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Georgetown lost, but the entire weekend wasn’t ruined. Here’s a glance at what happened at NCC.

WORSHIP

(10:15am Union)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Godspell - Tickets on sale now for $10 at the Ebenezers website.
  • Good Friday Service - Friday, April 6, 6pm, Ebenezers
  • Easter Eggstravaganza - Saturday, April 7, Lincoln Park - Our biggest outreach of the year is almost here! This is a time to show Christ to our community, invest in families, and share the love of Jesus with kids. This outreach is dependent on everyone’s involvement. We need game leaders, face painters, prize givers, concession workers, Egg Hunt monitors, and more. Last year we had about 1,600 people and 120 volunteers. Email Pastor Joel if you want to help out.
  • Baptism - Saturday, April 7, 7pm, Ebenezers - We are having a special Easter Baptism service during the late Ebenezers service. If you or someone in your group is interested, or would like more information, email Heather Z.
  • Summer Discipleship Atlas Deadline - Monday, April 16, 5pm
  • More dates on the ZoneGathering Calendar and Ebenezers Calendar.

THIS WEEK’S MESSAGE

Pastor Mark continued He Came. He Died. He Conquered.

NEXT WEEK’S MESSAGE

Easter Sunday. Pastor Mark concludes He Came. He Died. He Conquered. Pastor Mark will be live at 5pm at Ebenezers and 9am and 10:15am at Union Station. All other services will have a video message.

RANDOM SIDE STORY

On Saturday night, I purchased a #6 road-gray Washington Nationals jersey for only $10! It was only $10 because Jose Guillen now plays for Dex’s Seattle Mariners. But I had the bright idea to buy the jersey and remove the “GUILLEN” from the back, leaving me with a somewhat generic, and timeless, #6 Nationals jersey. My wise wife warned that taking out all the stitching would take “forever,” but I proceeded with the plan.

We got home and I jumped into my jersey restoration project. After about 90 minutes of joint work by Heather and me, we managed to remove the “G.” Unfortunately, you could still see the faint outline of the letter on the jersey as my grand dreams were fading quickly.

So, I sat on our love seat, staring at my one-of-a-kind #6 “UILLEN” jersey, plotting my plan of attack. After a good 15 minutes, I decided I’m taking the jersey to our friendly neighborhood dry cleaners (and seamstress) and asking them to sew the “G” back on the jersey. Then I’ll have a throw-back to the Nationals inaugural season.

What’s the moral of the story? Guys, unless you know somebody named “UILLEN” who wore #6 for the Nationals, listen to your wives when it comes to sewing.

7 Comments to “Weekend Summary - March 31-April 1, 2007”

  1. Great story, Nathan! :) ha ha ha!!!

    Lanre

  2. I wish I could have seen you and Heather trying to get the stitches out :) VERY FUNNY!

    Leslie

  3. I don’t know much about sewing, but as a short person who often has to shorten pants, I know a thing or two about ripping out stitches. :) I’m glad to hear that you will now take my sewing advice more seriously.

    Heather

  4. Most excellent story ONZALES!

    One important fact you left out about the Seattle Mariners, they beat your Oakland A’s on opening day, thereby positioning themselves for the 162-0 season.

    dex

  5. i feel like there must be some moral from the story for the single readers… please explain.

    Bryan L

  6. The moral of the story for single guys is: Don’t buy clothes you have to sew or tailor yourself.

    nathan.

  7. [...] After only a couple dollars of tailoring, I am the proud owner of a #6 “Guillen” jersey. Click here for the backstory. [...]

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