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These guys are friends of mine . . .

Go to this link and vote for my friends in Wild Sweet Orange . . . Very cool video. VERY talented musicians - Chip (the drummer) is very creative and musical, and Taylor (electric guitarist with his guitar hiked up around his chest) is one of the best guitarists I know in real life.
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Just in time for this weekend . . .

This week, Drake had a reading assignment, as he does every week. This week's material was a reader's theatre about Christmas and the "true meaning" of Christmas. They (characters in the theatre) went through suggestions like ornaments, or eating, or presents, and then arrived at the "true meaning" which was family and friends.Drake - after finishing his reading - had to write 3 to 5 complete sentences. Mandy was putting the other boys down to bed. I was at church. This is what she discovered after she came down from bath and bedtime.The picture says this: "It [the reader's theatre]…
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Ms. Mandy and Ms. Connie

Ms Mandy and Ms Connie are two HUGE resources at Oak Mountain that your kids need to be involved with.My musical background includes (there's a reason for my laying this out - hang with me) plucking out notes from TV commercials when i was 3 on my fisher price piano, to begging my parents for 4 years to let me take piano. When i was 7 -they figured I might be serious, and so they signed me up. I grew up (until I was 12) in the midwest. When I was 10, we moved (for the 2nd time) back to…
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Christ the King Sunday

This Sunday - in the traditional liturgical calendar, is Christ the King Sunday. Traditionally celebrated as the Sunday preceding the 1st Sunday of Advent . . . and setup as a reminder for us to celebrate that Christ is our King - further highlighted in the advent preparation - our King is coming BACK. So as a part of the service this weekend, we're reading a couple questions from the Heidelberg Catechism. This part struck me:"How does Christ's return - to judge the living and the dead - comfort you?"In all my distress and persecution, I turn my eyes to…
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The Christmas Season at Oak Mountain

Mark your calendars for the Christmas events at Oak Mountain. On Sunday night, December 7th at 6:00 our Youth Choir will be leading in "Come Emmanuel."Sunday morning - December 14th, the Worship Ministry will be leading in "Emmanuel" for both morning services - 9 and 10:45.The following night - December 15th - Andrew Peterson will be here to present "Behold the Lamb." - Get your tickets now on sale at iTickets - or at the church.Our Candlelight Christmas Eve Services will be on Wednesday, December 24th at 5 and 6:30. On Sunday, December 28th, we'll only be having one service…
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Danny Wuerffel this past Sunday at Oak Mountain

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