MooNiE and BrooN – Nine O’Clock Playhouse, Los Angeles

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Moonie as broon and broon as moonie Straightjacket escape – 1st time in 5 years or so Bed of nails used the spotlights to an amusing end Guitar and Saw Jam Session Quiz Illinois Talulah Can operate his cell phone Regular Coke Lucky Brand Diet Coke Mother often calls him Jeff/Geoff Leaky basement I staring at you right now Said “Hey, Tom” to Tom Cruise Squirrel infested garage Has shrapnel in his chest Secretly thinks he’s more talented than the other Sadie Wrangler California Thought this quiz was a stupid idea Nicknamed “Doobie” as a boy Never been to Alabama Brain swelled up once Has mad ice sculpting skillz Woke up once in a tent in a river

The Rock Church Worship Service

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Paul (lindy) segue Guest Speaker: Mick Wilson (Jon’s brother-in-law) Was wondering what to share with us Had his hand shattered by a dump truck tailgate Then his wife called him with CAT scan results: lemon-sized lesions on her liver and tumors on her ovaries Now the liver is possibly benign Suffering is what he wants to share If God is so good then why is there so much evil? Why them? Why me? WHY? How can I handle [blank]? Powerful questions How do I get through this? Start digging Lots of perspective and history in the bible 2 Corinthians Paul is being questioned as to his authority 4:6 and 12 Back at Bel Air Presbyterian, Jon led river rafting trips Fowler’s Rock Training before you go out Hold your breath when waves hit Feet up – don’t break your femur Call – rapids – calm – rapids Satan’s Cesspool Dig … Continue reading →

Disneyland

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Joyce – Lynchburg, TN at the candy store You just can’t beat Southern hospitality. 50 ways to annoy cast members What time is the 4:30 parade? Well if Walt were still alive… Work the fact that you’re an annual passholder into each sentence

The Rock Church Worship Service

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Paul Uganda trip, red clay all over, everywhere God of this city, … Greater things have yet to be done Matt God’s faithfulness Psalm 136 His Love endures forever x26 David wrote this thinking about what God has done Not a lot of waiting in today society We don’t have the character to back it up We want right now, we want an audience David knew of process from going to significance to …? 1 Samuel 16:1 – Saul is rejected and Samuel needs to find a new king David is described as ruddy and handsome Irish? Young Josephus says David is 10 at annoiting 1 Samuel 16:13 David has power Life gets messy Power but no audience, no significance David doesn’t automatically become kIng…he goes through a process…God shapes him Character building process Was he willing to be filled with power and wait or do the best he could … Continue reading →

Disneyland

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After dancing, dinner and dancing to Rumble Kings in the Build-A-Bear Plaza of Downtown Disney, we headed inside to catch some more dancing (again we had the horrible choice between Rumble Kings, Gary Tole AND Scot Bruce…why does Disney hate us so?). As we headed through the bag check, I had an amusing conversation with a supervisor who was opening up a side gate in order to create a no-bag line, which I told her was brilliant. As we avoided firework traffic patterns by ducking through the Main Street boutiques, we happened to run into our friends Rebecca and Charley who had impulsively heeded Disneyland’s call and driven up from San Diego. Not to say we didn’t know they were there, we just had…trouble communicating…yeah…that’s it. We chatted with them for a while and then left them to shop and head back to their hotel room (they were tired earlier … Continue reading →

Up – Century 20 @ Bella Terra, Huntington Beach, CA

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A fitting 10th film for Pixar, Up is a delightful and charming story with action, adventure, suspense and vistas to knock your socks off! The 3-D experience (while not granting us a viewing of the new short Partly Cloudy…at least not at the midnight, 3-D showing) was extremely well worth the extra cash. It creates more depth and realism in the film…big action sequences look even bigger and tender moments are revitalized with a deeper clarity. I wasn’t very excited by the trailers before this film…I mean Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs looked fun the first time, but 3-D didn’t really add anything to it…I’m bored by the Ice Age 3 teaser with Scrat…but I can’t complain too much. Can’t be too much of a wet blanket because the trailers are only 20 minutes out of a two hour presentation. Oh yeah! And especially since they gave us a … Continue reading →

Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian – Century 20 @ Bella Terra, Huntington Beach, CA

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Absolutely BRILIANT sequel. The plot isn’t hackneyed and the adventure is out of this world! Not too fond of Bill Hader’s portrayal of General George Custer. Although Hader is funny (see SNL and Hot Rod), I didn’t quite appreciate his humor and bravado as Custer. Then again, they were just using Custer in the same way they used Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) in the last film (as a cowardly, waxy version of the heroic person they’re molded after)…but they did it weird! Oh well. I was happy to recognize Bill Hader though (I couldn’t tell it was him on the cardboard cutout/poster). Were there a lot of American “The Office” cameos (Andy, Kelli, and Cal) at Ricky Gervais’ request (he the star actor, writer, director of the British “The Office” and executive producer of the American “The Office”)? Or was it merely happy coincidence? I always wonder in these cases … Continue reading →

The Rock Church Worship Service

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Paul (lindy) (lindy) Psalm ??? (waltz) (lindy/double time) John 15:15-16 We submit to slavery so easily… Lord, what do you want? Everything. No seriously. Everything. I don’t know if I can give it all today…to the one who saved us… chorus reprise Romans 8:31-39 (lindy) Teen bible study query How do you get back to that place of intimacy from high school summer camp or men/women’s retreat? Worship. Jon trumps Matt, Bible trumps Jon 1 Thessalonians – end He who calls you is faithful…He will do it Announcements Beach day tomorrow Jeami has list for care boxes; Uganda sponsorship Jon Romans 5:2

Angels & Demons – Century 20 @ Bella Terra, Huntington Beach, CA

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Laura says they changed the book, but to hear her tell it, it sounds like the smaller semantical changes that I hated with the adaptation of Harry Potter and Azkaban. Sorry lover! A delightfully talented cast including Ewan McGregor and Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, I enjoyed this film almost as much as Da Vinci Code (I’ve long since gotten over my piety concerning THAT piece of fiction), but not as much as I’ve enjoyed the National Treasure movies. As I cracked midway through the film, “Can’t we just watch Ewan McGregor solve puzzles and kick ass?” To be fair, my problem isn’t with Tom Hanks as the puzzle solver…or with his character Robert Langdon for that matter…I just prefer American history (and the history of it’s European colonizers) to church/religious history. But I do love all the juicy historical tidbits and the life-threatening scenarios our heroes always get themselves into. Before the … Continue reading →