Hello
Emmanuel,
I
woke up this morning in a bad mood and annoyed at Kim. It isn’t her fault. She can’t help what I dream about. However, I feel ok with it. She has been known to be downright angry with
me because of what I did in her dreams.
So if this MMP seems overly sarcastic, I apologize in advance. Authenticity is my main core value, after
all.
My
grouchy mood is somewhat justified. One
of our cars got towed yesterday for the 3rd time in 6 weeks for 3
separate issues. I have a great track
record of something going wrong while I’m out of town. I know this because Kim reminds me quite
frequently…. Which is related to what I dreamed about last night which is why I
woke up in a bad mood which is why I may seem overly sarcastic…. .thus my
advanced apologies.
So
I’m using this MMP to switch my mood. I’m
sitting at Panera, getting ramped up on iced tea and getting my mind set on
good news:
-
I had a great birthday weekend (I got
permission to skip church, ate blueberry donuts and my favorite meal; and I got tons of good
wishes from many friends, parishioners and family);
-
My Panera card has earned me a free
pastry… good until the end of the month
-
My fantasy baseball team has made a
dramatic turnaround (7 wins in the last 8 games). It’s also a good thing I don’t have to pay my
players. Several are up for contract
renewals.
-
School starts in 10 days which gives me
2 more reasons (Hope and Joey) to rejoice between 8:30 and 2:00 every day
(excluding weekends, holidays, snow days and teacher in-service days);
-
I hear Shawn did a great job editing/producing
the video that was shown at church yesterday.
I can’t wait to see it. I’m
guessing it will be posted on facebook sometime today or tomorrow? Or perhaps on our website (www.emmanuel-umc.com). Shawn is awesome, but don’t tell him I said
so (by the way, the church should get their own camera so he can do more stuff
like that… just sayin’).
-
Jesus loves me regardless of any good or
bad news/moods I could share with you;
-
And in other news that is related to the
last point, next Sunday is filled with non-stop action:
The
Back To School Bash is becoming a huge event at Emmanuel. This is our 3rd year and it has
grown each time which has necessitated changes in how we do the event. Our need for school supplies is urgent again. We have
one last week to at least double our supplies.
So please bring them in. We
are looking at helping well over 100 kids and could feasibly reach 200 kids
this year.
We
will also be promoting several children to their new Sunday School classes and
blessing the teachers that spend their time with the children. It will be a time for the teachers to let
some of the students go and welcome new students into their care. It will also be a time to feel glad for what
goes on upstairs during the 10:30 service.
Now
that my mood has officially shifted, I’m going to get my free pastry, more tea and
do more work starting with several emails that encourage and plan for future
ministry. My 43rd year is
going to be GREAT! Why? Because 43 is a prime number and prime
numbers = prime time. Everyone knows
that.
Oh…
and….
God
is Good,
Pastor
Joe
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