Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Team-Building Museum Day for the STELLAR VBS Volunteers!


On Sunday, May 21st, our VBS Leaders – Janice Dixon and Amy Collins – led a STELLAR VBS Volunteer Team Building mission at the Paxuxent River Naval Air Museum! The army of 40 volunteers took on three important missions:

1. Hard-scaped gravel and rock border around the new electronic sign. Pulled up a small tree. Lots of sweat and muscle, but it was great to work alongside one another as a team!  

2. Washed five aircrafts: T-34B Mentor; TH-1L Iroquois; T-2C Buckeye; AV-8B Harrier; Starboard side of the CH-53A Sea Stallion! Several VBS Volunteers brought their children, which was awesome since VBS is all about sharing love with kids. There was so much water, laughter, and everyone was soaked and loved it all! 

3. Primed three picnic tables outside of the museum for volunteers, workers, and guests to all enjoy this summer!  

What a blessing to have Kevin Smith, Bill Posnett, and Dave Bailey join us and lead us on a personal tour of the museum! These three amazing men are faithful members of our Pax Pres Church family and official volunteers at the museum.  

A special SHOUT OUT to the amazing Kristin Friscia, Administrative Coordinator at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum! She was so gracious and grateful – she consistently checked on our team, had plenty of water for everyone, invited us back to serve and tour the museum, and thanked us about 1,000 times! 

SHOUT OUT to our VBS Volunteers who shared the light of Christ in big ways!

Adult and Youth VBS Volunteers

Janice Dixon

Jim Dixon

Jaclynn Dixon

Amy Collins

Craig Collins

David Porter

Russ

Steve Kays

Ann Barnes

Stephanie Thomson

Emese Raschka

Diana Pooley

Matt Pooley

Nathan Pooley

Summer Montuoro

Kristin Lawrence

Rachel Portillo

Patsy Schumacher

Tom Schumacher

Peter Schumacher

Courtney Cuthbertson 

Leah Cuthbertson 

Tyler Cuthbertson 

Kevin Smith

Bill Posnet

Dave Bailey

Kelly Thurber

Eric Thurber

 

Children:

John Dixon

Clara Collins

Caleb Collins

Audrey Collins

Lucy Raschka

Nayla Pooley

Caleb Pooley

Emma Pooley

Max Thurber

Eli Thurber

Jack Thurber


Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Congratulations, Class of 2023!


Congratulations to our high school and college graduates!
You are a child of God and a child of this church.
Take pride in how far you have come.
Have faith in how far you can go.
And don’t forget to enjoy the journey!

Joshua Philip Blottenberger

Leonardtown High School graduate.

He will attend Liberty University

to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. 

He plans to be an engineer and would love to work

in the area of robotics or aerospace building rockets.


Eliza Eschenbrenner 
Chopticon High School graduate,
Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (Theatre).
She will attend Salve Regina University
in Newport, Rhode Island to major in Theatre Arts.

Robert Portillo

York College of PA graduate.

He earned his B.S. in Economics 

and Minor in Finance and Legal Studies.


Ashley Nicole Smalley

Great Mills High School graduate.
She will attend West Virginia University, 
Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering
and Mineral Resources. 

She plans to major in Biomedical Engineering

and possibly pursue medical school.


Ethan Peter Wolfe
Leonardtown High School graduate.
He will attend Villanova University
to study Business & Psychology.



A Prayer for Graduates
“We send you forth into the world
confident that God will go with you
wherever you may go.
We have faith that Christ will lead
and guide you in all your endeavors.
We praise God for your presence among us
and we send you forth
praying that God will continue to bless you.
May the grace of the Lord be with you,
the love of God surround you,
and the wisdom of the Holy Spirit guide you.
Amen.”

Monday, May 8, 2023

Building Bridges for the Gospel... in our community

Our dedicated crew of 17 Pax Pres volunteers participated in this year’s St. Mary’s County Christmas in April! In just eight short hours, they accomplished a tremendous amount of work to spruce up Tolerance Hall at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds… dusting ceilings, cleaning windows, and cleaning and re-hanging more than 100 framed photos of the Queens of Tolerance. Armed with paintbrushes and rollers, they painted the interior 4,000 square feet two shades of blue - light blue on the top and dark blue on the bottom. All trim work and doors were repainted from tan to dark blue to better match the space.

Many thanks to the following for sharing their time, muscle, and cooperation:

Jim & Janice Dixon

Chris (CIA Ministry Leader) & Kristin Lawrence

Edward & Sarah Lorek

John & Diane Bergmann

Dave & Leo Eschenbrenner

Chris & Luke Harritt

John Dixon

Leon Anderson

Patty Smith

Rita Reeves

Scott McLellan