Recap!
Let me take a few minutes to recap the past few days and getting ready for the next few days, weeks, months. Part of the reason that I started to blog was for me to journal what happens in the journey that we started some 18 months ago so here we go…
The Cockrell Tribe went off to Allegany State Park down in Northern PA this past weekend and what a great time we had! It was beautiful – we stayed in a very cool log cabin that had enough of the ‘essentials’ to make a non-camper like me happy! The cabin over-looked the river where we spent a lot of time swimming in. We took a 2 and 1/2 hour tubing trip down the river – it was spectacular – perfect weather, we had a blast floating down the river like we were Tom and Huck!
I heard that Pastor Jerry of course knocked it out of the park Sunday morning! I knew that he would and I am so appreciative of him coming down and hanging with us as we get ready for not only Commitment Sunday but the next two years and more! Love Revolution in our lives, our city, our state, our nation and our world is worth living our life for Elmwood!
Here are a few things that I want to put on everybody’s radar screen.
This Sunday we are going to have an OPEN HOUSE at St Florian. The buildings will be opened for everybody to walk through from 10:30 – 12:30! This will give everybody a chance to walk through and actually see what God is giving to us to use to accomplish His plan.
This Sunday is going to be a great time at least for me, my dad is going to be with us and sharing with us some really key principles that have been tested for over 40 years as he has been a pastor in the Midwest, Southeast, and now in the Northeast. It has not mattered one bit where – God is always there and His principles are good for EVERBODY. We are about to embark on an adventure the likes that none of us have experienced – here is the cool thing, it is a God ordained and initiated adventure that He is offering us to get in on! I know for me and my house we are ready!
Our school supply drive is going great – we have had to redirect our efforts toward another school in the city due to some administration changes at the one school we were partnering with but that is ok – we want to bless those who want to be blessed!
It looks like our closing date for St Florian is September 26, be praying that we have no delays!
Many of you have put your name on our Transition Team list – this is the group of skilled and non-skilled laborers that have volunteered to help us once we get the keys to help renovate and get the new building ready to move in – if you have not done that (everybody can help do something) than I invite you to do so this week.
