It has been a while since I've updated any of my blogs. I've got a few moments of free time tonight (yeah right) so I thought I would catch everyone up on what all has been going on in the past few weeks.
I suppose the biggest thing is that my family and I have moved from our house to the Church Parsonage. It has been a long, slow process getting things moved. It is only 8-miles from our house but with 5 people there is a lot of stuff involved. There were also several repairs that needed to be made to the house before we could move in. One thing that didn't necessarily "have" to be made was pulling out all of the carpet and having the beautiful hardwood floors refinished that was living beneath it. It looks like a totally different place. We also painted every room in the house and made numerous small repairs and improvements. It is starting to feel like home. The great thing about it is that it is right beside the church. We can just walk over for services. My favorite part is that I can now make good use of the Pastor's Study in the church. It is so wonderful to be able to get away from all of the distractions and just get one-on-one with the LORD. I spent a better part of the day in there on Saturday, just studying away. Many times my sermon studies get so Spirit filled that I can barely contain myself and it is wonderful to have a place I can feel free to just let the Lord take control.
There was another mile-stone for me this week. I conducted the Lord's Supper for the very first time in my ministry. I've helped serve many times but had never conducted it. I preached a sermon that dealt with the Lord's Supper immediately before we partook of it. I just allowed the Lord to guide me in what needed to be done and I tried to keep it as close to Scriptural as I possibly could. I want to give God all of the glory for all of the people that talked to me after the service and told me that it was the best Lord's Supper service they had ever been in. I'm not taking any credit for it because it was all the Lord's leadership, I was just the vessel He used to get the job done.
My Seminary studies are still going good. I'm on assignment #10 of 18 for this semester. I was hoping to have it all completed by October 1st but with all of the moving we have been doing, work on the house, sermon preparation, and pastoral duties, I just haven't had a lot of time to devote to school studies. I will get my nose to the grindstone though and get the rest of my courses completed in time to graduate in the Spring.
Well, I am worn out so I am going to end this for tonight. Below is the Lord's Supper message and also at the end you can watch us take the Lord's Supper.
