Pentecost revisited

Sunday is always a blur of activity in our building as we worship and praise God in at least three languages from sunrise to sunset.

We kicked off the activity with our Sunday School. Then we went all out with Worship. This week George Strouse was our worship assistant and Amy Rezendes offered the Children's Moment. I wrapped up our series on the Sermon on the Mount by talking about persecution and our faith.

After worship we had our Quarterly meeting and discussed some of the things that have been happening at church.

*We noted that pledges were behind a little bit but that was offset by the miscelaneous and regular/not pledge giving which was up.

*I shared the fact that I would be away the week of November 29 to travel to Germany with my daughter, Rachel, as she competes in the international Tap Dance Championships. Rev. Bill Huegel will be filling the pulpit for us and it should be a real treat.

*A lot of people commented on the Stewardship Brunch and unofficially voted thast we should do that again.

*We also talked about the furnaces and Dick Strouse laid out what we wanted to do. He told the group that we were looking to replace the furnace that heats fellowship hall and the chapel area with a unit that will be gas fired. It is in the worst shape of the two and can be switched out fairly easily and quickly. The other furnace is inefficient but it is in better shape and can wait a little longer. Now we are just waiting on a couple of bids to come in so we can vote on where to get the funds from.

At 12:30 p.m. Pastor Daniel Song and the members of the Korean Methodist Church began their worship. They love to sing and you can hear them all throughout the building. After worship they gather in fellowship hall for a meal. They really take the Biblical model for community to heart.

At 3:30 p.m. Pastor Jorge Morales and the folks from Buenas Nuevas start arriving for Sunday School and worship. On Sunday they finished up a little early because it was Halloween and I think a lot of folks wanted to get home. Talk about music, they really light up the neighborhood when they start singing. Their praise team does a nice job and they rock the sanctuary when they get going.

We gathered for our weekly Bible study at 6:30 p.m. but only a few of us made it this week. I thought briefly about cancelling it but didn't think Halloween would affect us that much. Of course, I do love to hand out the candy and was torn. But we went for it. We had a good discussion despite the low turnout.

So that was our Sunday at church. Praise God, it was a good day.

Cal