This morning I served as communion assistant and the Vixter was assisting minister at the 9 AM service, and then, since the property Committee was hosting coffee hour today I popped down the road to the Presbyterian church
I have had a close relationship to this church since I was 18 and belonged to a "Coffeehouse " there; in fact most of my closest friends today are people that I met through that group,
The minister there is wonderful- the Vixter also belonged to the youth group there and they also allowed me to use a room there for Girl Scout meetings
Many of my friends are members there and the minister there was a great comfort to all of us when I was going through the cancer treatments
(He jokes that I am the only Luthaterian he knows)
The minister is retiring and next Sunday is his final service and retirement party, but as I am running coffee-hour next week for our Staff Appreciation and New Members day I cannot attend their service then (although I am going to the retirement luncheon)
So to make a short story long I was able to get to the Presbyterian church in time to attend their 10:30 service and hear Pastor John preach one last time and then scooted back to my church in time to speak to the new members group about volunteer opportunities in social ministry, lay reading , coffee hour etc etc