Category: church

Day 11: Remembering God’s Presence

It’s been quite the long day here. We had a women’s fall fellowship brunch at our church this morning. I woke up at 8 am (I forgot that Sunday had such an early hour) to get ready for this event, and to be there for 9 ish, to help prior to the 10 am start. There were some funny points from the day:

  • One planning team member was responsible for the bulk of the shopping this week. Her hubby helped her out with that. They were to get buns. She came with 1 dozen, but we needed 4 dozen. Thankfully, there was extra bread kicking around the church kitchen.
  • Another planning team member was responsible for arranging some group singing. Because it was Remembrance Day, she chose many battle-themed hymns. (For the record–nothing wrong with hymns. However, at these events, we usually sing praise & worship songs/hymns, as it sets the tone nicely for the morning). So, I kindly hinted that maybe we should add in a praise hymn. Turns out that during the singing, the first 3 battle-theme hymns were quite weakly done and unknown by the majority. The best song they sang & enjoyed & actually knew was the praise hymn.
  • We’d asked the women to RSVP so we’d have a good idea at numbers. We knew for sure that approx 15 were coming (lower than hoped), so we aimed for about 30. 32 showed up!
  • A team member told a story of a man who one day drove to work in the morning, worked a hectic day and proceeded to walk home from work. The next day, he was searching high & low for his vehicle, then remembered: it was at work! Turns out that the same thing actually happened to a lady in the room–she gave us a good gut-busting laugh.
  • I learned that scrapbooking can be just as beautiful whether done with simply (photo & caption) or complexly (photo, caption & page décor).

I’m just thankful that it was a positive day. Our guest speaker told us some her life story. Her main point being that God’s always with you. Nowhere are you promised that life will be a bed of roses as a Christian. However, God does promise that He will walk with you. He also has the power to turn your negatives into positives. With Him, anything is possible. Now, onto planning for our future events.

My bro also came by this evening, toting along Superman Returns. Thankfully, I got to escape a big chunk of the movie. I was busy baking chocolate chip cookies & then playing with Jamayia downstairs. TV so isn’t a major interest of hers right now. Hopefully it won’t ever be either! Everyone else was too wrapped up in the movie to pay her much mind. So we had some fun Mommy & Baby time together. I love her to bits!!! She’s so sweet. Gotta spend lots of time with her while she’s at this critical spongy stage in her growth. She loves to read and loves to be read to.

I know I had something else, but I forget what at this point. Yay–hubby’s home tomorrow! Gotta love stat holidays for that reason. His staff Christmas party is also coming up. Which gives me approx 3 wks to “tone” up a bit so that I look ravishing on his arm that evening. Wish me luck. I’ll have to see if Dacia wants to attempt the 4 mile walk with me. Odd, it’s like I can just hear her saying no already…LOL.

What?? Your First Time??

Hi. Uh, my name is Sabrina, and I’ve never been to a prayer meeting.

Ha ha ha! Almost sounds like some sorta group therapy admission. But don’t worry, that’s not how my first prayer meeting experience went. Au contraire ma soeur, I sat in a pew, joined in the singing of a couple songs. Had an internal argument over whether to help out their pianist (who was making this one song sound just painful!). Took part, fed my little Moaner while still in my seat. And it was over in 1 hr.

That’s how prayer meeting should be–short, simple and Spirit-filled. I’ve never been to prayer meeting before because we don’t have one at my church. **gasp**–that admission was wayyy more embarassing than my opening line. We used to have one, years ago, when I was just too young to care. Now that I’m older and wiser and have an appreciation and love for God, I’m interested in programs like prayer meeting. It’s just a chance to come together, share a devotional thought and pray with others, if you want to pray outloud, that is. It doesn’t have to be a long, drawn out labourious affair. It’s not painful, it’s not ugly. I enjoyed it and wish to do it again.

Did I ever tell you how Jamayia often moans while eating? And tonite was no exception. Good thing that sanctuary is huge–hopefully she didn’t disturb too many people with her moans. But, I was quite self-concious about it, and slipped outside when I had the chance. Wouldn’t you know that she got quiet once we were outside?? Figures.