Welcome Liam O'Leary!!!

Liam was born Friday night 12/24 at 9:08pm by C-section after a full day of Janell not progressing in labor.

They are all doing fine though and little Liam was 7 lbs 4oz and 19 and 3/4 inches long. He has a full head of hair I am told.

Congratulations to all the O'Leary family! We are so happy for you.

12/24 Class Cancelled & This Week's Prayer Requests

We decided to go ahead and cancel class this Sunday b/c we know so many who are going to be out of town or just had a baby, etc.

And, thanks for Karen for passing along this week's prayer requests...

Hey everyone. Raise your hand if you still have to do some Christmas shopping....

Well, I hope you're able to have a wonderful Christmas and be able to enjoy it and celebrate Jesus' birth.

Here are the prayer requests.

• Sarah: Her job is stressful at times. Pray that she'll be able to handle it. Also pray that she'll be able to form a good relationship with her boss.
• JP: Pray for wisdom w/ work stuff.
• Janell: Pray for family stuff during the birth of Liam. (One more day...you can do it!!!) All the pregnant ladies.
• Shana: PRAISE!!! There are no more cancer cells!!!!! I can't begin to describe how awesomely cool that is. It just makes you want to jump up and down for joy (or at least it does to me).
• Let's also pray for all those who are travelling. It can be busy and hectic around this time of year.

Alright, you know the drill...if you want to add anything, feel free. And for all of you staying in town, I hope to see you at Church (remember Sunday School is cancelled). We're having Tirzah dedicated on Sunday during the 11:00 hour.

Karen

This Week's Prayer Requests

Thanks, Karen, for writing these down each week. This is from this past Sunday...

-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Miehe
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:53 AM
Subject: Prayer Requests

Hey everyone. It's good to be getting back into the swing of things. I hope all of you have a great rest of the week. Here are the requests.

• Ben & Shana: Shana has cervical cancer. Please pray for healing. Pray for the family while she's going thru this. Also, they've been having to deal with things with their car. Pray they get everything worked out.
• Bonnie: Pray for her niece, Celeste. Pray that her condition has not spread to the skull. (Bonnie, I hope that's right. Please let me know if I didn't communicate that correctly.) Pray that her dad doesn't have cancer.
• Cathy: She turned in her notice @ work for the end of the year.
• Billy: His uncle has cancer. They did surgery and need to do more. The family's not handling it well.
• Janell: Pray for these last couple of weeks of her pregnancy. Pray that everything goes well when she delivers Liam.
• Kelly: Praise - they're having a healthy baby girl. Pray that everything continues to go well in the pregnancy.

If anyone needs to add to this list, please feel free. There's a lot going on in the lives of everyone in our class. Prayer is a powerful thing and when you're on the receiving end of it, it means a lot knowing you have people praying for you.

Karen

Just got these emails from Elian & Janell...

-----Original Message-----
From: Elian Levatino
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: Baby Levatino

Everyone,

We went to the doctor yesterday, and two things are obvious about our baby: it is a GIRL and she is HEALTHY! We haven't thought of her name yet, but we've still got 5 months to do so. Thanks for praying for her health as well as mine! Ultrasound pictures will follow soon.

Kelly and Elian Levatino
-----End Original Message-----

-----Original Message-----
From: Janell O'Leary
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:05 AM
Subject: Liam is coming soon...

I just wanted to let you all know that Liam will be coming at the latest next Friday the 22nd, if he doesn't come before then. I was pretty far along this morning when I went to the doctor so because of that and his weight in his ultrasounds, we will induce next Friday, December 22nd at Baptist Women's Hospital. We can't wait to meet him!

Janell O'Leary
-----End Original Message-----

Congrats, guys! We're so happy for you!

...jp

Welcome to the Central Church Young Marrieds Connecting Point (the ORIGINAL)

Ok, so we've been talking about doing this for, like, over a year now. And finally, I'm proud to announce the official launch of our very own Connecting Point blog.

What's the purpose of all this?

Well, everyone wants a blog, right? ;-)

Also, this is going to be a hub for:

• keeping you posted on what's coming up
• sharing what's already happened (including pics and videos and stuff)
• social networking among fell0w YM-ers
• various and asundry other cool things and nifty stuff

So...for your viewing pleasure, here's a quick video.

I took this one with the video function in my still camera. It was when we all went to the Corn Maze in October. Aric and I stopped in front of the strobe light and...well, you'll see...

Here it is on YouTube.com...

Take care and speak again soon.

...jp