Holy Week

First, don't forget about our Sausage and Pancake Supper this Saturday, March 27 from 4-8pm. Please bring a friend or 8 of them.

Holy Week is approaching! It is quite the roller coaster ride. On Sunday we go from joyous celebration of palm waving and Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem to his betrayal and death. It is quite an up and down one hour of worship! Then Holy Week continues with a Good Friday service at Nokesville United Methodist Church at 7:30pm (April 2). If you have never been to a Good Friday service, it is quite different from a typical Sunday celebration. Finally we conclude Holy Week with Easter services (April 4). We will have a sunrise service at 6:30am for the whole Nokesville community. In the history of the Christian Church, this has been they holiest of worship services. In the early Church it was the pinnacle of the year; no one missed the Easter sunrise service! Finally we conclude with our tradition Easter service at 10:30am.
Enjoy your Holy Week--the pinnacle of the Christian year--and hang on for the ride!

Church Softball

Well, I will meet with the other coaches for the Manassas Church Softball League tonight. We officially have a team! I think that there are about 15 that are committed to being there every week. We also have a group of people that are willing to play if we need them due to absences and vacations during the Summer. This should be fun and I think we will be pretty competitive in our league and potentially win it! We play on Mondays starting in April. If you are not on the team, come out anyway and support us.

My Apologies

I have not blogged in a while and I am sorry. I have been crazy busy. Along with the requirements of planning and preparing worship and the sermon (which usually takes about 10 hours/week), I have other responsibilities from the Virginia Annual Conference. For example, each month I go to a clergy meeting somewhere in Northern Virginia. This Saturday I have to travel to Richmond for a meeting for a half day. There have been many other things at church that have taken my time as well. However, there are also things at home. I am in the midst of renovating our living and dining room as well as our main floor bathroom (you will be invited over soon so that I can brag). Finally, since Alethea works full time, I have to take care of the kids often. Needless to say, I do not have very much free time and it has been obvious. I have struggled the past few weeks in all aspects, not just this blog. Therefore, I apologize. I will do better. Blessings.