The Lounge

Crazy Sock Night...

2009-07-13T20:54:00.000-07:00

attention...attention...

2009-06-05T22:36:00.001-07:00

Hello all..
MINI queen bee checkin in.
it's been a while..but being almost 10 months old is hard work.
Did you hear? Salsa Sunday is this Sunday...What is SS you ask? Well it is a time for us to gather as a church for some outstanding food and just hang out and be real people. Grubbin down on some well grub silly!
I am ready for it!
Got my little ok well HUGE sombrero ready to go..see you Sunday-
Mini Queen Bee (aka B.Thompson)

.times of trouble.....

2009-05-26T14:51:00.001-07:00

Do you long for peace?

Where does your peace come from?

Jesus was called the PRINCE OF PEACE (Is. 9:6)
But do you think of HIM when longing for peace?

Often times we need peace to counter balance this dark depressing world! But do we truly seek it from the right place?

Psalm 9:9 even says He is the REFUGE to the oppressed also known as heavily burdened also known as US! Me and YOU! We need to come to HIM for peace! Come to HIM to be our REFUGE!

Psalm 9:9 also says He is our STRONGHOLD in times of trouble! period. when times of trouble hit..go straight to our REFUGE and cry out to GOD for strength and PEACE!

I find that when we have a busy weekend (or a super busy day) I need peace to fill my heart before I go to bed. I need to renew my strength..recharge my heart...have peace in all areas of my life or I will completely loose focus on WHY I am here on this earth! I get so caught up in ME ME ME that I don't even acknowledge Jesus! or the NEED I have in my heart for Jesus! I have been lighting candles at night...WHY? (thanks for asking) because they relax me...and for some WEIRD reason I put my focus back on Jesus and enjoy some quite time just thanking and praying to HIM! Resting all my cares on HIM! I am not saying that candles bring you closer to Jesus or that candles are to be lit in order to pray to Jesus or that candles are the way to JESUS! But what I am saying is that if you don't have YOUR OWN personal quite time you won't be able to call out to Jesus to be your STRONGHOLD! REFUGE! PRINCE OF PEACE!

Are you Hungry?

2009-05-13T07:22:00.001-07:00

for God's Word?

Psalm 119: 33-43
³³ Teach me, O LORD, to follow your decrees;
then I will keep them to the end.

³⁴ Give me understanding, and I will keep your law
and obey it with all my heart.

³⁵ Direct me in the path of your commands,
for there I find delight.

³⁶ Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.

³⁷ Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life according to your word.

³⁸ Fulfill your promise to your servant,
so that you may be feared.

³⁹ Take away the disgrace I dread,
for your laws are good.

⁴⁰ How I long for your precepts!
Preserve my life in your righteousness.

⁴¹ May your unfailing love come to me, O LORD,
your salvation according to your promise;

⁴² then I will answer the one who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.

⁴³ Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth,
for I have put my hope in your laws.

wordless wednesday (leaders meeting)

2009-04-22T18:34:00.000-07:00

MINT LEAVES IN MY GARDEN!!!!!

2009-04-14T20:13:00.000-07:00

So on Sunday after Jeff and I went to church and to my parents house for breakfast i thought i would work on the planter by my walkway to my front door. I wanted to pull out these really ugly looking plants that the builder had planted Jeff kept telling me not to do it because it was going to turn into more of task then i thought it was. I thought he was wrong!!! SO i started pulling out some of these plants and one of them just happened to be Mint!!!!!!!!! Well i got 3 plants pulled out and all i see is roots and roots and ROOTS OF MINT LEAVES!!!!!!!! it was so much work to get a little bit of the mint leaves out of the ground i didn't even finish pulling the rest of the plants out of the planter........ SO all of that just to say DONT ever plant mint in your garden!!!!!!!!!! it is not fun to Pull out!!!!!! well i hope you are all having a great week!!!! See you on Sunday

Jessica

The Chronicles of WEIRDNESS!!!!

