The Home Fellowship

Caroling Pics...

2010-12-19T21:32:00.002-06:00

After caroling the nursing home and a fire station,

we headed to the girl's home in Wichita.

Caroling at the girl's home...

Caroling to Matt and Trisha :)

On the way home we decided to stop at Dillons and carol outside...

...even though there weren't many people out, we still had fun (Right everyone??? ;)

Back at the house we warmed up with hot drinks

And had some goodies...

The guys decided it was time for some bluegrass

And the girls enjoyed visiting

Caroling

2010-12-17T14:58:00.002-06:00

Hello everyone!

We are looking forward to caroling on Saturday. The plan is:

Meet at the Kientz house at 4:30 pm to go through the songs a few times and put together some goodie trays to pass out (don't forget to bring goodies to pitch in and also to share together after caroling!)
The residents at the nursing home in Derby eat at 5:30 and it is arranged for us to sing to them while they eat. After that we thought we could carol the fire station and possibly the EMS and police station (they are right behind the fire station.) Then Troy Pulver's family in Derby. After that it should be about time to head to the Girls' Home in Wichita (we need to be there around 7pm.) Then to Matt and Trisha's in Andover and the Williamson's grandparents in Douglass following that. Then we could all go back to the Kientz's for a time of snacks and fellowship.

Hopefully this works for everyone! See you on Saturday, Lord willing.

The Kientz's & the Jacks

one more caroling practice...

2010-12-04T15:39:00.002-06:00

We thought it would be nice to get in one more practice before we went caroling.
For those who are planning to carol, could you meet this Thursday (the 9th) at 7pm
at the Kientz house to go through each of the songs a couple of more times? Please
let us know if you will be able to make it.
Thanks,
The Jacks

Caroling Practice

2010-11-29T11:09:00.002-06:00

Hello Everyone!
We are planning to have the caroling practice this Friday, December 3rd, at our house (The Kientz's). We will be doing a pitch-in dinner around 5:00. Bring ideas about WHERE we could carol, as we will be discussing that also.

We were thinking about December 18th for caroling. Does that work for everyone???

Please let us know if you can make it.

In Christ,
The Kientzs

Caroling Practice

2010-11-11T09:20:00.002-06:00

Hello everyone!
Due to a number of people not being able to come for the caroling practice on the 13th, we've decided to postpone it. We will re-schedule and send out an email sometime after Thanksgiving to let you know when the next practice will be. Please let us know if you are interested in caroling so that we can get your music to you.

Thanks!

~The Kientz's and the Jacks

Caroling

2010-10-29T08:04:00.002-05:00

To those that would be interested in caroling:

Hello Everyone! As many of you know, we are planning to carol this year. Here are some of our thoughts and ideas:

Music: We found some caroling books online, that we think would be helpful. They have 50 Christmas songs in them, some very familiar, and others not as well known that we thought would be fun to learn.

Songs that we thought would be good for caroling are:
-Sing We Now of Christmas
-Still, Still, Still
-Here We Come A-Caroling
-Sussex Carol (We did that one last year, and thought it might be fun to do again.)
-We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We have 7 books, so if any of you would be interested in purchasing some of these, let us know. (Price per book $3.19 each)

Meeting/First Practice: We'd like to do 2 practices before we go caroling. The first practice will be at the Kientzs on Saturday, November 13th. Eat supper before you come and the practice will be around 6:30 p.m. Bring a snack to pitch in.

Please R.S.V.P if you plan to come. Hope to see you there!!!

~The Kientzs and the Jacks

More Fellowship Pictures...

2010-10-27T17:34:00.006-05:00

Fellowship Pictures

2010-10-10T16:25:00.005-05:00

Annie and a puppy

The puppies like Heidi

The girls play Bocceball

Music around the campfire

Us guys

Midnight Spades :)

"Finally Finished!" Fellowship

2010-09-29T16:45:00.002-05:00

Hey Everyone,
We want to invite all of you to a fellowship on Saturday, October 9th, to celebrate getting our house finished. You can come anytime after 4:30, so that if the weather is good we can do some outdoor activities. We will be doing a pitch-in meal around 6:00, so bring whatever food you'd like. Also, bring your instruments, and we may do some singing later on. Please RSVP so we'll know how many to expect. Looking forward to seeing you all!

