0208 celebrate!

Sam picked me up this morning and we attended the third service at SBCC. Pastor Gary started a new series called “Celebrate!” and he talked about the world economy, the national economy, and how millions of people are losing their jobs. As much as people think they are without value today, he reminded us that we are still valued highly by God.

Ephesians 2:10 tells us “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Although the economic system on Earth, which is Satan’s realm, does not have a high value for us, we know that we are valued by God and that we have a job to do.

Pastor Gary also mentioned that we are taller in the morning, and used Pastor Ken as an example. I asked Rome about this and got a response that he is tall in the morning, but stays tall throughout the day. Rome is 6’1”.

Pastor Gary also mentioned that John Paul Lam will stay on as Worship Pastor, which is also something to celebrate.

After the service, my lifegroup, Koinonia, met for lunch at a nearby Chinese restaurant. We were caught by surprise with three of the five current birthday celebrants attending. Ed (Feb 24th) was at a sailing race and Wendi (Feb 15th) had other plans, so it was just Sheri (Feb 10th), Ginnie (Jan 7th), and .... oh yeah .... me (Feb 27th).

We had birthday hats to wear and I think a few photos exist, but they probably won’t find their way to this blog. Mine was comfortable and it took too much energy to take it off, so I left it on.

During the luncheon, the topic turned to Worship Pastors, comparing John Paul with Nathan. I think the general consensus was that John Paul was like the boy bands, whereas Nathan was like alternative rock. It’s a good thing that most of them came after Pastor Randy, or who knows where the discussion would have gone.

Fortunately, we were distracted by a chocolate dobash birthday cake with three lit candles (one for each celebrant). I should feel relieved because in order to be accurate for me, they would have had to get a permit and a variance from the local fire marshal. We finished the lunch around 3pm and headed our separate ways.