Weekend in Review

 This Sunday was "Bless the Teacher" Sunday and we put goodie bags together on Thursday. Our pastors asked for all of the educators to come to the front of the sanctury(ies) at the end of the service and gave them the gift and then the whole congregation prayed over them.

This is our "main" statement for our church - "Here at Trinity, we are in the business of making disciples of Jesus. we believe that a disciple is someone who has experienced God’s grace to share God’s grace, that a disciple’s faith is a growing faith, and faith only grows in community because the love of God is bound up in our love of neighbor." We believe everyone is our neighbor, so one of our "brands" (for lack of a better word??) is "Hey Neighbor" in the speech bubble in teal blue.

On Friday night, our neighbors texted at 6:00 p.m. and said,"What are y'all doing for dinner?" I had just stepped out of the shower and we were literally trying to decide what to eat. I said that I could be ready in just a few minutes and we picked them up and headed to Casual Pint. It was just what we needed. I had spent the entire day studying about Sexually Transmitted Infections and Diseases - nasty stuff - and it was one of those days where I had to deal with a mad parishioner and I left a brand new gallon of milk in the garage floor overnight (trash), etc. We laughed and talked and I felt so much better after dinner.

On Saturday morning Mark made the custard for homemade ice cream (I had to go buy another gallon of whole milk on Friday to replace the one left on the garage floor).

This was the finished project.

Mark has been decorating the screened porch. He found those ball jars in his mother's basement. Our son made the lovely table for us years ago.

He hung the new fish picture in the bigger spot (thanks for your opinions last week!).

On Saturday night we went to Mark's sister's house for dinner. Our nephew, Thomas, has moved to Birmingham to work on his Master's so we all got together to welcome him home. I've written about our every Sunday family lunches at Mark's mother's house. We tried to continue that tradition for a while, but we aren't doing it very well. We are trying to make sure we get together as a family - it just might be on a Saturday night and might include beverages other than iced tea :-).

My sister-in-law, Susie, is so much like her mother. She always has beautiful flowers on her table.

There were several appetizers (no photos). Susie smoked ribs and chicken on the Pit Barrel and she made grits. Someone brought fruit and someone else brought a layered salad. Susie and Bob invited their neighbor to join us. She was very interesting. She is a producer and has produced TV shows on all 7 continents. She was an excellent conversationalist and you didn't have to worry about talking.

Sunday morning was back to work fo rme. As I was leaving the neighborhood, I had to pause for several minutes while this gaggle of geese crossed the road.

Last week our builder contacted Mark and asked if we would recommend their company to another couple whose home burned - it was struck by lightning just like ours. We agreed and Mark invited the couple to come see our house on Sunday afternoon. It is much easier when you can see, rather than just tell, the wonderful work done by ELM. Steve and Tyler were so nice and we have such empathy for them as they are going through this hard time.

So what did you do this weekend?