How We Spent The Lord's Day at FBC

It was so nice to be back at church with our congregation after a week away. As much as I enjoyed worshiping with the people in Mexicali, there is no place like home. Bob Walker was the worship assistant and although I had laryngitis on Friday and Saturday morning, my voice was almost back to normal.

Amanda Duntz spoke to the children about "friendship bracelets" and how they serve as reminder of friends far and near. She noted how Merlynda made them and gave them to all our new friends in Mexico. Then she told them that there are things that remind us about God all around us. I preached on our commission to share God's love and bring hope to the world and used the story of Stephen's martyrdom to reflect the depth of faith we sometime need to have.


This is the third Sunday so after worship we hosted the Interfaith luncheon. Cynthia Strouse put her sister, Bonnie Koch, to work today since she was visiting from Michigan. Gary and Nancy Schuster, Laura Kreger and the boys and Rachel Lord helped set up and serve today. The lunch was great. It included barbecue chicken, spaghetti and salad.




I left early so I could get to softball practice. Attendance was sparse but it was our first practice of the year. Chip Chaffee is back and he brought a friend of his, Mike Young. Chris Vaillancourt, George Rezendes and Ken Kreger were also on hand. Next week we will meet again and have a scrimmage game at 2:00 p.m. at Kelly.






At the Bowling League meeting we decided to begin the season on June 1 at 6:30 p.m. The cost will be the same as last year and we will go 10 11 weeks, depending on the number of teams we have. We didn't elect officers but George Rezendes is going to check out the software that is being used to keep the records. He volunteered to be Secretary/Treasurer if we decide to do our own stats.

I stopped in at church at 6:30 p.m. and Buenas Nuevas was still going strong. Pastor Jorge and the church now welcome an average of eighty people each week. Let's keep them in our prayers. God is really working in their midst.

We want to also note that Pastor Daniel and the Korean Congregation are doing well too. They started slow but are growing now. You should stop in and pray with them some Sunday. It is quite an experience.

Well, it has been a long day so I'll sign off now. Good night.

Cal