Today was an interesting day over all. First, we got a break in the weather. Although it’s currently 81 at 9:30 in the evening. It looks like the state decided to resurface the roadway in front of our house, which meant we couldn’t cross the road this morning without a vehicle. Tar and hot asphalt is not a good thing to walk across.
Pam and I did a little visitation in the afternoon, including a visit to my friends at Radioshack. It was nice to leave on good terms and I’m one of the few employees at that store to leave on good terms in the last 3 years.
This afternoon, we got ready for Mosaic. I thought tonight was going to be more like the last few weeks with an attendance under 10, but we rebounded a bit tonight. We had 13 with 7 staff, so we broke the 20 barrier for the first time in several weeks! PTL! The summer is going to be different and we plan to mix it up each week. Tonight we started out with some a cappella music and then I taught a short lesson about what God requires of us as Christians. It can really be summed up in Jesus’ Great Commandment — to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself.
The elementary students helped make bagel pizzas and the middle school and high school students made cards for one of our Wesleyan chaplains who is deployed in Kuwait. Then they went out and played games until the pizzas were done. Next week, we are having a movie night and we will watch “Facing the Giants.” We’ll have popcorn and the students asked for nachos. I’m praying that this movie will be a life changing moment for some of our students. Would you help me pray in that direction?
Our General Conference adjourned just before noon today. There were some interesting things on the docket this morning. The one with the most interest for me at least this morning was a recommendation that pastors offer communion at least monthly. I know that even before the Discipline is printed (that’s when it goes into effect) I plan on making this change. We have been having communion at least one every two months, but with this change, we will make it monthly, plus other special times like Covenant Renewal, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Local Church Conference.
I think that’s enough for tonight. Tomorrow looks like a busy day, with working at Salvation Army and I have to chair a board meeting tomorrow evening. Blessings….
