Pancakes!

It was 5th Sunday, August 31, so we hosted a pancake breakfast for the congregation. Our turnout was lower than last time because of Labor Day and because Pastor was on vacation. Nonetheless, we had a successful breakfast and everyone had great food to eat. Our next breakfast is scheduled for the 5th Sunday, November 30. It's thanksgiving weekend, but hopefully people will have room for pancakes amongst all that turkey!

What do you know?

For our August social activity, we all piled into Mark and Ashley's apartment for game night. When they got married, lots of us got them board games. (It's called a major hint that we want them to host stuff.) We played a game where we all answer questions about ourselves and then guess who said what. We all gave the game two thumbs up (though you see, I can't remember the name of the game!). We also ordered pizza and had some adult beverages. For our September outing we're heading to Cowtown. It seems that some folks have never been to the rodeo. The tragedy. Time to saddle up!

August 1st Sunday Lunch

This month we headed acoss the street to Kona Grill in North Park mall for lunch. Pastor, Jill, and Annie were able to join us, which was so nice. We all had great meals. Mark had sushi that was so spicy his face turned red! We discussed the upcoming SMU school year, and Mark has agreed to lead the campus Bible study. Yeah! We also discussed our upcoming volunteer project. We'll be starting on our Nelson Center lobby remodel soon. It's going to be a busy fall!

Strike!

Our July social activity was lots of fun. We went bowling in Richardson. We all did pretty well with even a few strikes! The air conditioning was out on our side of the alley, so Rachel fought over the fan with another table. Well, fought passive aggressively. She'd turn the fan toward us. They'd turn the fan towards them. It became a bit of a game. How long would it take the other table to notice? Bowling was great. I can't wait for the August social activity. We're going to Mark and Ashley's for Wii! I bet we do better bowling on screen.

Pancake Breakfast!

Wow! It was a crazy busy weekend! We all had to go back to work just to rest up. We're planning a large service project at the Nelson Children's Center this fall, and we have to raise all the funds for the project. So, this weekend we hosted our first ever pancake breakfast (times 2). We originally planned for the breakfast to be Saturday. We invited all of the neighboring Lutheran churches and were hoping for a good turnout. Unfortunately, our turnout was less than stellar. We were really disappointed -- until a marvelous church member wrote us a check for our goal amount! How generous! Even though we made our goal, we decided to carry the pancake breakfast over to Sunday morning before Sunday School. We were so busy! We far surpassed our goal, which will allow us to do all the things we want to do for the Nelson Center. Wow how God provides! Thanks to all of the people who helped with the breakfast -- especially our cooks! Applause! Applause! Thanks also to all those who donated to our cause. We are truly grateful. We're going to start having pancake breakfasts every fifth Sunday, so mark your calendars for the end of August!

Galaxy Drive-In

If you've never gone to a drive-in, you're really missing out. Little can beat a double feature, burger, fries, and dippin' dots for less that $20. And, you can bring your dogs! We headed to Galaxy Drive-In Theatre Saturday night for Indiana Jones and Iron Man. Both movies were action-filled and very drive-in worthy. The food was yummy, but we were disappointed to not get any sno-cones. They ran out of ice! Ugh. We settled for dippin' dots, which were pretty good, though I don't really recommend Tropical Rainbow. We left the movies at 2am, so it was a very late night. And then the puppy piddled on Mark's seat before we left, so he had to sit on the bags for the folding chairs. Ah well, at least the puppy didn't piddle on Mark!

BuzzBrews

This first Sunday of the month we headed to BuzzBrews for lunch. www.buzzbrews.com This was a new experience for most everyone, though I am a huge fan of the retro-diner. It's a small place, and there wasn't a table big enough for our group, so we were split. I'm not sure everyone was sold on the place, though most didn't follow the rule of ordering down the middle. If you order down the middle of the menu, you can't go wrong. How can you not enjoy Mrs. C and garlic marbles? Mmmm... I'm getting hungry just thinking of it. All in all we had fun and enjoyed some tasty food. We'll have to try something new next time (with more space, I think).

Wedding!

Yeah! Ashley are Mark tied the knot this past weekend. The two lovebirds met at a Bible study where both were guests of other friends. The Lord works in mysterious ways! The wedding was very beautiful, and Ashley looked radiant in her dress. The wedding was held at Peace Lutheran in Hurst with the reception at a country club not far away. A big congratulations goes out to Ashley and Mark. May God bless your marriage and strengthen your love for one another every day. Congrats!

May First-Sunday Lunch

Every first Sunday of the month we go to lunch after church. This month we headed to Big Shucks Oyster Bar on Mockingbird. Rachel had the most interesting meal -- boiled crawfish! We sat outside next to the boil pot and the live crawfish. The crawfish kept attempting an escape, and Mark helped one nearly succeed -- he dropped it into the trash! Woops! Good Lutheran guilt got the best of him and he put it back into the container. Don't worry, no germs. Remember, they're boiled! We had a fun and yummy lunch. We'll have to go back there again.

Bowling at Main Event

Cook-out!

This past Saturday we had a cook-out at Kelly's. The weather was perfect, as was the food. There were eight YALL members, one baby and two dogs. We had hamburgers and hotdogs and Rachel made yummy macaroni and cheese! Odie, the big dog, chowed down on the guacamole when left unattended. Woops! Nearly everyone took turns trying out the hammock. Jeff and the baby lost their balance and fell out. Boom! Luckily, no one was hurt. Pastor and Jill couldn't make it this time, so we've got a rain check for our next outing. Hmmm...maybe a drive-in movie?

Welcome!

Welcome all young adults to the ORLCS YALL blog. Okay, we know, that's a really long name, and it stands for something even longer - Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and School Young Adult Lutheran Laymen. You can just call us YALL. We're an active group of young adults ranging from college to career. We're located close to the SMU campus in Dallas, TX. We're single, married, and everything in between. (Two of our members are getting married in May!) We love to get together for social activities, but we can't do without some volunteer projects. We'll be doing a large project for the Nelson Childrens Center in Denton this summer. Fun! We also have a Sunday School class. Look around our blog. If you'd like to be part of our group, just let us know. We'd love to meet you!