2009-04-11T20:49:00.000-07:00

Alright well I just have to start a new series called The Chronicles of Weirdness! Seriously these occurrences are just bizarre!

Alright so Baby B is absolutely, gorgeously, amazingly, beautiful right? Well apparently everyone in the area thinks so too. Anytime, ANYTIME Mrs. T goes anywhere with Baby B we get the weirdest confrontations I've ever seen. These confrontations range from a drunk lady bum trying to kiss Baby B, to a creepy old man seriously asking to hold her in Wal-Mart, to a jehovahs witness telling me I'm a bad dad while touching Baby B's face WHILE WE WERE EATING AT A RESTAURANT! Now I know what you're thinking, that this couldn't really happen but it does and it's seriously bizarre. Throughout my life I've known several baby's and seen hundreds of moms with their children, but I've never ever seen anything like the weirdness that is attracted to Mrs. T and Baby B!

The one Chronicle I'll leave you with is this........ Today while shopping at Wal-Mart Mrs. T was approached by 18 yes 18 different people all saying how cute and adorable Baby B is and out of the 18 there was 1 old man who asked what aisle Baby B was found on so he could pick one up!! That's just stinkin awkward! Not only did these 18 people come up and interrupt Mrs. T's shopping and make her feel completely awkward but most of them felt they had to tell Mrs. T their whole life story! Weird just WEIRD!

This is just a taste of what happens so tune in for weekly updates on The Chronicles of Weirdness!

CLOSED FOR EASTER

2009-04-10T16:49:00.001-07:00

The Lounge will be closed for Easter?
Why?
Because Sanctuary Church believes in families!
Believes families should celebrate Jesus' Resurrection together!
But have no fear-
we will be back next week!

and don't forget about BLADES OF GLORY
our Ice Skating adventure April 26th

Got questions...

email us

mike@sanctuarychurch.com

Wednesday Words...

2009-04-01T08:49:00.000-07:00

Well today was the first day of

Girl Time!

due to Beaumont School District being on SPRING BREAK the attendance was well low!

We did a little review/ intro to the book of James and just chit chatted about life and what we are struggling with!

We are contimplating moving from 6:30am to 3:30 pm.....thinking that it would be better for us girls....to not have to get up that early...even though I AM SOOO a morning person..I have to understand that not everybody is like me!! perfect that its..i am perfect incase you forgot! Just kidding! I know I am so flawless oh i mean full of flaws!

Anyway..I'll keep you posted to let you know if we are for sure moving to 3:30pm!!

until then- be Blessed
queen bee

why?

2009-03-26T09:03:00.000-07:00

Why should you attend Girl Time?
5 Simple reasons!

1. What else do you have to do at 6:30am on Wednesday's?

2. Growing in the word of God is essential to survive in this nasty world!

3. Connecting with other Christian girls is priceless!

4. James is the WORST book in the bible! When I saw WORST I really mean BEST AT CONVICTING US and CHALLENGING US to change!

5. Coffee? Who doesn't love coffee or tea or hot water or steamed milk or fraps or muffins or oatmeal or vanilla beans or strawberries and creams? (pretty much who doesn't love starbucks- there's gotta be something there you like!)

Bloggin...Slackin...

2009-03-25T12:06:00.000-07:00

OK so we over here in the Lounge department have been slackin on updating our blog! We have updated the look-hope you like! and will be updating this blog more frequently! Sorry for slackin..but we're back!

Here's what's goin on:

Girl Time starts next Wednesday! As in a week from today! Are you ready? I hope so cuz goin through the book of James is gona rock!

Ice Skating is about a month away! Are you saving your can's and bottles? Cuz if not- you gotta start washing cars or mowing lawns so you can have $15 to go out on our Blades of Glory trip! You don't wana miss this!

Can't read the text on the 2 flyers? click on them and they will enlarge into another window!

Leaders..