The Kientz's

Volleyball!

2010-06-17T13:00:00.007-05:00

We had 50+ people at Frontier Land
for volleyball this time.

The big, yellow, clumsy ox is just standing
with his hands in his pockets. Uuuuuhhhh...

CHEESEBALL!

Spectaters

A star server

Da cute widdle coach :)

Sand Volleyball!

2010-06-14T12:53:00.005-05:00

We are planning another sand volleyball event at Frontier Land, the park near our house. The time is set for 5:30 pm this Wednesday. To save time, we will just meet there at the park. If anyone needs directions, just e mail or call.

The Jack family will provide Sloppy Joes and buns for everyone. Please RSVP so we can be sure to make enough. Everyone else can bring side dishes and dessert. (We will bring water too.)
Hope to see everyone there!
Love,
The Jacks

2010 CIBVT

2010-04-02T16:44:00.011-05:00

Here are some pictures of the 2010 Clearwater International

Beach Volleyball Tournament.

Heidi(aka The Spiker) Jack carried away the trophy
for being the MVP of the tournament.

Some of the pros eating.

The weather was perfect for volleyball.

Luke

A very unintelligent person kicked the volleyball up in a tree.
(Not going to name names, but it starts with a "J" and rhymes with"gone again".)
This same person also got penalized for the most LUD's(Lame & Useless Dives) in the tournament.
Hmmmm....

Some of the pros return to the court after dinner

Thank you, Jacks, for hosting this! We had a great time!

Last Minute Volleyball!!

2010-03-30T18:02:00.003-05:00

For whoever is interested:

We are going to play sand volleyball at a park near our house tomorrow evening.We thought we could meet at our house around 5pm. If everyone wants to bring sandwiches for their own family and maybe something to pitch in and share(chips, veggie tray, dessert or something), we could have a picnic at the park and play volleyball
afterwards. There is a playground right near the volleyball court, covered picnic tables, and bathrooms. (They also have a basketball court.)

Hope to see you there!

Love in Jesus,
The Jacks

Fellowship at the Jack's 3-13-10

2010-03-13T20:55:00.002-06:00

The girls
The adults

The goofs

Brendan and Megan

Musical Chairs

2010-03-13T20:23:00.003-06:00

Some of us decided to re-live our preschool years. :)

Bible Charades

2010-03-13T20:13:00.000-06:00

The lamest portrayal of Eglon and Ehud EVER!

Christmas Fellowship

2009-12-19T17:29:00.018-06:00

- Singing (and Playing) Christmas Carols -

Mark, Jonathan, and Matthew playing their instruments.

Luke and Carlin playing their guitars.

Hmmm....should I smile?

Brittany, Nicole, and Luke.

- The White Elephant Gift Exchange -

A white elephant! Who would have thought?

David likes blocks.

Kippered Herring-Heidi's favorite.

A snapping turtle's foot!?! YUCK!

Mark got what he has always wanted-a jumbo boom box.
Both tape players worked!

CHOCOLATE!!!

-The Pinata-

Impatiently waiting to see what it is.

...and waiting.

TaDa!

The onlookers were struck with wonder...

...and amazement.

David takes a swing at it.

Uhh...swung a little too low.

It is headless now.

Luke thought he could get candy out by punching it.

The aftermath.

After busting the pinata, we played Spoons.

Scott, Charity, Joel, and Mark playing Steam at 11:30 PM.

Susanna, Nicole, Matthew, Jonathan, and Brittany
playing Settlers of Catan.

Evidently Mark didn't think too highly of his gift.
It "accidently" got ran over by his Suburban.

On Christmas Night All Christians Sing...

2009-12-18T10:42:00.003-06:00

It wasn't Christmas night, but we sang.

After we caroled, we played Apples to Apples and ate snacks.

Getting ready to go

Sisters
At Starbucks we sang

A New York taxi cab driver???

Dickens, is that you?

Christmas Fellowship

2009-12-09T07:46:00.000-06:00

Hello Everyone,
We are planning on hosting a Christmas fellowship on Friday, December 18th at our house. You can come anytime after 5:00 PM. and we will eat around 6:00. For the meal, we thought it would be fun to just do snacky stuff. We are planning on doing a white elephant gift exchange and our totally random pinata (2007 pig, 2008 Grinch, 2009 ?!?!?!?) :-) We also wanted to sing Christmas songs sometime in the evening.

Here is a list of things you can bring.

Your favorite Christmas dish and dessert
A bag of candy for the pinata
Wrapped gifts enough for your family
(don't go to any expense just bring your junk
that you don't want anymore)
Instruments
Hymnals

Let us know if you will be able to come.
We are looking forward to seeing you all!

Love,
The Kientz's

Baptism Today!

2009-11-15T20:42:00.006-06:00

Though it was a chilly 45 degrees ,

Nicole's baptism was still carried out today.

Romans 6:3-4

"Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."

Colossians 2:12
"Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead."

Galatians 2:20

"I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."

More Fellowship Pictures!

2009-11-15T20:28:00.005-06:00

Deep Discussion

Matthew's Bass

Mr. and Mrs. Kientz- What a Sweet Couple

Live Bluegrass

Micaela Enjoying a Cup of Coffee

Josiah Wants to Play the Bass

Fellowship at the Campbell's

2009-11-14T22:07:00.006-06:00

Mark is happy.

Friday Fellowship at the Campbell's

2009-11-10T12:43:00.002-06:00

We are having a fellowship this Friday. I think its supposed to be nice, Lord willing. We thought we would start volleyball at 4:30 for those that want to play. Otherwise, feel free to come at normal start time of 5:45. Steve, we have a volleyball net and poles so you don't need to bring yours. We thought about having a Mexican night for food unless there are some of you that hate Mexican:) Also please bring your instruments so we could have a time of singing later. We were going to invite the Hobbs too. Please feel free to forward to anyone we missed. We hope you can make it and look forward to seeing everyone!

The Campbells

Fellowship at the Jack's/Smith Visit

2009-10-26T11:12:00.004-05:00

We had a great time with all y'all!
Anyone who took pictures can post them if they want
as we didn't get very many.
Love,
The Kientz's

Some whacko decided to come by and get a free meal.

Looks like he found the Komboucha.

SMITH FAMILY IN TOWN !!!

2009-10-18T12:30:00.003-05:00

The Smith family will be up visiting this week, so we would like to have a fellowship while they are here. We (the Jack family ) would like to invite everyone over on Wednesday evening, the 21st. Come whenever you can, and we will plan on eating around 6:00. If the weather is nice, we could play some volleyball. If not, we have a new version of "Spoons" we could try ;). It would be fun to have a Soup and Salad night, so bring your favorite soup, salad and/or bread, and dessert if you'd like.

Sunday

2009-10-07T17:49:00.014-05:00

I took some pictures at church last Sunday. Sort of a snapshot of how I church right now and the people I meet with, for future reference.

The Cambells' Great Pyrenes "Pyrie" is often the first to welcome me to their house.

We drink coffee first.

And hot tea.

After breaking bread, we eat brunch.

Jeff likes to talk while he's getting his food.

Waiting for the food line to get shorter.

Everyone fits around the table.

Studious people.

They were looking up names in the Bible Dictionary.

Getting ready to play some music.

Jeff shares from the Word.

With a handy pillow for a podium.

After worship and prayer and Bible study, we chill out.

The boys jump.

Pyrie joins me for a survey of the livestock.

A cow.

A goose. These things are noisy and nosy.

Rooster.

Another goose.

Geese.

The boys are still jumping.

The girls have changed into play clothes.

Playing with geese.

Parents want to play volleyball. Where to put the pole?
Josiah finds the ball.

The boys have moved to the swingset.

The girls are working hard...

Jeff surveys for volleyball locations.

Then starts digging.

And...we played volleyball. I didn't get pics of that. Sorry. Maybe next time.

Game Night Photos

2009-10-04T20:56:00.010-05:00

Last-Minute Game Night

2009-09-30T21:45:00.000-05:00

For anyone who is interested, there will be a pitch-in meal and game
night at the Jack's house this Friday evening, Oct. 2 , beginning around
5:30 P.M. (Sorry for the short notice.) We hope you can make it!

