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RE:  music in the church.  You can buy a license that will allow you to reproduce songs for congregational singing (like the overheads and stuff), but not for choral music.  For us, it just isn't practical to pay for that license, when very little of our singing is congregational.  Etta, there are some churches that televise their services, but they can't air the music part because of copyright stuff.  Glad your church is doing it the "right" way.

Have a good afternoon, Janet.

Okay, my FedEx tracker is showing my laptop delivered.  Unfortunately, it is not at my house so now I am beginning the adventure of figuring out which neighbor it was left with.

 

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Well hello everybody,
it's me, the new guy from San Diego. I hope everyone is well. I'll be spending some time trying to read past posts to become as current as possible. If I miss anything I'm sorry. I posted my testimony in our testimony area as asked by many. Thank you for asking and I apologize now for the lengthy story. I hope to be able to contribute in some way or manner here. I'm going to be busy personally with a big military project I've been working on for over a year now so forgive me if I don't answer in a timely fashion.

It figures I'd find a nice place like this to hang my camera when things speed up around me. In case you don't know I'm what you might call a "Pro" and not because of the quality of my work but ONLY because I found someone out there to actually pay me to have fun. I shoot for a local paper and have an account with Northrop Grumand. I shoot their motorcross club when they go out and ride. I shoot portraits, kids stuff and this year I'll actually be doing weddings for the first time. Yikes!!! I've been shooting military and law enforcement for quite some time and eventually panned over to other genres. I love what I do and I love it even more now because of my new shooting partner. By the way Jesus shoots Nikon or atleast when he's with me he does. Hahaha (testing the humor level here) Hope to be able to chat with everyone here.

Nick M

Good morning!  We had snow warnings last night, but, not a flake this morning, which is okay, but it is really cold!

God bless you all today, tonight?

Anybody hungry?  Here's some meat from Mark 4...


In His Grip,
Kevin

Hello new guy from San Diego.  I saw your "military project" and wondered if you knew jt6agent from dpc.  I reckon you do.  ahahhahahaha  welcome to CP..  At one time I was really active here, then life intervened, but I'm trying really hard to "come back."  It's a nice place to "chill" and relax and "fellowship."

Oh, and Nick, Jesus just wants you think He shoots nikon. 

I read your testimony, and left a comment there.  Thank you for sharing.  It gives me hope for some of my buddies at dpc that hate vehemently what I love dearly. 

Hi, Mil-spec! It's good to see you here. Keep on coming and posting. We love all our members, and especially welcome those who haven't been with us a while and our newbies. 

Janet, I keep intending to ask you to let Beth know we love her and miss her here on CP. She's a very special person.

Also, if any of you speak with Mieka, please let her know how much I miss her. I cherish the memories of the honest, heartfelt questions she asked and her staunch faith during the very difficult times she's had to endure.

Well, it was a very busy day at work, and I'm awfully tired again. Will probably cover up my head and wish the world a good evening very soon.

G'nite, all.

Ruth Ann

I have spent a little time reading so now I will say hello everyone.

This afternoon a terrible accident on our Hwy 401 east of Toronto, 5 passed away 10 I think in hospital,  It was a blinding snow storm on a terrible stretch of hwy. involving 3 transport trucks one of which was gas, and many other small vehicles. the hwy as I understand from the TV will be closed untill tomorrow morning.

Although on the cool side it was sunny all day and guess what tomorrow in ground hog day.   Will he see his shadow that is something we must wait to find out.

I have tomorrow off work so that means a 3 day week-end.

Ruth

Karmat yes I do know JTF6Agentt That would be me How funny. Well I've been found out. trying to live the life of a secret agent LOL HAHA Jtf6agent has been my password I got for the  past 16 years. I recently started to change over to Mi-Spec Photography since I  am no longer law enforcement. JTF was my LE handle and Im glad to see it go.

  Good day to all.  I am sory that I have not been on the site but we have been running around to many different things that are going on in our life.   Agin I thought that when you retire that things get a lot quieter but that is not true,.

My niece is doing very well and getting stronger each day.  Praise the Lord for all your prayers and her parents thank you again.

I ask for your prayers for my wife and my self as Noreen still has some very bad days with her back, and I found out two weeks ago that I may have a bulging disc, I am waiting to have a cat scan but the Lord is so good and he never lets us down and he cotinues to give us strength each day.

Pat.Its nice that you were able to get a new car and I know that you will enjoy and you will feel a lot safer in a newer vehicle.

To all others I skimmed over your postings but will not answer at this point as you can see I am a night hawk.  Good night to all and may the Lord bless.  Gord.

Good Morning All,

Hi Nick and welcome to CP. Are you sure about Jesus liking the Nikon? i thought it was the Canon Powershot.

Hi Ruth ~ i always cringe when i hear about big accidents involving big rigs, my brother is a otr driver. So sorry to hear of the deaths.

Hi Kevin, Karmat, Janet, Marilyn, Jane, Colin, Larry, Al, Samantha, and everyone else I forgot to mention. I'm terrible with names and remembering things.

Well, today is the day we get the results of the PET/CT scan. Please pray it turns out alright, i know i shouldn't be but i am really scared for what they might tell us. God help me.

I pray everyone has a God filled and blessed day!

<><Jeannine

Jeannine~It's still 2/1 here on the west coast so I can pray for you and you can rest assured that God is in total control.  Sleep peacefully and know that He has all things in His control ... He loves you and He will bring all things to His glory and honor. ..  Please rest assured that i am praying for you and your husband to be safe in His arms of love..... 

Minus 8 degrees F. this morning - sunny.

Jeannine:  Jane said it perfectly -  my thoughts are with your family today.

Welcome to Mike!!!

hello from a VERY VERY cold oklahoma its -1 F with windchills around -12 to -15 BURRR.... anyways just thought I would stop and post a HELLO before i have to head off to class luckily today i only have class from 10 til 3 instead of 830 to 330 today... yesterday was a long day i went to class all day then work til 1030 last night (left the house around 6 yesterday morning) today i don't have to work but will be heading to hugoton to see my brother and get my nephew... my he has gotten so big and grown up now he will be 4 next month and he knows it all! anyways i must finish getting ready print off some things for class and get going ttyl
Sarah

That is for you Kevin...I will take time to reply to you shortly and also to you Ruth.
God bless you Jeannine...my prayers and thoughts are with you.

Hello to everone else...I shall return. God bless

Hi everyone and a special welcome to Mike.  We are always happy to have new folks who stop by and share with us in this discussion area.   

It will be overcast here all day but it has warmed up from yesterday.  All of the ice is gone.  I have a quiet day planned again although have somewhere to go this evening for a little while.

Karmat, in our church we have a license to use the various hymns and our choir has quite a catalog of printed choral music from the publishers that has been accumulated over the 30 years our church has existed. 

Etta Sue, hope the problem with your electric fireplace can be fixed.  You really haven't had that very long.  Sure hope you don't get a big snow storm.

Janet, we used to have care meetings for my folks when they were in the nursing home.  Those are a good idea.  Glad there was nothing serious this time. 

Carol, that is too cold for me.  BRRR!

Gord, sorry to hear that you also may have back problems as well as your wife having them. 

Kevin, Ruth Ann, Jane, Jeannine, Sarah, Colin and Ruth--glad to see you all posting.

 

Quote from: Mil-SpecPhoto on February 02, 2007, 01:35:03 AM
Karmat yes I do know JTF6Agentt That would be me How funny. Well I've been found out. trying to live the life of a secret agent LOL HAHA Jtf6agent has been my password I got for the  past 16 years. I recently started to change over to Mi-Spec Photography since I  am no longer law enforcement. JTF was my LE handle and Im glad to see it go.

If you want to change it at dpc, just let us know.   As far as sharing pictures, I'm sure Pat or someone can explain it better than I.  It is one of those things I can do, but can't explain it well enough to someone else. 

The "storm" completely missed us.  It snowed for about thirty minutes, and we got about a quarter of an inch, then turned to rain and disappeared. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. 

