Busy, Busy, Busy

What exciting times at The Rock Church (TRC) in Monroe WA where we worship. We had one sad event a couple of weeks ago as one of our members went home to be with his Saviour in a bad motorcycle accident. He didn't cause it, rather was hit head-on by carelessness in the opposite lane. We mourned, grieved, cried, comforted each other, then celebrated his home-going.

Then this week we completed our homestretch in raising the $1.2M downpayment for the building we've been leasing since 2004. Buying this building will allow us to save the property taxes (we're non-profit, of course) and use it for other ministry outreaches. We will be dancing during worship in church this coming Sunday! (By the way, for you having trouble with this dancing thing in church, didn't King David dance before the Lord because of his excitement over God's blessing?)

Another exciting thing that I'm getting ready for: teaching a Basic Doctrine class for our church intern program. Imagine, returning to the classroom at 70 years young! This is going to be good and I fully expect to learn something from these young people.

Finally, our small groups (we call them Reach Teams) from church will start up again in October. These RT's can be anything from Biblical studies to financial classes to knitting & cross-stitching. I'm still praying about leading a RT in volunteering in church. Speaking of which, Marlys & I are directors of the Guest Services at TRC. We (the Team) greet and get contact info from 1st attenders and follow up on them, usually via phone calles. Our team members all have a heart for this and are truly called to make people welcome. We encourage them to find a church where they are comfortable if they don't feel TRC is for them. Seems like most who are looking for a church want to come back and get involved.