In honor of school being out and the beginning of summertime, I want to share Mikey’s Funny for the day:

YOU might be a school employee if you want to slap the next person who says, "Must be nice to work 8 to 3:30 and have summers off."

YOU might be a school employee if it is difficult to name your own child because there’s no name you can come up with that doesn’t bring high blood pressure as it is uttered.

YOU might be a school employee if you believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, "Boy, the kids sure are mellow today."

YOU might be a school employee if you encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling and are willing to donate the U-HAUL boxes should they decided to move out of district.

YOU might be a school employee if you think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.

YOU might be a school employee if you believe the playground should be equipped with a Ritalin salt lick.

YOU might be a school employee if you can’t imagine how the ACLU could think that covering your students chair with Velcro and then requiring uniforms made out of the corresponding Velcro could ever be misunderstood by the public.

YOU might be a school employee if meeting a child’s parent instantly answers this question, "Why is this kid like this?"

YOU might be a school employee if you would choose a tooth filling over a parent conference.

YOU might be a school employee if you know how many days, minutes, and seconds are left in the school year.

HT: Mikey’s Funnies

It is rare for me to plan a sermon series and then change it at the last minute.  I have been planning our series Tall Tales? for a couple of months but over the last couple of weeks, the Lord has been stirring my heart about the things that hold us captive.  The enemy of our souls is holding many of God’s people hostage with doubt, worry, depression, bitterness and pride.  We must find release from these things.

Hebrews 12:1 tells us, “let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”  We must lay aside the things that ensnare us.  We must be set free!

Beginning Sunday we will start this new series Hostage.  Come expecting for God to change your life!