Kickin' it Old Skool

Hey everyone! I hope you are able to enjoy this wonderful, warm weather we are having, and hopefully you are having too. I just wanted to send a couple of updates/prayer requests your way!

*We had to move back to our "old" theater, the largest one the theater has to offer we have been using since Jan, but now it's Summer, they want it back. They run movies in the Summer in the larger one starting at 11am. Clearly that doesn't work with our last service starting at 10:30am. So we had to move back to the second largest one they have. Lets just say, we all will be nice and close on Sunday mornings. We have been running a little more then 450 and the theater just doesn't hold that many. Obviously, we don't all come to the same service, but it is still a tight squeeze. Plus we just bought brand new equipment for the larger theater, and now we are trying to scale back for the smaller one. So please pray this move does not discourage ANYONE to not come. We will make it work, we still have some kinks to workout, but it will be wonderful once we get in our groove.

*We just started a 3 week series about money. We are watching Dave Ramsey videos that were filmed at LifeChurch.TV. The first one was actually a lot better then I thought it would be! I have seen him at a conference before, and my negative Nelly attitude crept in on Saturday night, and I was dreading Sunday. Thanks be to God, because it was so much better then I ever imagined, and I still managed to learn something. Please pray for everyone, not just people at The Ridge for their finances. It's tough times out there, and working at a church we can feel it in the giving. Let this economy turn around, but more importantly let people learn to not be stupid with their money!

*We are looking to hire a full-time student minister! Yea, finally! Eric is in charge of the students right now, and it's not that he doesn't like doing it, lets just say its more like a dog taking him for a walk every week. He is so spread out at church, that if we could take one thing away, he would be so much better off. But we haven't found the right person yet. This hire is going to be a slow one, and a for sure one. This area of ministry needs a lot of expanding at The Ridge, and Eric has a done a great job, so far (a little biast, he's my husband!) but we really need someone who can devote their time 100% to it. So if you know anyone, like someone good please :) Please refer them to us!

*Lastly, please pray that Satan stops attacking us! All Christians out there, but also at The Ridge. We have had a couple rough times dealing with people, and also Satan loves to attack people who devote their lives to ministry full time. These attacks include sickness, bad attitudes, jealousy, the list goes on. And it doesn't just effect the person, but their families too. Please pray that Satan leaves us all alone, perfect world, I know, but we can still pray!

Thanks for praying with us and for us. Let us know what we can be praying about for you! And if you all are ever in Milwaukee, look us up!