Friday, February 10, 2006


Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful day. One of my new year's resolutions is to develop a better relationship with God through prayer and personal Bible study. Another new year's resolution is be a better husband and dad; that also means being a better spiritual leader in the home. My third new year's resolution is to influence my youth group to grow spiritually; and my fourth is to drop about 40 pounds by summer! Good luck on yours, and may God bless you as you glorify Him in everything. Barrett

Thursday, February 09, 2006


New Year's Eve (December 31, 2005) Barrett goes down in defeat in a game of Twister. Big surprise there!

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Teen Connections
Sunday night February 12, 5pm
Barrett Vanlandingham

It’s going to be a great weekend in Fort Gibson for a couple of reasons: First, we here in Fort Gibson are hosting the areawide Teen Connections this coming Sunday evening!
Second, our own David Walker will be speaking. I asked David to make his topic timely considering Valentine’s Day is only two days after. So, be sure to be here that night to find out what David has to say.
Also, a big thanks to Kristy Coombes, Doyle Kelley, and Louie Mosteller for organizing the menu and making it happen: hamburgers, pop, chips, and desserts from Charlie’s Chicken.
Mix all of that together with a lot of great singing from all the area congregations , and we’ve got ourselves a Mmmm Mmmm Good kind of an evening. This is the 6th Teen Connections of this season, with only two left after ours: Henryetta-March 5, & Chandler Road-April 9.

Spring Sing at Oklahoma Christian
This week, I purchased 20 tickets to the Friday 8pm, March 3 Spring Sing performance at OC. 15 of these tickets are still available at a cost of $12 each. This trip is for middle & high school students who would consider going to a Christian college. The vans leave 4pm Mar 3. Bring money for 3 meals. Lisa & I will spend Saturday, Mar 4 giving the kids a tour of our alma mater & talking with them about Christian Education.

The Northeastern Oklahoma Student and Teacher Workshop
Have you ever thought about teaching, or being a helper? Then, mark March 25 on your calendar & get ready for some quality training that will prepare you.
We are very excited to have Jane Buntley (of Duncan-Chisholm Trail church of Christ) and her daughter Tami Fennel (of Edmond-Memorial Road church of Christ) to conduct the Teacher’s workshop for those who are interested in teaching or helping in grades pre-school through 3rd. These two ladies have been teaching workshops for many years all across the nation. www.texhoma.net/~dbuntley
Topics will include: “Help I Need An Idea”... Bulletin Board Ideas... “Teaching Can Be Fun”... and Make It & Take It (you actually get to take stuff home).
We are also thrilled to have Bryan Jarvis (Family Minister at the Southern Oaks church of Christ in Chickasha) on the itinerary. He has very graciously agreed to not only be our keynote speaker on the topic of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth... but Bryan will also conduct a workshop for those interested in teaching or helping in 4th-12th grades. Bryan will be talking with teachers on several topics such as recruiting, training and motivating teachers, in addition to talking about issues that teachers have to address in class. Please make plans to attend. It will be worth your time. Thanks, Barrett