First of all, we are having a congregational meeting @ our church next Sunday to decide whether or not to retain Pastor Tullian as our Senior Pastor. This is a hard thing in the life of our church. The meeting will be one of pro and con address and a final voting process to determine a majority decision. This being the case, all communicant members are entitled to vote. So, naturally this affects 90% of our students.
So, we had one of our Elders here, James Turner, come and address the students during Sunday School. He talked about the meeting, how it was to be conducted, process and procedures and the like. Then some questions were addressed and hopefully answered sufficiently.
It was my heartfelt desire for our students to realize the magnitude of what is going on and to understand that it affects them. They are a part of this church as much as anyone and have the right to express themselves in all its dealings. Thus, I encouraged all our students to, along with their families, prayerfully consider what God is calling them to with regards to this meeting. I am praying that in all of this, God would be glorified and exalted by His people in unity and love!
As we closed and prayer and were ready to dismiss, Dylan interrupted me. He would not let anyone leave without singing "Happy Birthday" to me - mostly off key and extremely loud. It was super fun! Then we, all 90+ of us, enjoyed cake thanks to Dylan and Elizabeth - what a wonderful staff of friends! The students showed me more love than I could ever have wanted - or needed all at once :) Laura H. baked me a cake as well - it was amazing!
From there, it was on to an amazing worship service with my beloved wife, dad and step mom - they came down from Stuart to go to church and lunch with us (pray for their coming to faith please).
This was my morning...
That afternoon and evening I just relaxed with Amy - it was awesome!
Well, 30 here I come - Lord willing :)
For His Kingdom...
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