September 25, 2013

Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013: Worship Symposium Day 2

Yesterday the weather turned out really nice. High clouds from some thunderstorms moved over this area and really cooled the afternoon which made it very pleasant, especially during the service. Today, quite the opposite. Sunny and very hot! I think I've sweat so much today that I've been drinking water and drinking water...and...well...the only water coming out is through my pores as sweat.

Today, for lunch we had dhol with rice, okra chopped and stir fried with shrimp, and chicken stew...very delicious!

What I didn't know is that Foster Caines rode a bike. Not sure where he went, but he did it on a bike.


Today I got thrown a curve ball. The plan, I thought, for tonight for the worship symposium was for worship and prayer, no teaching, just music and prayer. Well about 1 PM today Pastor Caines said he would like for me to do a short lesson for tonight. Hmmmm, a short lesson...in just a few hours....do you have any idea how challenging that is for someone who likes to really investigate the material he is going to teach????? It was a challenge...but I did it. Took me about 3 hours to put it together, but I did it, woohoo! Tammy thought it would be a good idea to get a picture of me while I was frantically working on getting a lesson done.


Sunday morning I spoke on the How and Why of Worship, Tuesday evening I spoke on Worshipping in Truth. Tonight, I did a re-cap on Sunday and Tuesday, but my main lesson tonight was on Doing Your Job with Excellence. While it may not have been my best message, I did it!...and about 45 minutes worth of lesson too!































While I was writing my message, Tammy gave a tutorial on EasyWorship 2009. With the introduction of the projector, they decided to get EasyWorship to run their lyrics. I have to admit that they have a big learning curve ahead of them as well as a new "normal" to adjust to. But Foster and Marie have the determination to see this work and I think they will do it! Anyway, Tammy's tutorial helped a lot.

This, for me, was my last day of ministering, so I get to sleep well tonight...woohoo!!! Tammy, on the other hand, has her big night tomorrow evening...I hope she is able to sleep well tonight. She will be talking to a group of ladies from the church and also from a few churches around here. She brought gifts for the women and I'm sure they will be received well!

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