Sorry for the lite posting, but I’ve been busy. We’ve had some form of service (or even more than one) at the Church every day since Saturday. I’m going back down again today, but for something other than services.
Every year, we do a Christmas Village as both a fundraiser and as a community event aimed at the nearby neighborhoods. There are vendors who do everything from homemade Christmas ornaments to homemade soaps, along with a bakery and restaurant (both done by our Church, and the food is good!). The Lamp Post, our coffee bar that is a reproduction of the bar from the Eagle and Child Pub where Lewis, Tolkien, and the other Inklings met, sells warm beverages to ease the cold. It’s a fun thing to do, and to attend.
Today, we will be going around the neighborhoods around the Church distributing flyers that not only advertise the event (later this year) but also give people a chance to order wreaths and other decorations from one of the vendors. Then, we will return to brats and other delights cooked on the grill by one of our grillmasters and enjoy some good fellowship.
I’m going down early both to get the grill up out of the basement and ready for our grillmaster, and to go ahead and try to get some work done on the candles and lamps for Saturday. May try to get a couple of other things done while I can. Our Deacon has been teaching me not only how to do certain things, but also instructing me on how to put together some of the non-liturgy services. All I can say is that the more I learn, the more I learn I have to learn. Cheat sheets are wonderful, though at least one of mine makes him laugh. A few thousand repetitions and I may have memorized ten percent of what he has memorized in his head.
I’ve also been dealing with a situation involving a friend. I would ask you to keep “Standup” uplifted in your prayers. Things are more hopeful than they were, and I pray that he finds peace of mind and soul.
More soon I hope.
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