Sunday was such a busy and tiring day for me but it was such a productive day as well. The day started very early; I got up with baby Ripley at 3am and feed her. She fell back to sleep by 3:30 am but I didn’t. I guess everything I had on my plate was in the back of my mind which kept me from going back to sleep. Teresa got up with Ripley at 5am so I think I finally slept for another hour; but not sure.
I got to church at 8:30am and unlocked the doors, turn on the lights, and made sure the trailers’ heat was turned on. I started the coffee pots; yes I said pots. I rearranged the men’s room to make sure there was room for the men. Last week we had more men than we ever had and the round table wasn’t big enough. Now the men are seating in a semi-circle; same concept but no table to rest the coffee cups. We had 8 men and a great discussion on the first section of our new study “The Man God uses to Lead The Family.”
The Sunday morning services went very well. We had more new faces and more babies in the nursery. The Q and A Session I had planned with our current Children’s Ministry workers went very well. We had a very good dialog and I am hopeful the changes that are needed will take place and the workers are on board. Lord willing, our children’s ministry will be able to be retooled to better reach the children with the gospel and equip them to grow in their faith. Once the meeting was over and the workers left, I got in my truck (2001 Ford Range; love that thing) and drove 30 minutes to the Great Bridge section of Chesapeake for a lunch meeting with a few ladies.
The lunch meeting was with the ladies who are redeveloping our Women’s Ministry. I got to the house in time to help Ed (the husband) to prep the lunch as the ladies (including Teresa and baby Ripley) watched a Beth Moore video on leadership. The lunch was out of this world; Ed grills a mean chicken. Once the lunch was over, Teresa went home because Ripley was fussy and the Women’s Ministry leadership and I sat down to go over what they had. I had challenged the ladies to come up with a mission, vision, and purpose statement for the retooled ministry. They came very prepared and they hit it out of the park. The meeting portion went from 2:30pm to 5:30 pm so I got home by 6pm. Saying I was tired would not come close to it.
It was such a productive day and God had His way in it all. I had prayed in the morning that everything would go His way and not my way. God is after all the One who does; I’m only following His lead. My loving wife allowed me to crash early and took care of Ripley to the point of sleeping with her in the guest room. She didn’t have to do that but she wanted to make sure I had enough sleep so I would be rested up for work today. I have an awesome wife.
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