confessions of a rec center wreck...

my little thief…

reccenterwreck — Sat, 26 May 2012 17:22:43 +0000

One of the running jokes in my house is how Maeven has become our little clepto. Whenever she stays at grammies we end up with something of grammies in our diaper bag that we discover when we get home. Usually Grammie finds something of ours that Maeven slips into her house.

Last night as I was sitting on the couch Maeven comes up to me extends her arms and smiles as if to say, “I just want to be with you Daddy.” Shortly after I picked her cute little self up, I realized she just wanted to steal my iPhone to play games and to steal my water bottle because it’s more fun then her own!

This morning Maeven came running into my bedroom and jumped onto the bed with me. Rather than just wanting to talk or lay on Mommy’s side of the bed where all of mommy’s blankest and pillows are, she of course began trying to steal the pillows right out from under my head.

Even though my sweet little girl is sweet little thief, as long as she stays this cute she is going to get away with a lot!!!

golf scramble preparations and sponsorships….

reccenterwreck — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:30:54 +0000

This afternoon I am making my foray out into Lee County to start trying to get local people and businesses to sponsor holes at our annual Golf Scramble on June 16th. This is the largest fundraiser we do each year at the Rec Center and it greatly helps us as we head into the slower summer months at the Rec. If you would like to help sponsor a hole for your business at the Rec Center Golf Scramble it it only costs $25 a hole. With your sponsorship we advertise your business both at the hole you are sponsoring and also at the club house. We also put all our sponsors in the local newspaper. The scramble will be on June 16th at the Beattyville Country Club and we would love to have your support as a sponsor or a golfer! If you can’t do either we will also be serving lunch from noon till 2 pm on a donation basis. Hope to see you there!!!

slow summer start at the Rec Center…

reccenterwreck — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:14:11 +0000

The summer started early here at the Rec Center in 2012. With such a light winter weather both schools and our winter bowling leagues were rarely cancelled. Due to the lack of cancellations both our school system and our bowling leagues finished up at the beginning of May this year. While students have been rejoicing about being free earlier it has actually caused a bit of a slow down at the Rec Center that we normally don’t experience until later in June and July.

Warm weather and no school means many people are going out of town or are busy doing other things so bowling and working out doesn’t register on their list of priorities which is easy to understand. However, in order to keep the Rec Center up and going we really need more patrons to come to the Rec Center during the summer months and help us keep things going until school and the winter bowling season start back.

So what can you do to help us. Well, if you are in the Beattyville area and are looking for something to do come visit us for bowling, games, or our fitness center. If you are hungry and want to eat out, remember the Rec Center and come get your meal here. We have a great selection of pizza, sandwiches, and desserts. Lastly, remember to pray for us through this slow time that financially all our needs will be met and that people will come in not only to help keep us afloat, but also and most importantly for opportunities to share Christ!

last night’s FCA Leadership Camp Presentation Update…

reccenterwreck — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:15:17 +0000

Last night, our FCA students presented their desire to attend FCA Leadership Camp to Idamay Bible Church. We entered the night about $500 short of being able to pay for all six students to attend camp. Our students did a great job of presenting and I was very proud of them a I know how nerve wracking it has been over the past two weeks to stand up in churches and speak in front of so many people. God truly blessed us and we received the $500 we need to take all six students to camp. When you add that in with all the donations we have been given so far as well as a promised sponsorship our kids are ready to go to FCA Leadership Camp at Campbellsville University!

That being said, now comes the hard part. Please pray for Erin and I as we are now trying to raise the needed $250 for our family to attend camp. Just like the students we will be receiving training to lead our FCA huddles during the upcoming school year. It is also just a great time of spiritual refreshment for us and we are taught and poured into spiritually through great messages and fellowship with others in full time sports ministry! Please pray that God will provide this money and take that burden from us!

To all of you have already been praying for our students and also have given to our students, thank you! I am confident that God is going to do great things in their life at camp this summer!

FCA leadership camp presentation reminder…

reccenterwreck — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:16:50 +0000

Just wanted to remind everyone that our FCA leadership camp students will be speaking tomorrow night at 7 pm at Idamay Bible Church. We still need to raise another $500 to pay all six of our students way to camp. If you can make it please come and also please pray that the remaining funds will come and whether or not you might be called to sponsor a student! Hope to see you there!