We had a great turnout. We filled up the tables under the shelter and folks spread out on the soggy lawn. There were lots of kids to come up for the children's message, we sang familiar gospel hymns and the choir sang an old spiritual, "Ain'a That Good News." Then I shared my Old Fashioned Story Time Sermon entitled, A Shelter in the Time of Storm. The story kind of continued with Art and Dorothy from last year, but then shifted to Bill and Susie, natives of Mount Kisco. They got stranded on Staten Island during Superstorm Sandy, and the experience was life-changing.
We closed out worship with singing an old gospel hymn by the same title, "A Shelter in the Time of Storm," recognizing that our faith and our church is truly a shelter in the storms of life. After worship we ate great food, including hot dogs, potluck salads and desserts, and even had a visit from the ice cream truck. Then we had a great time playing classic church picnic games. Little Terence Flanagan and I ran a three legged race, but he didn't want to run fast or we would fall! Evan Pence and I won a medal for the greatest distance in the water balloon contest.
As you can see, we had a great time. It was our official kick off to summer. If you missed it, you can listen to the sermon on the website. I think you will enjoy the story and I hope it will make you grateful for the shelter we have when life gets rough.
And I hope you find shelter from the weather. Whatever happened to summer anyway?
See you in church,
Pastor Dale
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| Children's Time |
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| New Members - The Bubb Family |
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| The choir singing |
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| Games after worship |
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| Water balloon toss |
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