1230 sunday

My father dropped me off at SBCC around 10:45am. The first service was just letting out, so I made my way in to the sanctuary and found my space in the back. Sheri found me and sat with me. We were soon joined by Stephanie and Liz.

Pastor Ken opened a new series “Keeping It Simple”, which will run through January. Pastor Gary is off until February. This week’s message dealt with a letter that Paul wrote to the church in Philippi, as documented in Philippians 3:1-12. Paul wrote that the old ways of displaying one’s faith in God no longer apply since Jesus Christ came to earth. Specifically if the practice accomplished nothing that led to one’s own salvation.

Pastor Ken used a metaphor of keeping his turtleneck intact. I’ll take it a step further and say that changing from a turtleneck to a crew neck does not lead to salvation with Christ, so it is no longer required by Christians. If you are confused, read the Bible verses.

After the service ended, I met with my Koinonia lifegroup in the Dugout. Everyone was resent except for Eric, but we knew that he would be on a trip to Boston. Sam was leading Lesson Ten in our study of Genesis 16 & 17, which involved God’s covenant with Abram, and the loss of his turtleneck (read Genesis 17:23-24). We finished up the review in record time, which gave us time to share news and prayer requests.

I told them that I was feeling a bit depressed because of the stroke recovery taking so long (see yesterday’s post). Wendi told me to look at how far I have come but realized that it would be difficult to do so from my point-of-view.

As we were heading out, Evolution (the junior high ministry) was just getting back from their weekend retreat. Liz was giving me a ride home, but we stopped first at Delthorne Park to check on the volleyball fellowship (gallery). I made it home around 5pm.