Weekend Wrap-up

Well, served up on one of the nicest 4th of July weekends, weatherwise, was a great weekend for us at Severn River Church. Thought I'd take a moment and replay the events in my mind:

• I went to a wedding rehearsal at a church in Linthicum. Turned out to be right up the street from Tina and Mike.
• Saturday morning I loaded up the stuff and headed up the road to set up for the Severna Park Festival outreach. I got everything setup, saw our volunteers arrive, met the clown, and then I had to bolt for the wedding. I returned at the end of the day in time to help tear down. It looked like it was a good day, an improvement over our first year, and a help in teaching us how to improve even further. Kudos to Pastor Ariel for heading it up.
  
• Each week we have people that come out to help setup on Saturday night. I was so thankful for Rob, Alma, Terry Scott, and Corie that came out to help me this weekend. It was a blessing to have their help on a holiday like that.
• Sunday morning was a great service. It started at 9:00 am with prayer. I want to invite you to come and join us for prayer pre-service from 9:00-9:30 or so. I was so thankful to be joined by a couple others this week. I also got to start a weekly prayer meeting with the band.
• Our guest speakers arrived a little later than they had hoped, but not even close to the latest we've had. They were friends of my parents from college so it was nice not only to host the Watt's but also my parents at the service. I also got to meet Tommy's grandmother who was delightful.
• The service was fantastic. I only got to do the hosting part, and then sat back and enjoyed the band and Ariel's conversation with the missionaries. It was very refreshing spiritually for me.

It was a busy weekend overall, but a good one and worthwhile in light of all that we did for God's kingdom. Thanks to all that made it possible.

--Ben