Camp-Out at Campbell's - Sept. 4th & 5th, 2009

2009-09-05T18:13:00.013-05:00

Around the campfire

Levi getting wood for the fire

Jonathan, Matthew, and Mark playing their instruments

Brittany joining in with her harmonica

Canon against Canon :)

Milking the goats

Playing Volleyball

Leah holding Ezra

Nicole, Susanna, Brittany, and Leah

The boys playing

"Campbell Campground"

2009-08-31T20:49:00.002-05:00

We'd like to welcome everyone to the Campbell Campground this Friday evening, Sept. 5th., for fellowship. We have over 10 acres of camping space. Outdoor 3ft. pool with no facilities, 1 acre muddy pond, 1/2 mile biking/hiking trail through thorny hedged areas, primitive camping spaces with no electrical hookups, and open firepit meeting hall. Please email to make your reservations today!

Thank you,

Scott Campbell

Happy Birthday Jeff!!!

2009-08-31T12:49:00.002-05:00

Fellowship This Friday, July 24th

2009-07-22T13:00:00.002-05:00

Hi everyone!
We know this is short notice for everyone, but we would like to host a fellowship here this Friday, the 24th. We are doing a pitch-in dinner like usual. You can come anytime after 5:00 and we plan to eat around 6:00. After we eat we thought we could play some games outside, depending on the weather. :) If it is cool enough maybe we could do a campfire and marshmallows.
Let us know if you plan to come. We look forward to seeing you!

The Kientz's

Winfield Lake - June 18-21, 2009

2009-06-21T19:19:00.007-05:00

Awesome People in This Fellowship

2009-06-07T18:38:00.004-05:00

The Campbells:
Scott: Has a boat. Need we say more?
Audra: Makes really sweet french toast.
Brittany Joelle: The only girl i know that will let a cockroach run up her arm with a smile on her face.
Carlin: Guitarist extraordinaire.
Elias: 3 feet tall and fearless.
Josiah: A confirmed bachelor at the tender age of 1 and a half.

The Kientzs:
Steve: Likes root beer.
Linda: "Oh....we have a fire!" The calmest mother of eight to be found.
JoelandCharity: Awwwwwwww!
Jonathon: The fastest hunt-and-peck typist.
Matthew: The breadmaker.
Susanna: Can talk her parents into anything.
Leah: She makes great embroidery.
Micah: Has a sweet knife.
Luke: Can ride a barn swing like a maniac.

We're out of time. Everyone else is awesome too. Way awesome. Too awesome for words. So we can't write about them.

Love,

Mark and the Jacks

Post-Wedding Wrestling

2009-06-07T18:29:00.002-05:00

Camping At Winfield Lake

2009-05-12T15:37:00.000-05:00

We thought we would try to camp at Winfield Lake again this year. The "tent"ative(haha) date is set for Father's Day weekend(June 19th-21st), but that will all depend on the weather, etc. The plan is to go down Friday afternoon, staying all day Saturday, and leaving Sunday morning or early afternoon. As far as the camping spot, we all liked where we camped last year, but we are open to any other ideas. Hope to see you there!

The Kientz's

Pictures from 2007 Camping Trip

Fellowship Video 2007

2009-05-12T14:52:00.000-05:00

Christmas Fellowship 12/13/08

2009-05-12T14:50:00.000-05:00

Fellowship 8/14/08

2009-05-12T14:47:00.000-05:00

Fellowship 8/10/08

2009-05-12T14:46:00.001-05:00

Fellowship 2/22/08

2009-05-12T14:42:00.000-05:00

Fellowship at the Campbell's 1/4/08

2009-05-12T14:35:00.000-05:00

Fellowship at the Hansen's 12/28/07

2009-05-12T14:31:00.000-05:00

Christmas Fellowship at the Kientz's 12/7/07

2009-05-12T14:28:00.000-05:00

Fellowship at the Jack's (Smith's Going Away Party) 11/2/07

2009-05-12T14:25:00.001-05:00

Fellowships February-April 2007

2009-05-12T14:23:00.001-05:00

Kansas Day Fellowship 1/26/07

2009-05-12T14:19:00.001-05:00

White Elephant Girft Exchange Fellowship 12/16/06

2009-05-12T14:16:00.000-05:00

Fellowship 12/1/06

2009-05-12T14:12:00.000-05:00

Fellowship 9/1/06

2009-05-12T14:09:00.000-05:00

Fellowship 8/11/06

2009-05-12T14:06:00.000-05:00