weekend

I am so remiss about this blog. I figure no one reads it so who cares?

Yet this is great for me. I am doing talks at Brighton once a month and other times I am doing short inspirational talks. So this exercise is great for me.

Saturday I got to see Rice football. Rice won!! It was great to see.

Sunday I had three services. Well 2 1/2. I went and helped lead at Brighton. I help the music leader since he used the piano and you really cannot lead singing at play unless you have a microphone, which we don't. Then a lady named Dee did the message. I ended up helping her with the message. We started late because DW and I were late. We ended early too. I felt a little like we cheated them. But we stayed and greeted and prayed for them. Some are in poor health. And we had a lower attendance. I wondered if the flu was going around. Four of us took the place of the Jones. Also the piano player Hugh brought his wife and three small children. The women at the old folks home turned into grandmothers for a while. Most of them liked the energetic little ones.

Then I went to half a service at Vineyard. I got them for the announcements and the wonderfully practical sermon by Harry. This the third and last sermon on finances. Today it was about saving and spending. He had some wonderful examples. He have a funny anecdote about he and his wife arguing about buying makeup when they first got married. I can relate.

No local football Sunday. I missed that.

Evening service was good too. We did "Redeemer music" out of the C-Book. JB came with me and was out third bass singer. Then I dropped him off at work. He had a 9:30 PM staff meeting. Can you believe that? I read the lectionary. Today is what is called Christ the King Sunday. I love the concept. But I was not terribly excited about the scripture. JB commented that he could understand the passage well from the way I read. That is what I am going for, story telling if you will, so I felt satisfied that I am doing what I mean too. I do not want to be the message. I want the story to be the message.

Our anthem was Jesus We Crown You with Praise (lyrics) by Lanny Wolfe (vocal on Utube).

I did not feel tired when I was done. But I had a good time and felt joyful about it all.