Vacation — for a change
I may be dressing a little better in weeks to come.
I buy new clothes only when I go on vacation. (I have to have enough clothes to wear for two weeks.) I haven’t taken a vacation for many years now, so my wardrobe is a bit bedraggled.
But I just bought out the store.
I am about to go on vacation after this Sunday.
Rev. Eric McKinney and Jane have invited us (me, my sister and preacher friend Rev. Meissner) to stay in their cabin in Vermont. They have invited us for three years. We finally said yes.
I will preach this Sunday.
After that, Mary will preach for two weeks.
We have a concert on Saturday, Oct. 14—three days after we get back. It is all planned. Blake and I will be singing.
And, yes, I am reluctant to sing on a program with Blake. Who wants to hear me with Blake there? (I don’t.) But I can’t put the whole concert on him.
So, there you are. We will actually sing together on one old hymn: “Softly and Tenderly.”
On the Sunday after that concert—Oct. 15th —the Rev. Beverly Tye, a part of our church family, will be preaching. She will share her spiritual journey in a sermon called My Walk with God.
So, we’ve got wonderful things coming: Mary, the concert with Blake, then Beverly.
And our choir starts up soon—with some new members.
Isn’t it great to be in church?
And to know that “we are loved, we are forgiven, we are forever.”
See you Sunday.