We are in Grants Pass now. It's back and forth we go - to and fro. We drove down the coast Sunday and it was a beautiful day -- a little chilly but nice and sunny with just a hint of fog to make distant scenes look wispy. We go back to Newport Friday. The "up" is real nice, too. There were 27 in worship Sunday. Okay, that's less than the 42 on Easter but the great part is that ALL of these were local people. No out-of-town visitors. Isn't that great? The church is coming back from the precipice.
We had a leadership meeting after worship and they wrestled with some significant options centering around their property. A motion was made and then tabled (at my suggestions) to be acted on this next Sunday. This will give people time to think and pray on the decision. Stay tuned. I'll talk about the final decision in
the next blog. All in all, I felt good about Sunday. I didn't even like the sermon going in! But it turned out to be a good, spirit-filled day and I guess the sermon was okay. Oh, let me tell you about "yellow Sunday." That's what we had and everyone wore yellow, or something yellow on what they wore. And we had some simple yellow artificial flowers to pin on anyone who didn't have yellow. There is no theological reason for this. It's just that I started it when we were in St. Helens so I could wear my yellow sport jacket and not feel out of place. Agate Beach is now the third church to "inherit this tradition." It is lots of fun and everyone enjoys it because yellow is such a bright color. The cover of the worship folder was a simple, line drawing of a church to be colored in like in a child's picture. Everyone also got a small box of color crayons. During the sermon I had them color in parts of the picture in response to the sermon. I though it was fun!!!!!
the next blog. All in all, I felt good about Sunday. I didn't even like the sermon going in! But it turned out to be a good, spirit-filled day and I guess the sermon was okay. Oh, let me tell you about "yellow Sunday." That's what we had and everyone wore yellow, or something yellow on what they wore. And we had some simple yellow artificial flowers to pin on anyone who didn't have yellow. There is no theological reason for this. It's just that I started it when we were in St. Helens so I could wear my yellow sport jacket and not feel out of place. Agate Beach is now the third church to "inherit this tradition." It is lots of fun and everyone enjoys it because yellow is such a bright color. The cover of the worship folder was a simple, line drawing of a church to be colored in like in a child's picture. Everyone also got a small box of color crayons. During the sermon I had them color in parts of the picture in response to the sermon. I though it was fun!!!!!The picture is of our pianist and the fuzzy headed preacher! Her name is Joyce so we have to be careful people know which one we are referring to.
Well, hang in there with us. We love the church and the people at Agate Beach but one of these days this blog will be talking about something else. But for now, this is our life and we love it.
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