Baptism in Lake Grapevine

The first was Landon Sleeper.

Third was Hanna Ballenger

Fourth was Jessica Ballenger

Second was Allison Ballenger.

This was a wonderful group of family and friends that came out for the picnic and baptism. There were about 150 folks there.

First Responders Sunday!

-honoring those men and women in our community who run into danger as we run out-

The fire station and police station brought gorgeous trucks, ambulance's and cars.

Half the crowd

Chief Finn, Mayor Terrall, and Chief Starr

After the service, several firemen gave us a tour of their trucks.

Jacob Taunton and Eric Reed

Patiently answering questions. ;-)

Four police cruisers

Waiting for their turns

The tour

Honoring Chief Finn

Some of the firemen

Honoring Chief Starr

All the firemen sat together.

Southlake SWAT

On August 28th, Southlake Working As a Team, sponsored a city-wide clean up of one of our local nature centers. It started at 8:30, and included City Council members, the mayor, a Boy Scout troup, two other churches, a tree trimming company, a stump removal company, and a total of 150 people pulling weeds, laying a ton of mulch, picking up limbs, and hauling the wood to the chipper. It was a massive undertaking, but with all the people, it was fun and done by 1:30. This is the picture of the people who lasted to the end.

The endless job of chipping limbs.

Me, Eric, Matthew, and Sharon, a Nature Center volunteer.

Two teens from Gateway, Matthew, and Eric.

Councilwoman Pam Muller and Pastor Clay

Cliff Donnelly trimming trees.

The Ballengers got the hottest, most weed-infested spot and knocked it out.

There were tables with places to sign up for different jobs.

And tables with all the tools we might need.

Matthew on top of the 10 foot high pile of mulch. There were two piles like that as we started out.