Friend Day and Fire.

Sunday, October 22nd, we had a very succesful Friend Day. We had about 40 guests come to worship with us. The people of our church did a wonderful job sprucing up the church and welcoming our friends with love and kindness. Nearly everything we did went well and as planned. We even consumed all but 1 of the 10 dozen donuts we bought and nearly 2 gallons of coffee. All the video, worship and drama went well to create a wonderful time in the Lord with our friends. Our only hope is that everyone was blessed and received something from the Lord. We are also hoping that we will have a few join us on a regular basis.

Now for the fire. We would like to talk about the fire of the Lord falling in our church, but unfortunately it was another kind of fire - our church Annex caught on fire. It didn't burn down, but it did a lot of damage. Pat, a member of the church on the first floor of the Annex got out OK and is fine. Unfortunately, she will likely lose just about everything because of the fire, heat, water or smoke damage. We aren't sure what caused it, but my personal opinion is that it had something to do with electricity. There was no other source of heat that could start a fire where it appears to have originated. The church is having it investigated and appraised for damages by a couple sources. Both Pat and the church had insurance. We are all trusting the Lord that He will work this out for good like He does everything else.

church, continue to be faithful and we will see the glory of the Lord. Thanks for all the prayers and support. God IS doing great and wondrous things. Believe it in spite of what you think you are seeing.

Pastor Tim