Here we are again. Monday. Man alive. They just keep showing up. Oh well, on with the business. We again had a great Sunday. I was wondering how it would turn out since we were sharing the theater with a bank for their annual Christmas party. Everything went smoothly and even though we were missing many regulars we still had a pretty good attendance. Everything seemed to flow well and I got many positive comments on how good the service was.
Well, winter is officially here. We got probably half an inch of snow on Saturday night, which really isn't much but it signals a new winter season. So today I went out on my annual trek and bought some ice melt for the driveway and stairs. Can't say that I enjoy that. Plus our street signs got hammered by the the snow plows. Three of them were destroyed. Got to love the plow guys.
We have our sectional Christmas party tonight in Bellows Falls. It's nice not to have to travel an hour to get to it. We used to do that in CT. It was fun but the drive stunk.
I went to a memorial service of a guy who was a minister. He got into a car accident and was killed. He was 23, had a fiance, was just hired as a youth pastor at his home church and now nothing. The service was very inspirational and sad. His fiance spoke and read a letter she decided to write to him. It was heart wrenching but man was I impressed by the strength she showed through the whole thing. Don't know how I would have handled it.
The Christmas season is upon us and I want to encourage you to slow down and take a breather in the midst of shopping and parties and programs and remember why we celebrate this season in the first place. Read through the Gospels and the Christmas stories. Take time with your family or a friend and discuss the implications of Christ's Advent. And remember, one day, He is coming back again.
I'm back to model building again. I have a model of the USS Alabama, which is the ship that my grandfather served on in WWII. Unfortunately, all the instructions on building it are in Chinese or Japanese. Which btw, is quite ironic.
Looking forward to the New Year and what God has in store for Riverstone Church and claremont. We are revamping some stuff and re-organizing some leadership positions. It's all good. There is always pain in growth and we have to go through it in order to grow. We are growing and God is going to do some amazing things.
Last week was one of the hardest weeks I have been through in a while with the church. So much stuff was happening. Almost every day there was something new with some kind of people issues. I was definitely feeling the pressure. But I gave that stuff up to God and He certainly took my burden. Hey, a bad day here is infinitely better than a good day elsewhere.
Well, winter is officially here. We got probably half an inch of snow on Saturday night, which really isn't much but it signals a new winter season. So today I went out on my annual trek and bought some ice melt for the driveway and stairs. Can't say that I enjoy that. Plus our street signs got hammered by the the snow plows. Three of them were destroyed. Got to love the plow guys.
We have our sectional Christmas party tonight in Bellows Falls. It's nice not to have to travel an hour to get to it. We used to do that in CT. It was fun but the drive stunk.
I went to a memorial service of a guy who was a minister. He got into a car accident and was killed. He was 23, had a fiance, was just hired as a youth pastor at his home church and now nothing. The service was very inspirational and sad. His fiance spoke and read a letter she decided to write to him. It was heart wrenching but man was I impressed by the strength she showed through the whole thing. Don't know how I would have handled it.
The Christmas season is upon us and I want to encourage you to slow down and take a breather in the midst of shopping and parties and programs and remember why we celebrate this season in the first place. Read through the Gospels and the Christmas stories. Take time with your family or a friend and discuss the implications of Christ's Advent. And remember, one day, He is coming back again.
I'm back to model building again. I have a model of the USS Alabama, which is the ship that my grandfather served on in WWII. Unfortunately, all the instructions on building it are in Chinese or Japanese. Which btw, is quite ironic.
Looking forward to the New Year and what God has in store for Riverstone Church and claremont. We are revamping some stuff and re-organizing some leadership positions. It's all good. There is always pain in growth and we have to go through it in order to grow. We are growing and God is going to do some amazing things.
Last week was one of the hardest weeks I have been through in a while with the church. So much stuff was happening. Almost every day there was something new with some kind of people issues. I was definitely feeling the pressure. But I gave that stuff up to God and He certainly took my burden. Hey, a bad day here is infinitely better than a good day elsewhere.
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