Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Genesis Effect "A Very Bad Day"


Opening worship with Jacob / Susan team


Announcement - Diane


Pray for Offerings - Carey


Special Oasis announcement - Paul


Sermon - Pastor Kevin


Discussion Question


Reading - Pastor Kevin


Scripture Genesis 3: 1-5


Quote - Ray Anderson


Sin defined


The Anatomy of Sin - Sermon Points


Prayer for communion


Closing worship and communion


Closing Prayer

SERIES: THE GENESIS EFFECT: How We Got Here From There
MESSAGE: A VERY BAD DAY
TEXT: Genesis 3:1-7
SYNOPSIS: We'll look at the anatomy of sin. God's original instruction to Adam was generous and protective (an act of grace). But it must be said that the thing we can't have always seems to take up the middle of our vision (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil planted in the middle of the garden). The original sin has within it the elements characteristic of all sin thereafter: 1) Confusion or ignorance of what God says, 2) a basic doubting of God's goodness 3) the belief that a choice won't hurt me, 4) the taking hold of something illegitimately, and 5) the resulting shame, fear, desire to hide, and disconnect.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Becky n' Tex Wedding


DB in Palo Verdes


signing in & gifts registration


the wedding procession


waiting for the bride


Junior Groomsmens


here comes the bride


exchanging vows


exchanging rings


mixing sand symbolizing inseparable love


thanking parents


da big kiss


Announcing Mr & Mrs Yeung


getting away


the getaway car


The Reception


Place Cards


Dining Room


Table setting


The sweetheart table


Buffet


dessert


The Newlyweds


DB with James & Rebecca

Monday, September 08, 2008

Eastern Sierra Fishing


3am road trip / 5:30 am coffee stop in Mojave


Sunrise over the Eastern Sierras


famous Lone Pine Film museum


the "Sandlot" fishing hole near Lone Pine


DB's gear is out


My first two Trouts of the trip


Next stop, Spillway in Big Pine


Eugene fishing off spillway


Mammoth rental house


Day Two - gearing up for Rush Creek


DB's fishing in Rush Creek


Three fisherman in Rush Creek


DB's early success in Rush Creek


Day Three - Eugene admiring giant Trout at Performance Anglers in Mammoth


Dogtown ruins near Bridgeport


One of my two catch n' release Dogtown Trouts


Pickel Meadow - West Walker River / Wolf Creek area (near the Marine Corp Mountain Warfare Training Center)


Pickel Meadow pool, caught a nice Trout right before I banged up my knees climbing up to the highway!


We fished around the bridge at the West Walker River, I got skunked while everyone else caught decent number of Trouts.


upstream on the West Walker River


Afterward, I drowned my fishing sadness with this large dipped ice cream at Jolly Kone in Bridgeport.


We had dinner at Roberto's in Mammoth


Their Burritos were huge!!


Day Four - Lee Vining below the Tioga Pass


I did much better on this day! The Trouts were BIG!


On this day I rewarded myself with another dipped ice cream (this time at Mono Cones in Lee Vining)


I had to clean alot of Trout!


We went to Burger's Restaurant in Mammoth. It was yummy!


I had a pint at the local Irish Pub in Mammoth after dinner; that was yummy too!


Day Five - After packing and checking out of our rental, we shopped at the Mammoth Villager.


There was one Trout there that I had no chance to catch!


on the way back to LA, we stopped off at Schat's Bakkery for Sheepherder Bread!


We spent two hours back at the secret Spillway spot to get our fishing done before going back on the road. Eugene and I both caught three more Trouts each. His were much bigger than mine!

It was a great fishing trip!!

-DB-