Summer Worship
Our worship services so far this summer have been great.  While many members are away on vacation, we have had strong attendance with members and visitors alike.  There have been children each week to come up and check on the progress of our container garden.  We'll be having cucumber sandwiches before the summer is over (every kid's favorite).  Last Sunday I had a kiss for everyone--a Hershey's kiss, that is, as the Bible story was about sharing.
In July we have been taking a closer look at some classic Old Testament Bible stories like David and Goliath and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.  The title for the latter one is "These Guys are Hot!" (remember they were thrown in the fiery furnace and survived unscathed).  In the afternoon of this Sunday we are inviting kids and their famlies to come to the manse at 2pm to watch the Veggie Tales Version of that story called, Rack, Shack and Benny.  It is my favorite Veggie Tale.  We'll have popcorn and ice cream for kids of all ages.
August is going to be full of memorable worship services as well.  First, we are inviting members and friends to give us their favorite hymns and we will try to include them in worship services.  See the note on this in the bulletin or on the church website.
In August the sermons will take a look at Hebrew poetry.  The Bible has several books that are considered poetry rather than prose--they are: Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon.  THere are some wonderful words of wisdom in these ancient books.  We'll look at the features of Hebrew poetry which will help draw meaning from the text (the Hebrews did not worry about rhyming--they had other cool poetic devices).
Summer worship is more relaxed and informal.  We hope you will join us whenever you are in town this summer and start your week off right!
And in case you need one more reason to come to church this summer, we have great refreshments in the Great Hall with a cool drink and some tasty treats.
See you in church!