Woman's Christmas Tea

Back at the beginning of December, we had a lovely evening Tea. Jinell Arnold coordinated and shared a nice devotion from Isaiah. Here are some pictures. Look for the amazing birthday cake for Jesus.

Don't go to Disneyland right before Christmas. It ticks off the elves.

Robin here.
I posted some of these on Facebook, but wanted to share them here too.

I work with some funny people.

I don't think I've ever been the focus of one of their pranks.

Everything was wrapped.

This is my pencil cup.

No one has taken credit.

Night in Bethlehem :)

                                                         Isn't baby Jesus precious :)

                                          The skits were great!!!!!

                                           And the Roman soldiers were scary.

The kids had fun at the booths. They could make spice satchels, baskets, play games, eat candies and bread, and make necklaces.

                                            Naomi did a great job taking all the guests photos

Erika did a great job organizing everything :) It was such a fun night!

Coming up....

Just to let you know Night in Bethlehem was a great success! So many new faces of people helping, and lots of new people there too! Pictures will be posted on Wed when I get to Shoreline to get them! Little Joshua, who portrayed baby Jesus this year did a spectacular job, that manger looked pretty cozy as he was napping!

Jesus bless you all as we celebrate His becoming Immanuel.

November Update

Since it is nearly December , I thought we better put in an update for the goings on this month! Well we are all 'a twitter' about the Pottengers visit in December! Looking forward to visits. laughter, tears , more laughter, many smiles and lots of fun! Travel safe dear friends.

We are also preparing for a couple of events in December. The Night in Bethlehem event that we started last year with great success., where we turn the church into ancient Bethlehem, and have a marketplace , and a manger complete with a family portraying Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus. It was well received by all the participants last year and we are looking forward to this year and what the LORD will bring! That is happening Dec 11th.

On the the 1st we will be having a Ladies Christmas tea. I am looking forward to that, to help focus on Jesus, who is supposed to be the whole reason for this Holiday! Wanting to have the JOY of the season and not the chaos of the worldly distractions. So I look forward to Singing worship songs and praying and fellowshipping with like minded ladies!

The SENT team has been helping the London team through their preparation process. That has been a blessing to see how that works and to be a part of it. We have more people at the SENT prayer times and that is a blessing too! It is exciting to see all the LORD is doing and how HE is revealing the path bit by bit, and bringing encouragement and clarity when needed.

SKC started again, and they are well staffed and enthusiastic. I haven't seen as many High School and Jr High kids in the Coffee house this season, I hope that changes, as I really enjoy getting to know them and see what Jesus is doing in their lives!

The weather has turned Fall-ish for now! We even had a bit of rain last night! Yay for rain! It is supposed to be a beautiful Thanksgiving. We are planning our menu and everyone is deciding what they want to make. All my kids have their favorite things to make, the boys like to do the turkey, with a homemade cornbread stuffing, and orange maple glaze, my daughter is the dessert master so she will be making pumpkin cheesecake this year! I get to make the sweet potatoes , some with marshmallows and some savory, and I will probably do some green beans.

I am getting hungry already!

Have a Thanksgiving filled with blessings and fellowship. Thanking the LORD for all of you! God bless you!

QUICK NOTE!

Hi all!

Just wanted to let you know that if you go to the Shoreline website (click the link on this page) you can see some funny video announcements. They are posted weekly. They always give me a giggle, so check them out!

Thanks Robin & Mike you are doing a great job!

Men's retreat from Pete's view point!

Well time flies! Our 4th Annual Men's Camping Retreat was Friday September 25th through Sunday the 27th. Our vision for the retreat was to build up the guys of our fellowship in the Lord and in deep, meaningful, and lasting relationships with other guys. We've kept it simple: time in the Word, in fellowship, and with the Lord. Add in some great food, and the guys had a great time.

We were very much blessed by the Lord with an originally unplanned location. We found out about a camp run by Boy Scouts of America called Camp French behind Lopez about 10 or 15 minutes. The location was great--except for maybe the flies! Our retreat just happened to land on a weekend when the flies were swarming--I would say "think plagues" but they were manageable. We did have all of our sessions indoors though because of them. The Lord brought a wind up Saturday and Sunday which helped a lot.Other than the flies, the site was great. We had a full commercial kitchen, serving room, and dining/fellowship hall to ourselves. In fact, we had the entire camp to ourselves--we're talking probably a couple dozen acres all added up including hot showers and a big, open meadow.

Through the weekend, we went through the book of Ephesians in our main sessions. Mike Markovich, Pete Maskal, David Jansen, and Bruce Terrell taught through the book and the guys were given guided observation and application questions (written by the Bible College) to have some time alone with the Lord going through the third chapter themselves.
Another blessing of the weekend was having a number of older men in the Lord join us. We had been praying for more older guys to join the group because we desired to have their fellowship and to glean from their years of walking with the Lord. We also want to see the Lord bring about discipleship relationships.

