August 22 – “A good day”

We had a really good day at church yesterday.  Lots of people who were awake and seemed very into the teaching (Although there was that one guy who was having a hard time keeping his eyes open.  I let him sleep, though.  He looked like he had been out in the sun too long the day before, so he needed to catch up).  They treated it like a teaching, too, which always makes it easier for me.  They responded (out loud, even) to my questions, and added insights of their own to the Scripture.  We had two cute little girls and one little boy join up with praise team this week.  The boy was really getting after it on the drum.  And of course the girls were so cute that the cameras were out and rolling.  I love it when the little guys get to be a part of what’s happening with the rest of the family. 

After church the good things continued.  One of our resident fishermen, Bob, shared some of the fruits of his labors with us.  He included Jim in the accolades, but Jim would only attest to one of the specs.  Either way, between them they brought 40 speckled trout fillets and cooked them up for us to go along with all the other great food people brought to our Third Sunday Dinner on the Grounds celebration.  Good stuff.  Really good stuff. 

After lunch, which included, by the way, a birthday cake for Chris, the ministry team got together to do some planning for our October and December Ministry Focus Projects.  On October 15^th we are doing a Fall Fun Festival at the church.  Just a day for the community to come over and enjoy some games and music and maybe a hot dog or two.  The December event is on the tenth.  Bethlehem Street Market has been around for a few years now, and it has become a community event as well.  It is a craft fair where folks are selling their homemade wares.  Can’t beat the timing for Christmas presents, either.  Sounds like both events are going to be “Don’t miss ‘em” specials, so put them on your calendar.

And to top it all off, it rained.  Really hard, and for long enough that the grass at our house got a good soaking.  Of course that meant a few people got a good soaking as well as they were leaving church.  I won’t mention any names, Jennifer, but  …

1 Corinthians 10:31 says, “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”

Father, thank you for the rain.  Please be the focus of both of those events as well.  Otherwise we’re wasting our time.  Amen.