Where have you seen God at work this past week?
Francie – Yesterday, we did the pick-up & drop off for Salem food ministries. Gayellyn was there & Bonnie was there. We dropped off what had filled up the cars. Sally texts me a half hour or hour later and had 9 more bags to drop off. I got home and logged in and there was another $125 donated. So, Bonnie is going to go work her magic on providing more items, because, you know Bonnie – she finds the deals. So, we just had a huge outpouring of support for the migrant workers in Salem & more stuff just happened; it just kept coming! Aloha & everyone helped and paid it forward. Everybody here doing a little bit helped a lot.
Pastor Brett – Praise God for the outpouring! So glad too that Aloha was able to share in our ministry - Aloha UMC, we partnered with them. God Sighting for me is to see Jane Williams, up and on the couch; joining us for worship after a period of time in the hospital. We have been praying for you Jane and it’s so great to see you this morning, praise God! Thank you Jane, for reminding us just how strong our God is & being present with us this morning.
Jan – I’m here in the Lighthouse. You know that song that comes to me about Earth to God, Come in God. That’s what I feel when I come in here. It’s like Earth to God, are You there? We can’t really touch but, we can see your faces. Dianne and I coming in here – God surrounds us! Michael W. Smith sings this glorious song – When I fight my battle, I’m surrounded….You know everything comes at us and we think we’re surrounded with problems…God is so incredibly good! And I got a new phone, guys, and don’t ever get a new phone…..Anyway, when we fight our battles, the world says you’re surrounded, like Michael W. Smith’s song...You’re surrounded and you can’t get loose but, we’re surrounded by Him! Not only is He with us guys, He is in us. And the Spirit of the living God witnesses with each of us that we’re His children. Have you not been hugged by Paige? Nothing is right until you get a hug from Paige. She encircles you and you feel so loved. That’s what we need and that’s what we miss – is each other. Anyway, I love you all!
Stephanie – I talked to my brother for the first time in 5 months yesterday! We both apologized and are going to plan a hike for just the 2 of us next weekend to finish our conversation.
Merry – I was able to help fifty people with voting information in Georgia.
Kari – Stephanie asked me to help her with a fundraiser for Homeplate and I’m hoping she can update us a little on that…(not yet, next week) It was super fun and we got to meet some neat people. It was with the Beaverton Chamber of Commerce; they were golfing out at Pumpkin Ridge. So we had a little table set up with the Homeplate information. Stephanie was great at giving all the people coming through the information. Some of them mentioned it and we got some hat donations and some cash. It was really fun and an honor to be a part of.