Altogether the weekend was great. We pray for lasting fruit--not just weekend highs or introductions and acquiantances, but to be closer as men in our fellowship to the Lord and one another.

Amanda's Russia Trip

A few months late, but I asked Amanda to tell me a little bit about her trip to Russia and here are her answers...

1. Tell us about how the Lord moved in YOU during your trip? He moved in me, by challenging myself to step outside of my comfort zone, and with anyone and everyone I came into contact with, I made it a point to show them God's love and share the gospel with those on the otherside of the world.

2. Tell us the first story that comes to your mind when you hear the phrase "the Lord worked in great ways!" There was a young women in Smolensk who was friends with some of our translators. They had been bringing her to church and praying for her salvation for 3 years! While were there, we made it a point to really connect with this girl, who in the middle of the trip at one of the Bible studies gave her life to the Lord. It was the coolest thing ever. To see someone that had been being prayed for, for so long finally surreneder to the Lord, "the Lord truly does work in great ways"

3. What was a typical day like on the trip? We were up at 7 am. Breakfast was at 8, devotions were at 9. After awesome devotions, during the first week we would go out onto the streets of Smolensk and basically share the gospel and hand out invitaions for WAS concerts. The second week, we did an outreach through Music, photography and video. At 4 pm we would have lunch/dinner at "Yum-yum fun land." It was a very fun and colorful atmosphere. On week days around 7 pm PT would do a bible study for a small group of people. It was neat because some of the days the bible study was done out in a big beautiful field. On weekends WAS would do incredible concerts where we saw so many lives saved. When 10 pm hit we were usually hungry again, so we would go out for a late dinner, 15 or more people would follow us just to sit and talk and have fellowship. I loved this, what a perfect way to end ever night by having fellowship and building lasting relationships with these awesome people.

4. Tell us about your favorite ministry you were involved with? The best ministry was the most spontaneous. Those unexpected moments when someone was crying in the corner or just needed you to wrap your arms around them and show God's love. For me there were countless opportunitys for this. I was so blessed.


5. What was the weirdest thing you ate on the trip? Pancakes filled with bacon and cheese, chicken or chocolate sauce. Double layered pizza with shrimp and fish pie....

6. Did you learn any new phrases in other languages on your trip? Slava boga! (praise the Lord)

Men's retreat from Brandon's view point!

The Men's retreat was filled with my three favorite "F's" - Food, Fellowship, Fun...great teaching, sleeping under the stars, and frisbee golf (I'm pretty sure that was more than three words and one or two of those don't actually "start" with F's, but who's asking?). I was a little bit nervous going to a Men's retreat - seeing that I'm barely a young man (16 years old) who is currently lacking in the facial hair department. But after that first night all the older (30 year olds on average...SO old) guys made me feel like I was at home...well...I felt as much at home as one could feel while camping and sleeping on the ground without a bed, protection from bears, my teddy bear, and lights that are able to switch on and off to quickly illuminate the wilderness. But like I said, all the guys were very welcoming which was awesome. I feel like by the end of the trip I knew almost everyone's name and could have a conversation with them no problem. The teaching was fantastic, Mark Mikeovich, Petey Ryan Maskal, and David Jansen did an amazing job. I left on Sunday morning way earlier than any man, woman, or child should be forced to wake up, so I didn't get to hear the last of the teaching which was the following morning...I'm sure it was excellent, though! The food was fantastic! Big thanks to Pete, Mike, Xiane, George, and all the others who helped in the kitchen! I also would like to send out a special thanks to Oroweat and Costco for producing amazing products! I was blessed and encouraged so much by the trip and I can't wait for the next T-Party. T for testosterone, obviously.

More to come from other participants!

Exciting!

Hello Blog-Followers!

We are in the process of uploading last Sunday's message, titled "What if We Didn't Go?" in video form on the blog but have hit a few different road blocks. Bear with us as we seek to be smarter than our computers...

In the meantime, the message is available in audio form here.

We are so excited for what the Lord is doing here and in the world around us. His BIG picture is so much more amazing than the small portions of it that we see. What an amazing God we serve...

"Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him..." Genesis 12:1-4a (NKJV)

Worship 10-04-09

Hey there!

Here is the worship. We had another Sunday (third in a row) where we had quite a bit of our worship team helping out. Strings, singers, drums, guitar, piano... the works.

Lord bless you guys.


Worship 10-04-09

• files.me.com/jack274/v4xi2c.mov

Worship Updates

Hey all! Get those iPods ready. I have three weeks worth of soul rendering praise for ya.

God bless you guys.