2009-03-12T09:10:00.001-07:00

We had a leaders meeting last night and it was amazing! We all spent time talking, eating, planning and most of all praying for our youth! We heard such a great report from this past week's winter camp...more on that in a future post...but I just wanted you to know that we, the leaders, feel blessed to be a part of this amazing WORK that God is doing!
-queen bee

Sunday Night Reflection

2009-03-01T18:46:00.000-08:00

Today we saw in The Lounge that GOD is not only great but He holds ALL things together. Colossians 1:17 - He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

We saw today that all matter is made up of atoms which are protons and electrons right? Well if like charges repel and opposite charges attract how do the atoms stay together? The laws of electricity say that the atom should repel and explode. So what holds them together? You guessed it GOD! This is soo cool because every day our students are blasted with biology teachers and school saying we came from evolution. But the evidence that something else is involved is SO great we can't deny it. Today we got awesome feedback from our youth and were totally blessed to see God moving among them.

Also we had a bake sale for our upcoming high school winter camp and had an awesome turn out. We had home baked cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and all kinds of sweet treats. I guess people liked them because all our stuff disappeared. Thank you for all your support!

Speaking of High School Winter Camp IT'S THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!! That's right THIS WEEKEND. So what does that mean? Well it means we have 1 spot, 1 spot, 1 spot available so get on it and let us kno!!!!

That's all for now guys! Have a great week. Be Blessed

Mr. T

Calendar

2009-02-18T09:17:00.000-08:00

Shhhh! it's Mini Queen B again!!! (You know-the new employee!)
I hacked into mommies and daddies blog!
I heard them talking about these cool calendars and I just had to share them with you! I heard them saying they will pass them out on Sunday-but I thought you might enjoy them before then!
SHHH! don't tell them you I was on their blog though!
(click on the image if you want it bigger)

Sanctuary's Newest Employee

2009-02-11T08:06:00.000-08:00

I wanted to be the first to welcome you to Sanctuary's Newest Employee!!

She is a hard worker..

She was working on something top secret and didn't want mommy and daddy to see, so she thought it was best to close the computer screen..

She did actually let me in a the top secret thing she was working on...
drum roll please....
THE 2009 YOUTH CALENDAR of EVENTS!!!!
She has been working hard to get it in your hands! It should be printed in the next few weeks! Mini Queen Bee said there are some pretty cool events planned this year (beach trips, pool parties, bowling, ice skating, sports day and much more)

Geeezee! I don't recommend telling Miss Mini Queen Bee any secrets...I might have to let her boss know that she might not be the best choice for a new employee..
Just kidding!
We love you Mini Queen Bee!

Supercross

2009-02-05T21:31:00.000-08:00

I am so stoked I get to work for speed channel this weekend at Supercross. The big down side right now is that it is supposed to rain Friday and Saturday so it is going to be a muddy mess. This will mean that I am going to be a muddy mess. This also means that there will be some good racing. The coolest thing is that God gave me this cool opportunity to do this. I also get to be right in the middle of all the madness down on the floor with all the racers.

I love racing dirt bikes in the rain and mud. When I was 17 I raced in the muddiest race ever. The mud was so deep most of the pro's were even getting stuck in the mud. I was winning my class and about fourth overall on the last lap when I crashed. about five miles from the finish I had my bike tapped out, (going as fast as the bike would go) going down a hill, and bam next thing I know I am laying upside down in a ditch with my legs bent over my head. Two guys stopped and pulled my bike out and I hopped back on and finished the race. My back hurt so back I could hardly walk.

I raced for two weeks barely crawling back and forth from the couch to the bathroom. I finally decided to go to the doctor and found out that I had some compound fractures in my back.

So everyone set your dvr to record supercross on Sunday at 11:30 its going to be a good race so check it out. Oh and you better be rooting for the green bike #2 Ryan Villopoto.

See ya Sunday

Jeff

TRASH CANS WERE TALKING

2009-02-01T07:02:00.000-08:00

This weekend was Jr High Winter Camp up at Forest Home.

