THIS 21ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER WAS NOT JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY IT FIRST WAS MY LAST SUNDAY TO ATTEND SERVICES AT ENFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH; FIRST I MIGHT SAY THAT I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE THIS SMALL CONGREGATION AND WHAT THEY DO FOR THOSE THAT LIVE NOT JUST IN THEIR COMMUNITY BUT ALL OVER THE USA. I HAVE FILLED THE PULPIT ON SUNDAY MORNING IN THIS CHURCH AND ATTENDED THEIR COMMUNITY SUPPERS EACH WED. NIGHT.
I HAD PURCHASED A PLAQUE TO BE PUT ON THE WALL OF THE FELLOWSHIP HALL AND PRESENTED IT TO THE CHURCH DURING MORNING WORSHIP AND TO MY SURPRISE AS I GOT READY TO LEAVE THE FRONT PASTOR ROY ASKED ME TO STAY IN FRONT WITH HIM AND I WAS THEN PRESENTED WITH THE BLANKET, WRAPPED IN IT, AND PRAYED FOR THE COMING OF TRAVELING AND CONTINUEING IN GOD'S WORK. I WAS MOVED TO TEARS I WAS SO SURPRISED THAT I DID NOT OR COULD NOT SAY MUCH. GOD WORKS IN MANY MYSTERIOUS WAYS.
AFTER THE MORNING SERVICE I STAYED TO HELP MAKE SANDWICHES, SET UP TABLES, CHARIS AND MAKE PUNCH, COFFEE AND GET READY FOR THE AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES.
THE AFTERNOON SERVICE WAS GREAT WITH A 30MINUTED ORGAN RECITAL THAT EVERY KEY ON THAT ORGAN WAS USED ALONG WITH EVERY PEDEL AND THEN THE FELLOWSHIP OF OTHERS FOLLOWED IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL. WHAT A GREAT DAY IN THE LORD!! AND WHAT A SURPRISE FOR ME.
HAPPY TRAILS
JANICE
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