"Ancient Prayer"
           God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage.  Flood our path with light, we
beseech Thee; turn our eyes to where skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music ("God Bless America comes to mind...") give us the sense of comradship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to Thy honor and glory. Amen      (Saint Augustine)

                                        "Building A Church"

           Computer programmer Amy Hughes found a unique way to express her faith. The Lego enthusiast built a church out of 75,000 Lego pieces.  The Church is about 7' by 5 & 1/2 ' and seats 1,372 little Lego people. The building has almost 4,000 windows, mosaics, an altar and crucifix, a pulpit, a detailed pipe organ, a narthex (entrance) bathrooms, stairs, and a balcony that seats an
80-member choir. Photos are posted at www.amyhughes.org/lego/church.
            Hughes, who once dreamed of being an architect, spent a year and a half on her project, dubbed the Abston Church of Christ. ("Abston" is a fictional name derived from ABS, the type of plastic used to make Legos.)
            She also used the Lego Church as an exercise in sermon-writing. Pondering why people seek refuge in a house of God, Hughes writes, "The
Lord is here because we are here, not because we built a beautiful building."

   Quote: "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I
                 in the midst of them."       (Matthew 18:20)