Fall is on the Horizon my Friends

     It’s been a busy week once again with our incredibly awesome VBS.  We had a wonderful series of studies from God’s word from Galatians 5.  We studied the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  I was singing the song as I typed the list.  You probably sung it in your head too if you know the song.  Attendance was magnificent every night.  We almost made it to 200 on Wednesday night (192).  Thank you to our youth minister, Brandon Breeding for coordinating this year’s VBS.  Thank you to our teachers.  You are the best!  Thank you to our snack coordinators; Steve and Kim Mooningham.  You had everything ready every night.  Thank you to Patrick Breeding for getting our big night at the country fair together on Wednesday.  What a blast!  Thank you to every Christian who provided whatever we needed for the success of our VBS.  Thank you to every participant.  I hope you learned to be more loving, more joyful, more at peace, more patient, kinder, good, more faithful, gentle, and more disciplined in your life.  Only in Christ can we experience the fruit of the Spirit.

     Can you believe it? August arrives this coming Thursday.  The summer is nearing an end and fall is on the horizon.  This week I felt a little bit of autumn in the air.  I love the fall – cooler weather, football and other fall sports, teachers , students, and parents getting back to the old school routine, and everything and everyone sort of settling down from summer activities.  Don’t get me wrong.  Fall has its own busy times with what I have already mentioned above.  The Enola Church of Christ is doing well.  I am glad.

     Tomorrow morning (Sunday, July 28^th) we will begin a new series of lessons on the recipe for a good day.  Often, when we meet someone we know we greet them with the expression: “Have a good day!”  Well, just how do we do that when we have so many worries, so many issues, so many battles to fight, so many people depending on us, so many expectations to meet, so much to do and not enough time, it seems to do it?  I’ll try to answer this question with this series of lessons from God’s word.  The first ingredient or step to have a good day is to LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME.  We’ll talk about that tomorrow, Lord willing.  I hope you can make it up to the country to hear, learn, and begin having a good day every day.

     On Sunday evening we will learn about how to become better at showing and sharing our faith and hope in Christ Jesus with those who need to hear and have good news.  We can win or lose when it comes to sharing our faith in Christ Jesus with others.  We’ll look at five words in 1 Peter 3:15 that can determine a win or a loss. 

     There are several congregations in the county hosting their Vacation Bible Schools.  I will be speaking on Monday night (July 29^th) at 7:00 at the Greenbrier Church of Christ.  You are invited to make the short drive through the “bottoms” to support this good effort.

     Our “Young at Heart” meetings every Friday in June and July have been so edifying to our seniors.  Our last meeting was this past Friday with 24 in attendance.  Thank you to Callie King and Clare King for your planning, preparing, and dedication.  Thank you to Brother Larry Arnett for being there every session to assist in so many ways.  Thank you to every member who helped in this wonderful program.  We are strong when we are together.