{"id":123,"date":"2008-11-23T22:38:44","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T04:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/?p=123"},"modified":"2008-11-23T22:38:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T04:38:44","slug":"great-lakes-region-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jhpeterson\/great-lakes-region-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Lakes Region Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s time for an update. I&#8217;ve spent a wonderful week in OH, PA and NY. Thanks to some superb ground work, I was able to visit eight churches in eight days!<\/p>\n<p>Sun. Oct. 16 \u00a0Bethany Covenant Church, Lyndhurst, OH<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the funnest bunch of folks anywhere! We worshiped, ate and laughed together until we just couldn&#8217;t stand it any more. Thanks everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Mon. Oct. 17 \u00a0Emmanuel Mission Church, Kane, PA<\/p>\n<p>A great dinner and sharing time at Kane&#8217;s very own hot spot; Texas Hots!<\/p>\n<p>Tues. Oct. 18 \u00a0ECC, Ridgway, PA<\/p>\n<p>Another great meal with area pastors from Ridgway, Port Allegany and DuBois. Yum!<\/p>\n<p>Tues. Oct. 18 \u00a0Stoneridge Covenant Church, Allison Park, PA<\/p>\n<p>A very well attended evening meeting with the folks from Stoneridge, including a very jet lagged pastor, just off the plane from Israel! And a really fun reunion with a childhood best-friend, and a morning visit to the church preschool!<\/p>\n<p>Wed. Oct. 19 \u00a0Buffalo ECC, Buffalo, NY<\/p>\n<p>I was totally stoked by their Thanksgiving dinner extravaganza for folks in the neighborhood. They served 150! Then we had a good old fashioned &#8220;missionary show&#8221; and actually had a lot of fun in the process. The next morning I was given a grand tour of Niagara Falls. Wow!<\/p>\n<p>Thu. Oct. 20 \u00a0Austin Town Community ECC, Austin Town, OH<\/p>\n<p>A fun evening meeting with folks who braved the seriously frigid weather and then a delicious morning brunch with several area pastors.<\/p>\n<p>Fri. Oct. 21 \u00a0ECC of Hudson, Hudson, OH<\/p>\n<p>A truly potent chili cookoff and a killer home theatre to boot! And the sushi lunch the next day was mmm&#8230;mmm&#8230; good! Oh, and did I mention lots of play time with three uber fun kids!<\/p>\n<p>Sat. Oct. 22<\/p>\n<p>A drive through Amish country and an evening of NBA basketball at the Q! Go Cavs, Go!<\/p>\n<p>Sun. Oct. 23 \u00a0First Covenant Church, Ashtabula, OH<\/p>\n<p>Two SS classes, worship and a fab lunch with fab folk. Then a sunset walk on the beach and a delicious dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;m done! 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