Worship 09-13-09

• files.me.com/jack274/f82i90.mov

Worship 09-20-09

• files.me.com/jack274/4lvaz4.mov

Worship 09-27-09

• Hosanna
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• Majesty
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• You Deserve
• files.me.com/jack274/fv5fol.mov
  
  
• Beautiful
• files.me.com/jack274/3fbdw6.mov

Worship 09-06-09

Hey there all!

The set for this week:
1) Reality
2) Lord I Give You My Heart
3) You Alone
4) Hold Up (a newer song)

Our Amazing God loves you so much.

You can download this worship here:
Worship 09-06-09
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Hours of Worship Music!

Hey all!

It has been too looooonnnngggg since the last time I updated with worship. We had server issues, I went out of country, and I have been procrastinating. I had a stack of cd's in my box and I hope this isn't overwhelming in a bad way. Hours of worship time in store for ya.

God bless you guys
Landon


Worship 07-05-09
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Worship 07-19-09
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Worship 07-26-09
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Worship 08-02-09
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Worship 08-09-09
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Worship 08-16-09
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Worship 08-23-09
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Worship 08-30-09
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7 from Sunday

I will bless the LORD at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
"My soul shall make its boast in the LORD;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt His name together."
Psalm 34:1-3

August 23, 2009
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A beautiful day for a Family Fellowship Picnic
The MEN made carne asada tacos to raise money for their retreat at the end of September
Men cooking!
The newest Janzen
Boys playingMen playing
This hat seems to turn up a lot

Summer

Well the Missions teams are starting to filter back home. I have only gotten to talk to Ben so far, and it sounds like the Russia team had an amazing harvest! So much so they were looking for more 'crop'! (Sorry a little aggie humor there!) Seriously they saw so many people make decisions for the LORD! and they saw them at church too! Isn't that cool!

the blended team is just getting back and the Kenya team is in the middle of their time. It has been fun to see all the pictures from the P3 and see how and what they are up to.

Be praying for those who are sick some who are starting to travel back and some in Kenya.

Pastor Jack has been such a blessing in all the teaching the LORD has had him do. I love how HE has raised up so many gifted teachers in our fellowship!

The Coffee House servants had a lunch last Sunday, to welcome new servants (The Merrills and Shruti) and to say goodbye to others (The Shorbas, but just from that ministry) It was a good time to touch base and visit with everyone, always a fun time!

There are some amazing 'clouds' today from the fire just east of us (about 30 miles SE). They looked like giant thunderheads. Chris got on the roof to see if he could get a good vantage point to take photos. Alas it was already breaking up.

It has been rather quiet at Shoreline with everyone on missions trips and vacations. It will be nice to see them all back!

Blessings to you all from our little part of Christ's family.

Apology

Hi to everyone who follows this blog or checks on it occasionally. Sorry we haven't been updating as regularly as we should.
We have teams in other countries and others preparing to go. The Russia team update is that they are doing well and as I am writing this they are preforming the second of their two concerts, 11pm their time! so keep them in prayer. The next team is almost ready to launch and they will be meeting up with some of the first team. then we have the Kenya team they will be leaving on Aug 6th. All the participants that I have talked to are VERY excited!!

VBS went really well, the decorations were amazing! and about 100 children participated! That is so cool. I wasn't there for that since My daughter and I were getting ready for the fair in Santa Maria. I did get to see the video it was cool. I will see if we can get it posted on here.

The fair was really cool still a lot of work put less pressure. Our kids did really well , and the community support at the three auctions was amazing! I will put some pictures up. The little Nigerian dwarf dairy goat was Grand champion of the 'other' breeds. The young lady with her steer is from our club too and she was second in her class so that picture is from Championship drive. The goats from my daughters herd did ok. one got 3rd in his class and the other 6th. Benjamin Smith will be taking his pig to the Paso fair, if they can get her to eat enough to gain weight! You don't usually think of a pig having an eating disorder! she needs to be 215, actually more since they loose weight when they get moved, by Sunday.

Other Shoreline news, if you have facebook you already know there is a newly engaged couple in our midsts. (I am going to wait until they have had a chance to email those of you they might want to tell directly....don't want to spoil the surprise!) There is also another baby about to be born, last update they were laboring well, tho blood pressure is a concern. (Kristen and baby Samuel) He is going to be about 2 weeks early. The Markovich's are still waiting for their referral for their adoption. Pray for them as they wait! Others are seeking the LORD to see if they should adopt.... cool!

The weather is the usual coastal fog, inland heat. We see the sun usually by noon, for a little bit. The wind is blowing the fog back in right now so the sun wasn't out long here. I suspect it is rather warm at the Paso Fair today!

I will try to get some pictures of Sat and Wed night services. God's blessings to you all, you are missed!

