An Unexpected Vacation

With trepidation, I just unwrapped the bandages on my wounded right knee. (I must take a bath tonight. I see the doctor tomorrow.)

Looked better than I feared. The healing process is underway. I have fairly full movement in my right elbow now. (Yeh! I can put my fork back in my right hand!) I can’t claim to be comfortable all the time, but much of the time. Going in the right direction.

My unplanned vacation from church will last another two Sundays. I will (without unforeseen difficulties) be back in the pulpit on July 6—even if Doug and Brian have to roll me down the aisle in a wheelbarrow.

Discovering God Class

My 9:45 class will resume on July 13.

Don’t want to try too much on that first Sunday.

But my “vacation time” is allowing me to work much more on my book. We’ve got some exciting stuff ahead of us.

Breakfast This Sunday

As I read it, this is a “We Bring” Sunday.

Enjoy the fellowship. At 10:30.

Watching from Home

I enjoyed watching the service from home last Sunday.

For this Sunday, someone needs to remember that the piano microphone is not presently hooked up. If it is used this Sunday, put a mic on it. (It could hardly be heard last week.)

No need to fix the piano mic connection because the whole sound and video system is soon to be rewired. If work begins while I am gone, this is one thing that will get me back to the church to check it out. I know nothing about the wiring, but I do know how the new sound booth should look.

I am excited about the new cameras. I have requested state-of-the-art slimming and de-aging cameras that will put a light halo around the preacher’s head. I will look like both Tom Cruise and St. Paul at the same time.

Jesting aside, I see the future of this church as depending heavily on the quality of the product we put on YouTube.

The new system will help us be our best in the service of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

I will see you Sunday, from my green recliner chair in my den.

You will see me on July 6.

Thanks, Mary, for your loving ministry at St. Matthew UMC.

—MB