Top Ten from Sunday 6/13
- Kicking Kelly’s flute and almost knocking it over when I roamed away from the pulpit. This only happened in first service because she saw me do it and took it off the platform with her during second service.
- Some of our folks are filling in as Crosswalk teachers for the summer in order to give our regular teachers a bit of a break. Faythe is doing so and yesterday was her first Sunday to bring the lesson. On the way out she showed me her ear and toe (which were liberally dabbed with red paint). The lesson was from Leviticus 14.
- Seeing Joshy step up and nail Psalm 92, from memory, in front of the entire congregation.
- Somebody was talking to me after church. He was saying nice, kind and complimentary things about RBC and our ministry. He ended by saying, “I hope you don’t think I am just blowing sunshine. I really mean this.” That idea of blowing sunshine just struck me as funny.
- Hugging Doug and Amy Nunziato. Asking Doug for advice about what I should preach to the missionaries at the conference I am speaking at in Turkey.
- Discussing observations and applications from Hebrews 12:3-13 in our parenting class. God disciplines us so that our weak and disordered limbs will be set right. He wants us to walk and run with joy. This restorative, formative purpose should govern and guide our discipline as parents.
- I was approached by a 16 year old (not Carly) who got a summer job. This student asked if I could do a favor. “I was late and missed the offering. Could you make sure this gets into the plate somehow?” The student handed me a little bundle of money. What a great habit of faithful generosity this 16 year old is starting.
- The ironic, Jewish humor in Numbers 11:15.
- Linda Righi is amazing. Really. She played the organ for verse 1, then dropped out for verses 2 and 3 in order to bring the kids up on the platform, position and prepare them, then she was back at the organ to make the 4th and final verse finish strong. As soon as the hymn concluded she was back at the front conducting the kid’s choir. Amazing.
- Sharing about the Miller family during the sermon. If you think about it… isn’t the church supposed to be filled with visible proof of the message the preacher is preaching? Steve and Liz and their family have been that proof, a living display of the gospel. I am privileged to have them in my life and ministry.