Worship 06-07-09

Hey there All-

We have been having some server problems where we store the worship music so I am sorry for the delay. I got a request to attach the music and lyrics for any new songs that might not be on the site. I will do my best to get those up for you and attach the new song as an individual file so it can be listened to and learned if you want.

God bless you all for your service.


(as usual, copy paste into your browser, omitting the http://)

Worship 06-07-09
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Reality
-Music
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-Lyrics & Chords
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News from the 'Ranch'....

Hi all,

Jana here with a little news from the Central Coast! Looks like we will have another new addition to our Shoreline family sometime tomorrow. There are babies everywhere , it is so much fun! At Kristen's shower on Sat I got to see Matthew, Emily and Simon! They are so cute! What a wonderful day, God prepared a beautiful day in Cayucos for the event, the food was delicious, the fellowship was joyful! 

We are all excitedly awaiting the arrival of the Morgensterns and friends with the Tehillim Tour! They have been busy in Northern CA and in the valley. Praising God for all HE is doing. 

The weather has been interesting, blustery today, we had rain this past week some places in CA had snow and hail. and it is June.... global warming? ... not here! 

For those who know MB the Thai boat has moved to SLO! :(  Someone is fixing up the old place and there are rumors that a new Thai restaurant will open there! That makes everyone happy here... hopefully it will be good! 

I have been having a blast getting to know the High schoolers that come to the Coffee House on Wed nights. They are so cool, and it is fun to see their heart for the LORD. Several of them are going on Mission trips this summer , and I look forward to see how the LORD works through them and in them! I am sure we will be able to get them to share here!

On the Fair front, the entries for the fair in Santa Maria were due this week , and we will be down there in July. I hope that all the kids in our 4H club do well! Benjamin is raising a pig for the fair in Paso, sounds like she is growing well. We might have to go up there to see how they do in competition. 

For Art in the Park a crew from Shoreline ran a BBQ booth. I think it went well. I will see if anyone got pictures. There is so much going on it is sometimes hard to keep up!

no Pictures with this post.... we will see about getting some soon. 

Blessings to all in the name of Jesus

Worship Update

Hey All!

There has been a lot going on here at Shoreline recently. Painting, BBQ's, babies, break-ins, all kinds of action. What a good God we serve, He is so faithful.

To hear the worship music that we have been worshiping to over that last couple weeks, download the files below.

God bless you guys
Landon


Copy and paste the following links into your browser (excluding the http://)
Worship 05-24-09
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Worship 05-31-09
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Shoreline Painting Project

Hey everyone! This is Pete with your next Shoreline CC update! As of Wednesday, we wrapped up a huge painting project at the church. Pastor Tonye's vision was to transform the main spaces of the building from an institutional feel ('institutional white') to something homier. After weeks of consideration, PT chose a couple browns for the hallway and a green for the sanctuary and overflow room, plus trim colors--handling an onslaught of input/opinions from many other people :) I am not envious of those responsible for choosing colors! :)

I was asked to head up the job. Mike Wiseman offered to oversee the painting crew (he actually helped paint the church, then-school, ten years ago), and after a lot of back and forth, he, PT and I nailed down Memorial Day Weekend and the time directly before and after. The date was a praise in and of itself just because of the trouble we had getting a time to work for volunteers and our other events.

Beginning Thursday, we started to pull things off the walls and pack up. Karl lent us some scaffolding, so I went to (Pastor Tonye's old house on Trinidad actually) to help tear it down--the scaffolding turned out to be an amazing blessing. We didn't have to use nearly as many extension ladders. Thirty-five foot gables are gnarly on a ladder! The whole experience was much safer and more efficient--and fun too! We once had to raise our 40' extension ladder to the ridge beam of the church for a fabric dancer gal and it was pretty gnarly--took five or six of us to handle the ladder.

We all showed up Friday morning--about 16 people in total--a huge crew to manage working really quickly. Some had painting experience; others didn't. I was certainly stretched--trusting the Lord to lead the group to get the place back in order for the Saturday night service and ultimately the Wednesday night service which was our deadline--but balance time with quality.

Seven long work days later, the church was put back together (for the most part) and the majority of the painting finished. We actually still have a bunch of trim, but a few of our painters are going to be coming in over the next few weeks to knock it out. Praise to the Lord for His work to make this all happen. There was a lot to get done and a lot of decisions to make, but no major hiccups. Oh...did I mention that Shoreline decided to be one of the food vendors at the Art in the Park in Morro Bay on this same weekend? Three days of grilling tri-tip. That's a whole other story for Landon to tell :)















Especially to our missionaries, God bless you as you read this. Be encouraged as you labor for the Lord that your family is thinking about and praying for you!

:-Pete