Wonderful Weekdays and the House of Speed Sports Camp was enjoyed by the children in our local community. Here are photos of the children as they enjoyed water play after the camp.
Archive for August, 2009
Aug 26
Kannwischers Arrive
August 26th, 2009
On Monday afternoon, Kelly, Danica and Ashby Kannwischer arrived at John Wayne Airport, where they were greeted (surprised) by members of our church family. It was a wonderful time welcoming them to their new home. Here are some photos!
Aug 26
House of Speed Sports Camp comes to St. Andrew’s
August 26th, 2009
Last week, House of Speed Sports Camp partnered with St. Andrew’s to offer a great summer sports camp to our kids. The Camp offered physical training and character building along with devotions and prayer. Approximately 50 kids attended the three half-day sports camp and 35 of the campers attended Week 8 of Wonderful Weekdays. Check out these photos from the camp.
Aug 25
Serve Day Video
August 25th, 2009
Check out this Serve Day video from this weekend at our worship services.
Aug 25
Hume Lake 2009 (cont.)
August 25th, 2009
Hi Dave
Our daughter came home bawling yesterday. She didn’t want to come home and is so home sick for Hume Lake. I couldn’t believe it . . . You were right, she had the time of her life. She loved the speakers and the kids she met. She cried herself to sleep last night and so did I realizing that my lil girl is growing up. She can’t wait for next summer.
Thanks for everything!!
Aug 24
Hume Lake 2009
August 24th, 2009
David,
I must tell you that Hume Lake was an amazing experience for our son and daughter. From the pictures it looked like a lot of terrific recreation. Indeed it was that but our daughter also described it as an intense Christian experience and one that was life changing. She bonded with her friends and made new ones from Newport Harbor and from other churches also. She downloaded the camp sermons and was listening to one of them at bedtime (she bought the dvd). Our son read the bible at bedtime last night. It was definitely a re-centering for both of them.
I learned from our daughter that this is only St Andrew’s second year at Hume Lake. I hope it will remain on the summer schedule for years to come. I expected them to have great experience but this went well beyond all of our expectations.
Thank you!
Aug 21
Meet the Staff: Zach Dove
August 21st, 2009
Who are you? My name is Zach Dove. I’m originally from Mecca, a small town 60min east of Palm Springs near the Salton Sea, but I spent my high school years in Anchorage, Ak and have been living in Costa Mesa for the past 6 years. I was lead by God to this position after having worked freelance video production for the past 7 months.
How long have you been at St. Andrew’s? I started August 12 =)
What do you do here? I will be supporting the Communications team, through the creation of videos for the weekend services and promotional videos for the different ministries here at the church.
What do you do in your free time? I’m preparing for my wedding to the most beautiful woman in the world on November 14th, I enjoy surfing down at RJ’s, and building/repairing things with my hands (anything from furniture to surfboard to super 8mm cameras).
Aug 20
Meet the Staff: Michael Johnson
August 20th, 2009
Who are you? My name is Michael Johnson. I am originally from Odessa, TX. I moved to Huntington Beach when I was eleven years old. I have been married for 29 years and have three grown daughters and three grandchildren.
How long have you been at St. Andrew’s? I started on Aug. 5, 2009
What do you do here? I am an assistant in the accounting department.
What do you do in your free time? My passion for many years has been studying scripture, I lead a coed Community Bible Study group in Huntington Beach. I also enjoy shooting trap and skeet.
Aug 19
Letters From the Mission Field: Thailand
August 19th, 2009
Gone before their time…
I was at the CAM office last week doing my usual thing. Working on the computer, sending emails and organizing photos for our new youth peer photo project. I went to go get a cup of coffee and I saw my office director Jaruwan going through old photos of kids that CAM took care of back 10 years ago. I stopped to look at photos with her while she described the kids lives. All the kids looked so happy and Jaruwan had a big smile on her face as she was telling stories of these kids. Like the kids in the swimming pool. That was the first time any of them had ever been in a swimming pool. After she tells me the story, she has kind of a sad expression when she points to the young boy on the left of the swimming picture because he passed away shortly after that due to HIV/AIDS. She said the boy was around 8 or 9 at the time of his death.
All I could think about was that my oldest daughter was almost 8. I couldn’t fathom losing her at such a young age. She went on to describe the other kids in the pictures. Each one had her smiling as she reminisced about the laughs they shared and how they touched her life. During all of this she kept pointing at kid after kid and said he’s passed away and she’s passed away. I could feel the tears start to well up in my eyes. I felt so helpless. These kids didn’t do anything wrong, yet they are the ones paying the price with their lives. In America these kids could have been saved with Anti-Retro-Viral medications. Over here it was a different story back then. Fortunately, the situation is better in Thailand now although we still have a long way to go. There are many kids that fall through the cracks and don’t receive any treatment. CAM tries desperately to reach all the kids affected and infected by HIV. Please pray for all the forgotten children that are suffering with HIV/AIDS.
Sincerely,
The Faucetts
Aug 18
Young Adults Rocked Summer Nights
August 18th, 2009
The Young Adults put on a rocking good time this past weekend when they helped host another Summer Nights by providing a BBQ and singing with Rock Star Karaoke. Check out the photos from the night:
