July Update

Here’s a glimpse of what has happened over the past month…

Independence Day Parade–On July 3rd we participated once again in the Menomonee Falls Independence Day Parade.  This is by far the largest event that happens each year, so we try to capitalize on that.  The parade attracts over 20,000 attendees, so we know that this is a great way to gain exposure for Legacy.  On our float we had our worship band playing some 80’s rock songs.  Some of which were “Hotel California” by the Eagles; “Dream On” by Journey; and ‘Saturday In the Park,” by Chicago.  They totally rocked out.  We also passed over 3,000 Green Bay Packer schedule magnets that also included our local high school’s schedule and information about Legacy.  We had record heat on the day of the parade, so we also sent out a team with a truck loaded down with over 600 ice-cold water bottles to give away to all the participants lined up in the parade.  Overall it was a great evening, and a great time giving Menomonee Falls a little taste of Legacy!

Some of our team who participated in the Independence Day Parade

Trip to Columbus, OH–After the parade was over, Katie and I loaded up our car and headed to Columbus, OH.  Katie’s family from Sacramento, CA were there to watch their daughter play in the national volleyball tournament, and Ohio is a lot closer than California!  So we made the 8 hour drive and stayed with them and got to watch some incredible volleyball.  During our stay, we also got the chance to drive to Cincinnati, OH to meet up with one Katie’s best friends for dinner and one of my good friends from college.  It was a lot of fun to reconnect with family and friends.

    

Friday Family Flicks–Tomorrow, July 20th, we are hosting our first movie night in one of the parks in the community.  We are excited to see how the community reacts to a church providing a free, family focused evening in the community.  We rented a 40′ obstacle bounce house and we’ll have sno-kones and popcorn and face painting–all FREE!  I’ll let you know next month how it goes.

Continue to Pray Thanks so much for continuing to pray for Legacy! It would be great if you could join us in prayer about these things:

• This Friday night we are having our first “Family Friday Flick” movie outreach.  Please pray that we will make a larger-than-life impact in our community and be known as a church that cares
• Next week Katie goes back for one of her follow-up appointments.  She will have a PET Scan done.  Please pray that this comes back clear and negative.
• July 29th, we are having our 3rd baptism service at Legacy.  Please pray for decision to be made and for those who make a decision to make this next step in their relationship with God.  So far we have 15 baptisms at Legacy!
• Ultimately, Legacy is about changing lives with the good news of Jesus Christ.  Pray that God will continue to provide us opportunities to do exactly that!

We appreciate your interest in Legacy! And thanks for continuing to pray for our us and the new church.  If you would like to receive our updates, please fill out the information below.

Pressing Onward,

Matt and Katie Berry

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Isn’t This Supposed to Be Easy?

Two weeks ago I got to preach on Sunday morning. As a church we are currently working our way through the 10 Commandments and I got to kick off the series.

During my message, I talked a little about my wife’s and my relationship. I talked about how before we were married, or even engaged, our communication was top-notch. We were an open book and it seemed like we would never not communicate well. We thought the adjustment to married life would be easy. Our friends told us no matter how prepared you are, you are never prepared enough–they were right. Something magically seems to change once you get married and communication become much more difficult.

Probably the biggest area of change in communication is communicating how we feel loved and appreciated by one another. I really hate “love” languages, but they really do come into play more once one gets married. For instance, I feel the most appreciated by my wife when she writes me cards, or says kind words to me and shows me physical touch. It is natural for me to give these back as a way to show I love her. But she feels most loved when I do things for her around the house, and spend time with her. And it is  easy to get frustrated with one another when we don’t demonstrate love in a way that each of us like to receive it.

Love languages can either be a blessing or a hindrance to communication between couples. If we take the time to learn our spouse and communicate with them how we are feeling, or what we need from them, then the relationship will be stronger and become a blessing to one another. (Yes men, this means that we sometimes do need to talk about our feelings and communicate with our wives!) But if we keep our emotions to ourselves and our expectations from our spouse, we only get more and more frustrated and our communication becomes more difficult.

How is your communication with your spouse? Do you know what your love language is?

Below are some resources that talk about communication in our marriages:

Books

His Needs, Her Needs-Building an Affair Proof Marriage by Willard F. Jr. Harley

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Smalley

Blogs

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