Preparing for Easter Weekend 2018

What a terrific group of Christ followers. I love them!

These folks have been diligently, joyfully rehearsing and preparing so that we can honor Jesus this weekend. Some of you would be surprised if you knew how many volunteer hours these folks give to serving God’s kingdom. It is a tremendous blessing to my heart.

(If you’re thinking, “How is this Marler guy this fortunate to have wonderful folks like this at his church?!?” …Believe me, I feel the same way! It’s puzzling, lol! I guess God must like me.)

I’m already excited and rejoicing… and the services haven’t even begun, yet! It’s going to be fantastic!

First Church of God

4600 W. 111^th Street

Oak Lawn, IL

Good Friday Service, 7pm

Easter Services: 
Saturday, 5pm

     Sunday, 9am and 11am

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Eating celery at Baskin Robbins

I'm at a local ice cream parlor with Rachel. Since it is Sunday you can probably guess what I'm having, right?

Yep! You nailed it... I'm having celery, once again. A big, crisp stalk of celery. Oh man it is a tasty treat! It's weird because a lot of people didn't even know that they offer celery at Baskin-Robbins.

(By the way... pay no attention to the ice cream cone you see in the photo.)

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God Stuff Podcast 205

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Dan, Lisa and Stephanie talk about some of the early contemporary Christian songs that have had an impact on their lives and factors that have been significant in regard to their spiritual growth.

Listen online or download and listen on the go!
Fun and inspirational! 

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Nadia and Rachel are taking a trip

Nadia and Rachel are taking a quick trip for Florida for a few days to visit Nadia’s mom. Just before we left to drop them at the airport, however, a little snag was discovered that resulted in some uncertainty as to whether Rachel would be able to board the jet. So after I dropped them at the airport departure area I had to drive around and hang near the airport for about 25 minutes just in case she was not able to go on the trip.

Fortunately, the difficulty was resolved and everything is fine. Nadia and Rachel are on their way!

In the meantime, Taylor, Jasper, Lucy and I are admirably holding down the fort here in Oak Lawn! (Although, they’ve only been gone about 3 hours.)

McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King, Wendy’s and all local pizzerias have been notified and cautioned to expect a sharp increase in sales over the next few days.

(By the way, Nadia’s parents live in Port Charlotte. So, should I be concerned that the destination on their tickets is marked as “Daytona Beach” on the week that spring begins? …Hmm, just wondering.)

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