I must admit that I was pretty disappointed in our Jr High Girls..only one girl wanted to attend, but we needed to have atleast 2 girls-to make it work-but no body else wanted to attend..and wana know what the killer was? IT WAS FREE! The girls really missed out at this amazing camp!

Mini Queen B and I went up on Saturday to spend the day with the boys and Mr. T. It was fun to go up and see how they were doing. The Jr High Boys were enjoying themselves and their free time! (During free time they got to go on the zip line (twice) play some penguin game, eat at the snack shack, go for a hike, play ultimate frisbee, eat candy, and just run around!)

They played so hard during free time that by the time dinner came, they were all exhausted! In fact, one boy actually fell asleep at the dinner table! Seriously, Im not joking! We thought he was just resting his eyes..but then when one boy tapped him (after about 15 min of resting) he sat up and announced I WAS HAVING THE WEIRDEST DREAM!! TRASH CANS WERE TALKING!!

I made my way home last night, worked for about an hour, did some laundry, and went to bed.

I can't wait for the boys and Mr. T to come home today..Mini Queen Bee and I miss our
Mr. T!
---Queen Bee

something I am proud of..

2009-01-29T09:30:00.000-08:00

Ok so this week I was trying to accomplish something:

Get Mini Queen Bee to take naps in her crib-without being rocked to sleep-without being held-without having any human contact...

So far so good..she will lay down and grab her cozy blanket, suck her pacifier and look at her lil light display til she falls asleep. She will whine/cry once-when her pacifier aka 'binky' falls out, but I go in, pop it right back in her mouth without any words, and she is just fine!

We are trying to make her a lil more independent of mommy and daddy-so that when we aren't around-she doesn't FREAK!
Love ya!
Queen Bee

Carls Jr.

2009-01-22T19:44:00.000-08:00

Okay So last night I went to a "focus group". You ask what in the world is a focus group?

Somewhere I or someone else signed me up at this research group to get paid for my opinion.

In this case I think that Carl's Jr. wanted to know how they can improve their sales for the late night hours. So Carls will hire this company to find out what people want. The research company then calls people in their database to find out if they meet the criteria. For instance they were looking for people that ate fast food late at night especially Carls. Once they have the number of people they would like to sample they next put people randomly in groups. These groups then go into a room where you are asked questions about the product.

The group I was assigned to were all men and there was six of us. The woman asked us questions about fast food and what we crave late at night. I could go on and on about all the questions but I just wanted to share with you what I did last night. The coolest part is that they gave me some money for two meals and paid me for just hanging out and answering some questions for an hour or so. It finally paid to eat bad yes!!!

Tomorrow is Friday Oh yeah almost time to hang with the lounge peoples!!!

Jeff

lunch...

2009-01-21T11:39:00.001-08:00

Just about every other week I meet with Pastor Rod for lunch! We usually meet at his 2nd home:
We also like to meet at Rosa Maria's but it's not a very 'meeting friendly' place.

Anyway-
We talk about youth; how it's going, what we can improve on, what events are coming up, the leaders, retreats, conferences and much more! I look forward to our meetings because we don't just talk shop! we also talk about life! Pastor Rod always shows an interest in our family, in Mini Queen Bee, in our home, and in our friends! He probably doesn't know how much it means to me, to us, that he cares to ask how our personal life is going as well. Queen Bee and Mini Queen Bee sometimes come to the meetings too! This week, since the weather was so nice, we sat outside! Mini Queen Bee loves to be out side, in the wind, enjoying the fresh air!
So yea! I love to meet with Pastor Rod, I always leave the meetings re-fired up on things to do for youth!
Speaking of Mini Queen Bee- Here are a couple new pics of her. We started on her first solids this week! It was fun! (but after a lil upset tummy later that night we have decided to push it back a few more weeks before we continue on the food route) enjoy!
Love ya! Mr. T

THE FLU!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-14T20:07:00.000-08:00

SO THE DILLONS HAVE THE FLU AND LET ME TELL YOU WE ARE NOT HAVING FUN!!!! IT STARTS OUT AS A COLD AND MOVES TO THE ACHES AND CHILLS. NOT FUN... SO IF YOU ARE STARTING TO GET SICK GO TO THE DOCTORS THE AND REST... WE JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD SAY HI AND WE LOVE YOU ALL. AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE BETTER AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL ON SUNDAY,,

JESS AND JEFF

No opportunity wasted!

