Sunday July 6th debrief

Our hero this Sunday was Joseph as the hero of persistence.

To illustrate our point, we had the air conditioner in the sanctuary crump. What a creative and out of the box way to get people thinking about persistence or was it perspiration (smile).

But really just as a sermon jumping off spot, Christine and Kristen found some interesting things on Ebay (sister Siamese carrots and dirt) and then created a faux Ebay page featuring the coat of many colors. There were so many subtle things that were funny on the coat page that I could not take them all in but what I did pick up made me smile. (something for everyone, "Yes sir, that's my baby!")

Kristen does a great job each week writing very poignant blog-like reviews of the previous sermons. She reviews the main points of the sermon while providing a really great novel illustration to the topic, a great tool to remind people of what was said the previous week.

We had planned to show a video highlighting Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, and others (missionaries who died in the Amazon) and the persistence of Nate Saint's sister and her attempts to reach the native people for Christ. If you have not seen the End of the Spear and Beyond the Gates of Splendor, then I strongly encourage you to watch these films. It will drive you to tears and to self examination.

The musical worship was good. Gary has taken over the drums for the month of July and did a good job on the kit. We did a very intimate version of You Never Let Go by Matt Redman and the team did a good job singing the song at a much slower tempo and handling the rubato section of the chorus.

This week, Dion has been tasked with developing a drama for Ron's time in the pulpit. So be on the lookout for the call for stage hands.

July 20th, we have a drama featuring John and Dawn that is advertising VBS. If you can think of other ways to advertise or help with VBS, let me or Annette know.

Remember, pray practice and prepare.

Grace and Peace everyone.

Lod