Acts 29- The Journey

Sunday morning, dad, Ben, and I headed to The Journey.  Mom had a really bad headache, so she didn't join us.  The journey is an Acts 29 church- a really doctrinally sound organization of church plants that are a lot like Eastside Community Church, where we went in Jacksonville.  It's kind of unique because there is no Acts 29 in the Bible, but the statement from their website is: "There are 28 chapters in the book of Acts and it is our belief that God is at work today continuing the building of His church and expansion of His kingdom through the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We are simply seeking to follow in the pattern of Spirit-led and Scripture-directed church planting and evangelistic ministry that began in the book of Acts and has continued in every age since through God's faithful servants."  Essentially, they're "writing" the 29th chapter of Acts.  The service started with worship- a not-too contemporary, but not-too traditional mix.  When we greeted some people around us, there was a Lauren sitting next to us and another Lauren behind us. :) The sermon was a video sermon given by a pastor from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on the faithfulness of Boaz, since the church is in the middle of a series on the story of Ruth.  It was a really insightful look into a story I had heard before, but never thought of in the way it was analyzed.  We took communion- everyone walked to the front, took a piece of bread from the loaves, dipped it into the glasses of wine, and ate it there.  It was a different way of taking communion than we were used to, but the doctrinal explanation given before communion was just like Eastside.  We closed with 2 more worship songs.  I really liked the church and could see our family going there.

We decided to try Uncle Bill's Pancake and Dinner House for lunch afterwards.  It's a quaint diner that's just as unique as it's name. :)  I had a blueberry waffle, dad got tropical pancakes, and Ben got chicken nuggets and cottage cheese. :)

We came home and hung out with mom for a little while, who still couldn't get rid of her headache.  The boys wanted to head to the shooting range for a little while, so I decided to join them after dad invited me to go along.  We headed to Walmart to get ear protection for me, and then out to the Jay Henges range.  I had never shot a gun before, so I started with dad's .22 that he got from his dad.  It wasn't as bad as I thought, and I did pretty well for my first time.

My target

Dad and Ben both shot some more, and dad shot his shotgun (the deer slugs were huge).  I decided not to try shooting that one, since last time dad shot it, he bruised his arm pretty badly. :)

After we had spent enough time out in the heat for the day, we headed for home.  On our way back, we drove through a neighborhood in the middle of the woods to look at the houses just for fun.  It was really hilly because it was on the side of a big hill heading down into a valley, but all the houses were really nice, and we took pictures of the for-sale ones just for fun. :)

After dinner that night, we walked the dogs, and then watched What Women Want on tv. :)