My church was planning a SuperBowl celebration (GO COLTS!!) where you could come to church and watch the SuperBowl game, play cards if you didn't like football, and share in the snacks that everyone would bring.  The game would be shown on two overhead screens...actually painted walls...in the CLC..Christian Living Center...actually a gym with a full size basketball court and stage off to the side.  Then it was announced that it was cancelled due to so many having their own SuperBowl party in their homes with friends.  Then last night on the local news a Baptist church in Indy was told if they showed the game at their church it was illegal and they would be fined.  1) Not in a private home or private area 2) The size of the screen is too big...not allowed legally over 52" screen.  All due to SuperBowl trademark and not having permission to view the game in large gatherings and on big screen overhead projections!  How does the sports bars get by with it?  Wow!

Janet ~ Have you noticed that restaurants do not sing 'Happy Birthday' to their customers anymore?  They sing a different ditty to celebrate the birthdays.

Karma ~ Sure hope you find your laptop.  You would think that delivering something that costly, that a person would have to sign for it.  Remember those days when nothing by FedEx or UPS was delivered without a signature?

Nick ~ I belong to Kilbuck Photo Guild and the Nikon people are always putting down the Canon people and vice versa.  All in fun, though.  Welcome to the site, Nick!

Kevin ~ Sounds like the weathermen in Japan learned from the weathermen in the U.S.  Predictions don't come true.  Some I prefer they not come true!

Ruth Ann ~ Your post was just what I would like to say.  You said it so eloquently.  God Bless You in All You Do.

Ruth ~ I remember reading where Pat had a hard time fighting the storm to get home.  How terrible for those who lost their lives and those who are in the hospital.  And the ground hog is seeing his shadow in central Indiana!

Gord Brown ~ Back problems are no fun!  I am still having problems but Naproxen and walking is sure helping me.  But I also do not have a bulging disc so do what your doctor advises. 

Jeannine ~ I am praying, too, that the PET/CT scan is much better news that it might be.  God does heal and we are praying that God gave your DH His healing powers. 

Jane ~ What a beautiful message for Jeannine and her DH.  I thank you for that.

Carol ~ It is a cold 16°F here right now with a big bright sun shining down on Central Indiana.

Sarah!!! ~ Glad to see you pop in!  I remember when your nephew was born.  Has it been 4 years now?  And I understand...4, going on 14, right?

Colin ~ What a wonderful, heartfelt poem...IN HIS GRIP.  I would love to send it to my sister-in-law who suffers from depression but I really don't think she would think it be for her!  She is the one that has all kinds of illnesses...one at a time.  But never anything life-threatening and never any that keeps her from doing what SHE wants to do.  She is married to my brother (52 years in May) and Ivalou and I are going to see them in Florida later this month.

Larry ~ I am thinking if the fireplace gets louder, I will have to go to Lowe's to see if they have anyone that will work on it.  Otherwise, I need a new insert!  A must for me!  Solar heat just turned on...sunny outside...so that helps the gas bill.

Tonight I will be going to Tony and Charlene's.  Then we will be eating out to celebrate his birthday which was the 30th.  Charlene's daughter, Audrey, and grandson, Donovan may go with us.  I do want to see Audrey's new house that they just moved into.  Her hubby, Vince, is back at Groton, Conneticut.  He's in the Navy until April.

Etta, the radio station here has been offering "championship game packs" for Christians to use as a witnessing tool.  they don't use the words "SuperBowl" either.  I suspect the sports bar either pays a licensing fee (kinda like the music discussions) or uses smaller tvs.   there was a church here that got warned pretty heavily a while back for having a public viewing of the Passion of the Christ.  They did not have permission to show it in a "public" situation.  I don't think they were fined or anything, but it was an eye opener. 

I did get the laptop.  FedEx doesn't deliver to this area much, so I figured their GPS or navigation system shows the end of our road being at our mailbox.  Sure enough, they had left our "signature required" package at our neighbor's house, with a sticker sayign they didn't get a sig because no one was there.  go figure.  But, I have my laptop now.  (Good thing I have honest neighbors).

Thank you Etta Sue...that sounds like the start of a poem! Glad you liked the poem.