2009-01-12T15:55:00.000-08:00

Do you take advantage of all the opportunities that God puts in your path??

Just about every week I have to make a trip to our local Beaumont Staples. Around Halloween time- an employee there told me about how his daughter-about 2 weeks older than Baylee-had just been hospitalized for heart problems. As I left there I thought nothing of it...

I returned weekly... I didn't see him- then I saw him again mid-November...he told me how he had just lost his lil baby girl! My heart broke as he looked at Baylee with a different look then other strangers give! He would say hello to her and try to get her to laugh...again...my heart broke!

After loading my 'stuff' into the trunk-I sat there and prayed for this man. A few tears fell down my face as I thanked God for my healthy baby! My beautiful baby! My happy easy going baby! I thought- I will pray for this man and his WIFE often!

Last week at Staples- I ran into the man again- He again made Baylee laugh and commented on how cute she was- I said- you know- I've been praying for you and your wife!! I am sure the holidays were rough! He said WOW! THANK YOU! You have no idea how much that means to me! and I went on my way...

I am not braggin...I am reminding you to take advantage of all the opportunities you have to pray for people God puts in your path!
Did somebody cut you off today-pray for them instead of boiling in anger!!
Did it take longer at Starbucks then you expected? Pray for the car infront of you, behind you, the employees...
Did the grocery clerk have a bad attitude? Pray that God could soften their heart!
-J-tizzle-aka Jannae

Calories...yo!

2009-01-08T09:03:00.000-08:00

Queen Bee here-Sooo how many of you have ever been to

Well in stickin with trying to loose a lil weight I went on their website to check out what would be a good option when we go there for dinner..
This is what I always get when we go
Wiskey River BBQ Chicken Wrap

I thought this thing would be semi good for you: Boy was I wrrong!
Check it out:
Calories: 1526
Fat: 81g
and that was with JUST ONE SERVING of fries!!
and no-there was not a typo I meant 1526 Calories and yes oh yes 81gs of fat!!
Needless to say-the next time I went-I didn't order that!!!
There website is soo cool-you can customize your order and they will then customize the nutrition info. EX: They let you substitute a Whole Wheat Bun instead of reg bun. Take off Mayo-add mustard- take out fries-all that jazz!

So before you go to Red Robin again-check out your fav item and see how many calories are in it! There are some better options there-so it is possible to stick to your weight loss plan and dine there like normal!

Sunday night thoughts

2009-01-05T08:39:00.000-08:00

Today was a great day! I really missed teaching and hangin with the youth during the month of December! It was great to see all your smiling faces!

I loved seeing the room full! There was only 1 extra chair!!

I loved small groups! I heard that the girls had a good time in small groups too! We love to just gettin down to it and applying God's word to our daily lives!

I pray you took yesterdays word to your heart! I know it was heavy but I pray you will take a stand and not be a 'faker' anymore! That you will be a true example of what Christ is! And represent Him well!

I love you all! g'nite!

OUCH!

2008-12-27T22:18:00.000-08:00

Don't worry no one was hurt in the posting of this blog!!

Well we went out for round 2 this weekend, and this was the outcome!! So in other words you can scratch the whole bit about being trained professionals!! :) J.K. Team Thompson is trained but um...... yea....... Well you get the point! Love You, oh and did I mention don't try this at home!?!

PS: I almost forgot to mention-this isn't my truck! It's my friend-Shawn's! We have th same truck but his is lifted!