A few things about a sermon

Saying for the day: Sometimes just a few things is a few too many.

I promised to tell you a few things about last Sunday’s sermon.

1. It was not my best sermon.

2. It was well received not because it was good but because for some odd reason these people really liked me.

3. It was not the same at any of the three services.

4. I preached from the pulpit not from the aisle. I needed the pulpit to hold me up.

5. One of the two texts I used was Philippians 1:4-6.( The main body of the sermon.)

6. I thanked the congregation for our partnership in everything from raising money for World Hunger, to Intern Training, to the two additions we added and paid for.

7. The closing part of the sermon was based on John 20:30.

8. I told them every time I preached I said this to myself as I stepped into the pulpit “ I speak these words that you might know that Jesus is the Christ and knowing have life in his name.”

9. My task was not to change their life or make them better people but to share the life that gives joy and peace.

My son is still trying to get an audible recording by enhancing what he took on Sunday.
Then we will try to share it with those who want to hear it.
Probably on our web site. I will let you know if that happens.
We also have a video made by a member of the congregation which has better sound.
We need to convert that to a format that can be used on the web site.
It is too long for me to print out the entire text in the blog and I am too kind to subject you to that.

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News from Pigeon Falls– The little town in my garage where the trains still run and the kids run the town– Since the passing of what is now called “Tommy’s Law’ the White Rabbit has made several appearances . Mrs. Trumble was not seen in any of those places so it is possible that Tommy’s little talk with her has done some good.
Nancy says that Mrs. Trumble was in for coffee this morning and told her she was conferring with a lawyer about the form for a recall petition. She thinks the town council has overstepped its authority in passing this law. She is not going to put up with it. The White Rabbit was seen at the end of the street while Mrs. Trumble was in Nancy’s. It was almost as if the Rabbit was thumbing his nose at her and saying now why don’t you shoot me.
The eighth graders are now seen as heroes in the eyes of the other kids. Even the ninth graders are treating them with respect. There was no school in Pigeon falls today because of the snow storm which swept in from out west.
There were two power outages today because of the storm. Eino was trying to get some information from the internet when his computer went down as he had no backup power supply for the computer. He is , of course, still working on the Hermit problem.
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Today's link-Broadcastellan-Remember to put the words Dr. John in the comment to get those old time JCPOINTS. Check HERE for your totals (Last Marathon not yet added in).
Had a horrible night last night. The snowstorm cause the lights to flicker ( very slight power outages) which caused the alarm on my Bi-Pap to go off. So about every half hour the alarm would wake us up. Since the machine keeps me alive we couldn't disable the alarm in case the power went down and stayed down.
The fifth marathon totals are done and you can see them by clicking HERE.
If your totals are too low or if I lost you altogether ( a horrible possiblity) then drop me an e-mail and I will correct them. ( linnajohn@sbcglobal.net)
For those of you with an interest in egg coffee I just remebered Gramps crushed the shell and threw that in as well.
Betty and I spent part of the day packing. I boxed books.
Then I designed and Betty worked on some blogger globes for the marathon. It will take a week or so to finish all twelve. By then the last of the blog cups from the last Marathon should be here and I can mail everything out. Well I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA