Weekday Email to Members and Friends — 2020-09-14
Monday, September 14th, 2020
A weekday e-mailer from
Matt Matthews
To Members and Friends of
First Presbyterian Church
Champaign, Illinois
Dear Friends,
Yesterday about 30 of us met at Hessel Park with lawn chairs and masks. That sounds like the set up for a joke, doesn’t it? In another age, it would be.
We divided into three circles, but few of us sat down. We just wandered around and mingled, laughed, caught up, told each other about our summer, and generally enjoyed one another’s company. It was amazingly good to see your faces.
At one point, I got hit in the head with an acorn. I turned around and thought for a second that Vern Snoeyink threw it at me. While I was looking at him, trying to read his masked face, another hit my shoulder. The oak tree was tossing the acorns.
The Nurture Committee will arrange another social like this again. Stay tuned.
In the meantime, please keep your guard up. This virus is pesky. Don’t get it. Don’t share it. We’ll be on the other side soon enough. Every day we are a day closer.
News:
Wednesday Night Vespers:
1st Wed is our monthly prayer meeting.
2nd Wed is presented by our Mission Team
3rd Wed is presented by our Worship Team (often a concert!)
4th Wed is Study Night sponsored by our Spiritual Formation Team.
5th Wed is social time.
Join us each Wednesday at 7 pm…
Email zoom@firstpres.church for the link.
Tuesdays Men’s Bible Study 8 am
Email zoom@firstpres.church for the link.
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Humor (Hard times need godly laughter):
Three classics from Dave Hunter:
1. A dog went to college. when he got home his master asked what did you learn? The dog said I studied foreign languages. His master said okay, say something in a foreign language. The dog said “meow”.
2. What did the Buffalo say when his male child left for school? Bison
3. Where do doctors learn how intestines work? In alimentary school.
Good Word:
Colossians 3:14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Let us pray:
Holy God, don’t make us ready for the coming fall.
We don’t need help facing the winter.
We need help savoring this moment.
O God of all good gifts,
help us live fully in this
present.
AMEN.
Much, much love to you all.
Matt Matthews
Cell: 864.386.9138
Matt@FirstPres.Church
