Emily Goring car wash

WOW!  What a successful day to raise money to help a family in need.  We washed and dried lots of cars and served lots of hot dogs and drinks.  Our goal was to raise $1,000, and when it was all said and done we reached our goal, and in fact raised a total of $1,272 and change. It feels so great to give a few hours and be able to make a significant contribution.

Special thanks to the following:

• Our Affinity Church crew for their help.
• Some new friends Tracy Mullin and her sister in law Candy, and Billy Conquer who served the food.
• Sobey’s and Joe Glover for letting us use their property.
• Will Nash and Laura from KX 96 who came and drummed up lots of customers through their radio station.
• The local community who came out with giving hearts and open wallets…thanks to everyone who helped this day be successful.

More info about Emily…

A trust fund has been set up to help Emily. You can deposit money at any RBC Branch in the name of Tracy Mullin, in trust for Emily Goring, and the account # is 07842 S129333.

We are also accepting gas cards, grocery cards or cheques (Tracy Mullin, in trust for Emily Goring).  These can be mailed to:

Mrs. Cathy Conquer

965 Ormond Drive

Oshawa, Ontario

L1K 3C1

Or, you can drop off gift cards or cheques (Tracy Mullin, in trust for Emily Goring) at any Body Boomers location, or our Keller Williams office @ 500 Dundas Street East, Whitby (corner of Pine and Dundas Street)

High Low for the Week

The Winner is…

Being HOME, I missed my bed, my couch, my TV, and even my dog…LOVED the visit with our families, I always do, but “there’s no place like home.”

The Loser is…

As nice as it is to be home, it is always sad to think about how long it will be before we get together with our families again.  Thanks guys for a GREAT vacation…can’t wait to see you all again.

Vacation Thoughts

So we have landed safely in CT to visit Jenn’s family.  Last week was an awesome week with my family, very restful and refreshing.  We had some great times visiting with my parents…it’s funny, the older I get the wiser they get.

Anyway, just wanted to share a few thoughts about our trip so far:

• The kids had a blast at the beach.  It was an overcast day, but that did not keep them out of the water.
• Year One sucked even in America (by that I mean we only had to pay $6 per ticket as opposed to $13 in T-town).  We got up and walked out, it was that bad!
• Got to hang out with a good friend I hadn’t seen in 12 years.
• Took the kids to see where Jennifer and I first said “I love you”.  They were sooooo…disinterested.
• I can say I have seen everything…last night I saw a motorcycle with a “handicap parking sticker’ in the window.  I can see it now, “sorry I can’t walk the extra 25 feet because my back hurts from riding my motorcylce all day.”

We are heading out now to go for a swim…got my Borat bikini and I am ready to style!!!

High Low for the Week

The Winner is…

Too many good things to narrow down to one:

• Cracker Barrel on Tuesday…I am eating a jawbreaker as I type this.
• Sleeping in everyday, we had to wake the kids up to go the zoo this morning at 7:30.
• Hanging out at the beach with the fam.  The kids loved the waves, getting buried in the sand, and digging a trench.
• Seeing an old college buddy that I hadn’t seen since my wedding day. Love you Jimbo.
• Lots of other stuff too…

The Loser is…

Having such a good time I don’t really have a low for the week…other than the salad I just ate that is sure to tear through my stomach in the next hour or 2.

Vacation

We left Monday night at 9PM, and stopped in Syracuse for the night, had to have some Cracker Barrel!  Here are some pics from our pool time in Syracuse yesterday before we left for Rhode Island

Peanuts…no problem, just don’t bring seafood.

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High Low for the week

The winner is…

Hanging at the zoo with Kendall!  We had a great time with her friends and just cruising through the park.  I decided to roll down this giant hill, and felt sick for the next hour.

The loser is…

We have a car wash planned for tomorrow and we have a few things working against us: rain being the big issue and then the other problem is getting the Works Depot to come back out and hook up the fire hydrant adapters…somehow, someway it will work out.

Toronto Zoo

I am heading out this morning with Jenn to help chaperone the 1st grade trip to the zoo.  I will post pics later this evening or tomorrow morning.  Here are some things I expect/hope to see:

• Kendall having a great time socializing with her classmates.  I LOVE to watch her have a good time.
• Fanny packs a plenty.  There is just something about public gathering that attracts the “fanny pack patrol.”
• Monkeys doing something offensive…throwing something, humping, making weird noises…this is something I expect to see-NOT hope to see.
• Feeding the stingrays.  I have never done that before, so if I push a bunch of 6 year olds out of the way, please understand that I have wanted to do this for a long time.
• People in bizarre outfits…much like fanny packs public gatherings attract this kind of people.

Those are just a few that i can think of, I will do my best to get pictures of this stuff to post later.

Fundraising Car Wash

We are getting ready to host a fundraising car wash for Emily Goring, a five year old little girl in our community who has stage 4 cancer.  Her family has some tremendous financial burdens, and we at Affinity Church are doing our best to rally the community to help.

The car wash will be:

Saturday, June 20th

from 1PM to 4PM

at the Sobey’s at Taunton and Wilson in North Oshawa

So bring your cars and more importantly bring your wallets.  If you would like to make a donation to the Goring family you can bring it to the car wash or you can drop it by the local “Body Boomer’s” gym in Durham Region.

High Low for the Week

The winner is…

“Yankees suck, yankees suck, yankees suck”…chant it with me…”yankees suck!”  A nice 3 game sweep of the Bronx BUMMERS this week was really nice.  The Red Sox are now 8-0 against the Yanks this season.  Everyone together now, “Yankees suck, yankees suck, yankees suck.”

The Loser is…

The grub worms that are destorying our yard.  I haven’t cut the front lawn in a month.  Oh, and in case you are wondering-I don’t want to know what it takes to get rid of them.  Mainly because I am too lazy to do anything about it, and it’s just easier to sit back and complain.  Hey, I sound like a lot of the people I have counselled.

Marketing help??

I am wrestling with something and hoping to get some feedback from you guys that read this…feel free to reply to this message or e-mail me at jarretjames@gmail.com.

Here is my dilemna…how do you advertise/market church?  20 years ago churches would send out flyers, knock on doors, and get a pretty good response from it. I have found especially where we live (GTA-Greater Toronto Area) that kind of advertising is just not doing much if anything.

I am curious what you think.  If you are a church-goer what is your church doing that is successful.  If you do NOT go to church I really want to hear from you…what-if any-kind of advertising from a church would appeal to you?  What would a church have to say or do to “peak your interest?” And conversely, what kind of church marketing/advertising are you unresponsive to?

Thanks for your thoughts and help.  Like I said, either respond to this message or e-mail me at jarretjames@gmail.com.