Pastor's Blog

All of our folks who are in the hospital are doing okay with no significant changes in anyone’s condition.  I think that Rita Vice came home from CA yesterday but am not for certain.  She or Kevin will be in touch and I will post an update on Rita’s dad, Pete Nelson.

Seraph will be our guest ministers this Sunday evening, 8/26, during our worship service.  I hope each member of the Friendship family will join us for this special service and remember that we will receive an offering for this group.

We no longer have any openings on our next GRACE trip (11/23-30).  We did add Gene Davis to that group – wish it would have been Gena but we will have to settle for Gene!  Also, the dates for our medical trip are going to change – most likely to February ’08.  We simply couldn’t find a decent airfare for the March dates.  Again, we have a very limited number of openings on that trip.  Our summer ’08 trips are filling nicely too. 

I had the opportunity to talk to my uncle in Michigan via the phone last night.  I won’t share the details but suffice it to say that, in my opinion, the Lord is working in his life.  Please pray for him as he gets the results of his bone density test (not biopsy as I wrote yesterday) next Friday.  The doctor will then chart a course of action which will almost certainly include surgery.

High school football begins tonight as the AISA schools take the field.  Faith Academy travels to Bessember while Cottage Hill Christian Academy hosts Jackson.  Our own John Vickers plays on the CHCA team and we wish him and the team the best tonight.  Also, in the great north, the Holland Christian Maroons take the field tonight too.  Matt DeYoung plays for HC.  Matt is a regular participant on our November GRACE trips so we wish him the best too. 

I don’t have plans to post again until Monday.  However, I do want to wish an early “happy birthday” to our church secretary Edna Holified as she will celebrate birthday #?? (or is it #???) this Sunday, 8/26.   Happy birthday Edna! 

I did determine that Michigan doesn’t have internet access as none of my Yankee friends heard my cry for help yesterday!  Queen & Shari – I am crushed! 

My prayer is that all of the folks reading this entry will be in church this Sunday.  Obviously, my hope is that the members of the Friendship family will join us for Bible study and worship. 

I pray that today will be a great day in the Lord!