Merry Christmas from the Poole Hall
Our Christmas Letter from this year... (BTW - I loved the FoxTrot comic strip from December 4-8 about these yearly letters)
Last year at this time we were almost certain that we would be moving to Maryland. We were preparing for the performances of “The Christmas Post” at our church and Steve was about to fly to Maryland to view the Living Christmas Tree at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air.
Since then, we did move and Steve is now the Minister of Music and Worship at Oak Grove (www.oakgrovebaptist.com). Steve has had to get used to a completely different style of ministry. He has many more meetings and much more paperwork, but he also has much more help from paid and volunteer staff. More than 100 people are on his Living Christmas Tree team and about 90 people in the choir.
Steve is getting rather spoiled. He has many people (especially his Ministry Assistant) who pamper him. He has surprised many people by actually showing up to help with things like decorating or constructing the Living Christmas Tree. He continues to write drama for the church and has even started blogging. His online timeline for Music History and Hymnology was listed as number 31 on the History Channel’s hotlist.
The boys are doing extremely well. They have a friend who lives right across the street. They have several really close friends at the church who are into the same things they are. They played soccer this year on the Upward teams at church and are playing basketball next year. They both acted in the Children’s Musical this summer and have parts for next year’s as well. Ashton is acting in the Living Christmas Tree and got to do the CD recording for it. Both boys are in a continuing play each Sunday of Advent at all three services with Mom and Dad. Zachary bought a trumpet and started lessons with Dad, but the Tree rehearsals have interrupted these. Ashton has become very interested in singing.
Wendy continues to play the piano, doing offertories occasionally at church and playing in the Praise Band. She is singing with the Praise Team in part of the Living Christmas Tree. She continues to do some drama, but has given up dancing after her injury in last year’s musical (although we do have a creative movement team she could join). She spends most of her time teaching the boys. See her blog.
This past summer we had a college student living with us while she worked as a science intern at the Army Proving Grounds nearby. She learned how to handle and dispose of WMDs. She is a student at Bryan College in Tennessee.
We are praying that you have had a great year. We hope to hear from you.
Last year at this time we were almost certain that we would be moving to Maryland. We were preparing for the performances of “The Christmas Post” at our church and Steve was about to fly to Maryland to view the Living Christmas Tree at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air.
Since then, we did move and Steve is now the Minister of Music and Worship at Oak Grove (www.oakgrovebaptist.com). Steve has had to get used to a completely different style of ministry. He has many more meetings and much more paperwork, but he also has much more help from paid and volunteer staff. More than 100 people are on his Living Christmas Tree team and about 90 people in the choir.
Steve is getting rather spoiled. He has many people (especially his Ministry Assistant) who pamper him. He has surprised many people by actually showing up to help with things like decorating or constructing the Living Christmas Tree. He continues to write drama for the church and has even started blogging. His online timeline for Music History and Hymnology was listed as number 31 on the History Channel’s hotlist.
The boys are doing extremely well. They have a friend who lives right across the street. They have several really close friends at the church who are into the same things they are. They played soccer this year on the Upward teams at church and are playing basketball next year. They both acted in the Children’s Musical this summer and have parts for next year’s as well. Ashton is acting in the Living Christmas Tree and got to do the CD recording for it. Both boys are in a continuing play each Sunday of Advent at all three services with Mom and Dad. Zachary bought a trumpet and started lessons with Dad, but the Tree rehearsals have interrupted these. Ashton has become very interested in singing.
Wendy continues to play the piano, doing offertories occasionally at church and playing in the Praise Band. She is singing with the Praise Team in part of the Living Christmas Tree. She continues to do some drama, but has given up dancing after her injury in last year’s musical (although we do have a creative movement team she could join). She spends most of her time teaching the boys. See her blog.
This past summer we had a college student living with us while she worked as a science intern at the Army Proving Grounds nearby. She learned how to handle and dispose of WMDs. She is a student at Bryan College in Tennessee.
We are praying that you have had a great year. We hope to hear from you.
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