Friday, May 23, 2008

MORE PIX...

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!!



























































Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Monday, May 19, 2008

"CHARIS LEIGH BARRETT"








Check out this "PRINCESS!" She's BEAUTIFUL!!! She's AMAZING!!

























PLEASE KEEP PRAYING! ALL THE LEGALITIES OF THINGS STILL NEED TO TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS - SO KEEP US ALL IN YOUR PRAYERS!!! WE'LL KEEP EVERYONE POSTED ON WHEN IT ALL APPEARS TO BE DONE!! INTERNET ACCESS IS LIMITED WHERE WE ARE LOCATED - SO WE'LL POST STUFF AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE!

Friday, May 9, 2008

THIS WEEK HAS BEEN AT WARP-SPEED!

WOW!

Another week down, only ONE WEEK and counting till our NEW BABY GIRL (CHARIS LEIGH) is here! So excited!

One more week for the boys and school for this year - they are pretty excited about that one for sure!
One more week - till SLEEPLESS nights arrive once again to the Barrett Household!

WOW!! WOW!!! WOW!!!!

It's been a productive week for me - how about you? I guess when you are getting ready to head out of town for a couple weeks, you really get STUFF done - or at least attempt to!? I already prepared the Message for Week #1 (June 01) in our next series - Plastic Jesus. Next week, I will be getting Wk2/June 08 ready! CrAzY!!!

The boys and Momma are really getting ready for everything! This week is a BIG WEEK for us at the COC - I'll share in a minute in the Sunday Snapshot - but what makes it EXTRA BIG is that it's MOTHER'S DAY!

Aren't MAMMA'S Great? What would we do without them? I want to personally take this moment to say a HUGE THANK YOU to my Mom (Susie), my Mom-In-Law (Wanda), and my favorite MOM OF ALL (My Wife-Ginger) for ALL YOU DO and being GREAT EXAMPLE OF JESUS to Myself and to my Children!

Sunday Snapshot...
Week #2 in our CORE Vision Series Month. Gather.Grow.Give.Go

This week we are moving GIVE up a week and talking about the concept of GIVING and how it pertains to our VISION! In simple terms it would be HOW one GIVES in their TIME / TALENTS / TREASURES.

We are actually going to take a closer look at WHAT GOD GAVE to us, and hopefully learn how to better GIVE of ourselves via our Time, Talents, and Treasures!

This is truly a week NOT TO MISS! We have some pretty powerful GUESTS/ILLUSTRATIONS with the Message!

Our SPECIAL GUESTS have actually been seen on ESPN & OPRAH!!

Bring your Kleenex's, hankies, and hearts! Come prepared to HEAR from GOD!

Saturday, May 3, 2008

THE SECRET IS REVEALED!

Hey everyone, hope your week was good! Stayed very busy here! Lots of exciting things happening and getting prepped for! I can't really mix small talk because I can't hardly wait to reveal the BIG SECRET that I've been talking about the last few weeks!

THE SECRET REVEALED...
AS OF THIS MAY 19th (1:30p) IN WICHITA, KS - THE BARRETT'S WILL BE ADDING ONE MORE TO THE CLAN! "CHARIS LEIGH" WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD! WE HAVE BEEN IN A PROCESS FOR ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS, AND WERE SELECTED THIS PAST MONTH TO ADOPT A NEW BABY GIRL! LIFE HAS BEEN GREAT, CRAZY, AND THRILLING ALL TOGETHER THESE PAST FEW WEEKS IN PREPARATION!
ISAAC CAN'T WAIT FOR HIS LITTLE SIS'!
CALEB IS PRACTICING HOLDING A BABY DOLL!
MOMMA - WELL..SHE JUST CAN'T HARDLY WAIT - AS YOU CAN IMAGINE!
AS FOR ME...I'M BASICALLY 'HOSED' - A LITTLE GIRL - WHAT AM I GONNA DO? I BETTER START SAVING NOW FOR THAT WEDDING SOMEDAY!!
SUNDAY SNAPSHOT...

We start up our CORE VISION Series this month! Very excited as we also will be CELEBRATING our 2nd Anniversary as a Church!

May 11th is a Sunday you DO NOT want to miss! We will be having Special Guests with us as seen on ESPN and Oprah! It is a day that YOU CAN'T MISS!


May 18th is actually our ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SUNDAY! A day filled of Hope, Future, & Vision! Unfortunately, with the birth of our Baby Girl, we will not be there to Celebrate, but will be in Prayers and Heart! That afternoon, we will be having a HUGE BLAST with a Picnic in the Park at COBBLESTONE! Dogs, Burgers, Desserts, Bouncers, Music - a day to remember!

Our VISION is simple in Maricopa -
We want to MAKE HIS NAME MORE FAMOUS!

We do this through a simple FOUR STEP - CORE CONCEPT:
GATHER . GROW . GIVE . GO

Each week in this Series - we will be talking specifically about each Concept, and how it plays a part in accomplishing our VISION!

This week, our GATHER Pastor (Brian Klimke) will be introducing our VISION Series this week with the importance of GATHERING! His talk will be specific to becoming a "BETTER IS ONE DAY" WORSHIPPER!

Always remember...
The Church that discovers that God wants Worshippers before Workers, will realize that INTIMACY with Him ALWAYS precedes ACTIVITY with Him!”