It's that time of year again. Yes, Spring- when everything is blossoming. Of course, that is a reference to nature- flowers, trees, plant life....but we also see a lot of blossoming around CFWC during this time- and that is our children and teenagers blossoming in their gifts and talents as they grow toward the calling God has placed upon their lives. Friday night was our East TX District rally, followed by a day of competition AND ministry, to determine who will go on to the Expo Nationals this Summer. As usual, our Xtreme Kids and LIFT Youth groups shone bright, and came home with the following
trophy 1st Place Trophies trophy
Kailyn Parker - 1st in crafts
Owen Holt - 1st in drum solo
Savanah Aldridge - 1st in dance solo
Chris Barber - 1st in drum solo & graphic design
Karrington Garza - 1st in dance solo
Adalyn Garza - 1st in photography
Xtreme Kids - 1st in kids human video
LIFT Youth - 1st in teen drama
In addition to all that, several 2nd and 3rd Place awards were claimed Medal
ALL of our young people did excellent and deserve all the applause, whistles, woo-hoos, and yaaaaaays! Including...
Olivia Holt & Jerrytt Johnson
Karver & Riviana Johnson
Jonovan Alexander, Issac & David Gomez
Sarah Mink & Bella Carlisle
Your CFWC family is SO proud of all of you.
Pastor Vicki preached from Nehemiah 8:1-3 Sunday morning, on one particular gate in the walls of Jerusalem, called The Water Gate. There were actually many gates around the city walls, which were guarded round the clock, by chosen families, residents of the city. All business and activities took place at these neutral meeting places at the entrance and exit points of the city. However, at The Water Gate, which was located near the spring, the city's main source of water, these common every day things did not take place...because it was different from all the others- consecrated and reserved only for gathering the people together to hear the Holy Scriptures read aloud from the scrolls by the Priest and Scribe, Ezra. This gate, was where the water flowed- fresh water for practical purposes, and more importantly, the regenerative water (The Word) for Spiritual purposes- this Water Gate was the literal
wellspring of LIFE!