Jesus I know exhalts the humble so I suppose He helps me to use my poor littlle camera mobile phone to take photos with. And you know...Him and me get on great with it!

Take care everyone.

Wonderful poem Colin.

Karma good to hear you got your laptop. My Fedex man usually leaves my stuff next door. Lately he has been putting it on my back porch and I have trouble opening the back door. Have had to go around the house once to move the box.

No time to write anymore gotta go now.  Hello everyone.

That business about not allowing churches to show the super bowl game is a real shocker  to me!!  How selfish and petty of "the powers that be" who control such things.  That's my opinion, anyway.

Etta Sue, do you mean like "Happy happy birthday, From all of us to you.  We wish it was our birthday, So we could party too.....YEAH!!"     He he he.  I think that's Applebees' version.  It had never occurred to me that the copyright thing might be the reason for the different versions, though.  But you're probably right.  What a litigious society we have become. 

Welcome to Mike!!!  Glad to have you with us, and looking forward to seeing your photos, even if they are from a Nikon!    I use a Kodak. But for sure I am not a professional, either.

Ruth, what an awful accident.  I'm glad Pat isn't still driving to and from Toronto to the dentist!

I have been to Pat's for her to do my hair, so I'm all ready for the weekend.

Colin, very nice poem.  All of your poems I have read are great, and God has surely blessed you with a special talent.

It has warmed up to 5 degrees here, or that's what it was when I came home a few minutes ago. BRRRRR!!!

Hi, Sarah!  I'm still waiting for my pizza! 

Stuff to do, see you later.  I'm going to go add a few pictures to my gallery.

Hi, friends,

I just got in from a neurologist appointment - am facing carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists. He says the condition has gone on too long, and that now the nerve leading to the hand (which is numb past the wrist on both hands) is endangered of dying and then I'll completely lose the use of my hands.

So, it's certainly not the huge challenges some of us have faced here at CP, it's a matter of concern, and if you think of me, please include me in your prayers.

Colin, I've dealt with depression problems, and truly can testify that God is in the process of working me through some pretty hard times in the last 2-3 years. Thank you for that beautiful poem.

Jeannine, any news yet?

Y'all have a good evening.

Ruth Ann

Hi Ruth Ann....God bless you love..of course you will be in my prayers. I am so glad the poem was a blessing to you. Take good care.

Hi Marilyn...thank you for your nice comment and I hope you are keeping well. God bless.

Hi everyone else...12:45 am here and I should be in my bed. God bless.

Hi Everyone!

And a great big to you Nick!  I'm so happy to see you in here and yes, we'll definitely understand if you're busy with a project that you might not be around, etc.

My husband used to be a photographer many years ago in Northern Ireland for the Royal Ulster Constabulary.  He did enjoy that part of his job most of the time but then there were other times....

I'm going to go and read your testimony very soon.


Well, folks, what a week!  Got the car, arranged the money to pay for it and then all sorts of other bills came in!

Haven't figured out everything yet but wow!  Talk about depressing!

Loved your poem, Colin!


Hi to everyone else.

I'll be back soon.  Going to go and read Nick's testimony.

Karma, so happy you got your laptop and yes, it's great you have trustworthy neighbours.

I do want you all to go and read Nick's Testimony PLEASE!

I read it this morning.

OOPS!     I said welcome to Mike, and I should have said NICK.  Anyway, Nick, welcome!

Ruth Ann, I'm praying.  You gotta have those hands working well.

Pat, I said Toronto, then I remembered later that it was London you traveled to and from to the dentist.  Anyway, glad you're not out on dangerous highways now.  And I hope you get all those bills sorted out, and that the Lord provides the money to take care of each one of them.

I think I'm almost ready for my portrait class now. 

Now I will go read Nick's testimony.............

That's great Marilyn!

Awww...  Janet, I knew what you meant.  My goodness how in the world would you even remember "London" when you are way down and out in Kansas!?

Yes, it's bad on the highway up here but they do look after things nicely.

The final death toll from yesterday was 2 and many injured.  At first they said 5 dead but they couldn't get near to some of the vehicles due to the intense heat from the exploding gasoline so it's actually a miracle that only two were killed.