Today was quite a day and really helped put the wraps on a very interesting week. The Virginia Tech tragedy had an impact on many in our congregation. We used today’s service to help the healing process along. Our call to worship was Psalm 18:1-3, followed by the Tommy Walker arrangement of “O God Our Help in Ages Past.” This was done several years ago by Promise Keepers. I’ve included a link to the song, so you can hear it. I’m real proud of my girls. Our congregation then sang, “‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.” After the Invocation, we sang Chris Tomlin’s “Forever” and Matt Redman’s “Blessed Be Your Name” and set up prayer with Walker’s “He Knows My Name.” We had a wonderful time around the altar praying for our college students, especially those attending Tech. I preached a sermon on Why? As part of the sermon I challenged the church to be the hands and feet of Jesus. If you want to see more, click here. We finished with “It Is Well With My Soul” and then pronounceds a responsive benediction.

Following the service, we had a fellowship luncheon, but before that we had a short meeting with our Assistant District Superintendent. He was here for an observation visit and had good things to say about how we are doing. We settled in for lunch and the ladies of the church did a great job. But there was one more thing on our agenda and that was our Local Church Conference. The whole day built on itself and God worked even as we had our business meeting. We finished our business meeting with communion and the Lord’s Prayer. That was a special time and was a highlight of the day.

Last week I wrote on what a good day we had on Sunday and then it was a little crazy on Monday. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen again, but even if it does I know God is with me and it IS well with my soul. Blessings and have a great week.