side dish or a dessert to share.
Drinks: Drinks will be provided.
What else: Bring lawnchairs, swimming stuff, boat, tailgate games.

If you don't feel confident that you can find the location....we will have groups leaving from Toccoa Campus and the Walmart parking lot @ about 3:15.

Also...if you want to be baptized, please let me know!

See you there!
Shannon


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When "date night" goes terribly wrong....

If you were at FCC Toccoa Campus this past Sunday, you realize that I WASN'T! It was the first Sunday that I have missed since we launched the campus last September......and I hated not being there. I heard that Jonathan did a fantastic job of making sure stuff happened....I love that guy! I am truly blessed to have him on my team. Also heard that Brian Rhodes came down and lended a hand....it really is cool to be part of a family of staff members who got each others backs.

So this is what happened...

Saturday night, Amy and I were in Seneca. We did not have any kids for the night and were planning on having a nice date night alone. Maybe some dinner and a movie....something like that probably. I have a small hernia on my bellybutton that I had had for about a year. I noticed the night before that the hernia had become hard and tender to the touch....so while I was waiting for Amy to finish up some business before we headed out to date night, I called my brother, Jon, who is a doctor and asked him about the hernia. From what I described to him, he said that it might be strangulated and cutting off blood to whatever was poking out the hernia. He said that it was fairly serious and he would not wait until the coming week to take care of it because if it were bowel or intestine poking out and it was strangulated, that tissue would die and leave me with a hole in the bowel. So, Amy and I went and grabbed a bite, and headed to the ER (very reluctantly). Both of us thought for sure that this would turn out to be nothing and they would send us home........WRONG! Jon pretty much nailed it! They admitted me to the hospital right then and there and did surgery to repair the hernia Sunday morning. Crazy huh?

Can't wait to be back at church this Sunday....I missed everyone so much! Love you all, and thanks for the thoughts, prayers and calls.