Showing posts with label Fellowship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fellowship. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Meet and Greet
This coming Sunday January 18th, 2009, Monticello will be hosting a meet and greet fellowship dinner immediately after the Sunday morning service. This event is an opportunity to meet, Sophia and enjoy a good meal. Everyone is invited and welcome.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Rowing Down the River
Today was an excellent day to be out in God's creation. The sun was warm and the leaves are beginning to change. The day was accompanied by a cool breeze. It was the kind of day that makes you happy to be alive and even happier that you know the One who made it all. We had around twenty or so show up for the canoe trip this morning. We all set out with the hopes of ending the day as dry as we started it.
The last time that Monticello took a canoe trip Delia and I flipped our canoe three times. We had hoped to end the trip with no flips this time (thank the Lord no flips). The water was really cold this morning. If you fall out of a canoe in the summer, chances are you experience relief (if you can get over the embarrassment, are not afraid of water, and if you can swim). The only way you would have experienced relief by falling out of the canoe today was to have been a polar bear.
Our canoe got stuck at one point today (low water). So we had to get out of the boat (ankle deep) to push it free. It wasn't the coldest water I have ever felt (I jumped into a swimming pool in the middle of the winter once--but that is a story for another day), but it was cold enough that I didn't want to find what it would feel like to be immersed in it. We did have one couple that tipped their canoe, but they were alright.
I had a great day today. I really appreciate the opportunity to serve among such admirable and amiable people. I glad that we have the opportunity to enjoy life together. I regret that many of our friends couldn't be there, but there will be another time for us to join together and enjoy each other's company. God bless.
The last time that Monticello took a canoe trip Delia and I flipped our canoe three times. We had hoped to end the trip with no flips this time (thank the Lord no flips). The water was really cold this morning. If you fall out of a canoe in the summer, chances are you experience relief (if you can get over the embarrassment, are not afraid of water, and if you can swim). The only way you would have experienced relief by falling out of the canoe today was to have been a polar bear.
Our canoe got stuck at one point today (low water). So we had to get out of the boat (ankle deep) to push it free. It wasn't the coldest water I have ever felt (I jumped into a swimming pool in the middle of the winter once--but that is a story for another day), but it was cold enough that I didn't want to find what it would feel like to be immersed in it. We did have one couple that tipped their canoe, but they were alright.
I had a great day today. I really appreciate the opportunity to serve among such admirable and amiable people. I glad that we have the opportunity to enjoy life together. I regret that many of our friends couldn't be there, but there will be another time for us to join together and enjoy each other's company. God bless.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friends, Fellowship, and Fun
We have all heard it said that laughter is the best medicine. There is a great deal of truth in this statement. I got to hang out with my best friend yesterday. We had a long talk about ministry and calling. These talks always seem to encourage me and solidify the calling in my life. Proverbs 27:17 states, "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another" (ESV). God has continued to use my friend to encourage me in the ministry, and I hope he has used me to encourage my friend. He has a passion and commitment in ministry that is rare. He is a humble servant of God who seeks the spiritual well-being of his flock. I thank God for him and his ministry.
He went with me to the hospital to visit. I went to visit a church member's family member. Armed with the information that this person was in the hospital and the number of their room I headed to the hospital. It was not until I got to the door of the room that I realized I couldn't recall the person's name. So there I was standing outside of this hospital room staring at the people inside, looking to my friend to help me (and knowing that it would have been a miracle for him to have identified complete strangers) trying desperately to recall the patience name. At last I introduced myself, confessed my ignorance and discovered I was indeed in the right place. I don't know if the family laughed after I left, but my friend and I did. Humility is a lesson taught often, if we will learn it.
I also got to hang out with Delia' s Sunday school class. We had a time of fellowship at the church. I love to laugh and cut up. I'm a bit of a goof. Through this time of fellowship I was reminded that I am part of something bigger than myself.
At the end of the night, when the lights were out and my head was on the pillow, I came to the conclusion: when we are connected to our great God and Savior life cannot help but be great. I don't mean to suggest that it is all fun and laughter in Jesus. There is a lot of hard work and heart ache, but life in Christ is far better than life without him. Thank you Lord for a wonderful day, and thank you all for a lot of laughter.
He went with me to the hospital to visit. I went to visit a church member's family member. Armed with the information that this person was in the hospital and the number of their room I headed to the hospital. It was not until I got to the door of the room that I realized I couldn't recall the person's name. So there I was standing outside of this hospital room staring at the people inside, looking to my friend to help me (and knowing that it would have been a miracle for him to have identified complete strangers) trying desperately to recall the patience name. At last I introduced myself, confessed my ignorance and discovered I was indeed in the right place. I don't know if the family laughed after I left, but my friend and I did. Humility is a lesson taught often, if we will learn it.
I also got to hang out with Delia' s Sunday school class. We had a time of fellowship at the church. I love to laugh and cut up. I'm a bit of a goof. Through this time of fellowship I was reminded that I am part of something bigger than myself.
At the end of the night, when the lights were out and my head was on the pillow, I came to the conclusion: when we are connected to our great God and Savior life cannot help but be great. I don't mean to suggest that it is all fun and laughter in Jesus. There is a lot of hard work and heart ache, but life in Christ is far better than life without him. Thank you Lord for a wonderful day, and thank you all for a lot of laughter.
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