Because the holiday was on Sunday this year, we moved our services to Saturday evening and had one energetic and challenging service!
On top of that, we had the joy of introducing our interim pastor, Bob McQuaid and his wife, Bobbie. They joined us last week and will be here until we can find our next Senior Pastor. Great people who love God and want to see God's church be what He intended it to be. They are, to quote him from Saturday, "Pumped Up" to be here.
Service on Saturday was full of challenges from Joshua 24 on how to truly live a devoted life. Lots of great feedback. Had some really helpful feedback from a divorcee that will help to shape my 'frustrations' with things in the future. Thank you!
Then we had the joy of serving our community on Sunday in the 4th of July parade and hang out at the park with the community. Here's a quick rundown:
- Had over 120 volunteers show up to paint faces, serve hot dogs, man the fun jump and hand out water as folks gathered for the parade.
- Even though the crowd was thinner than usual, the energy and excitement was WAY HIGH!
- Loved the look on people's faces as the float with the praise team rolled up and they saw it was from a CHURCH! Folks pointed at our signs, smiled and started clapping and dancing to the music. It was fun to watch their reaction!
- Found out from the hot dog team we served over 800 dogs! That's equal to what was serve last year with a bigger crowd. Hmmmmm.
- It was easy to spot our volunteers this year as they all sported the new VOLUNTEER shirt. Kind of hard to miss in the crowd.
- Our interim pastor and his wife, Bob and Bobbie, jumped right into the fray and served. They were having a blast!
- MANY of our volunteers this year were first timers. Love this group!
This weekend will be Bob's first weekend in the pulpit, so DON'T MISS IT!
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