I have had a busy weekend. Well, I haven’t done a great deal of stuff, but more than enough to keep me entertained.
Friday night was youth group. It was good times, because we have a bunch of Uni students on mission from Cedarville University in Ohio. They were just hanging out on the friday night & enjoying youth group as it came.
Saturday was a little bit of study, some final bits of sermon prep, and then a beer or two down at the pub with a mate. In the evening I headed over to my minister Darren’s house, where we hung out and chatted. I stayed the night there because I had to drive Darren to the 7:45am service, which means being there at about 7:20. Not my time of day.
After the first service, I managed to pile in 4 guys, all of my gear, a guitar & a major-sized keyboard into the PT-cruiser so that we could all head to the St. Columb’s church. The guys were Cedarvill dudes & they performed, Darren lead the service & I preached!
I hung at church for the afternoon, shot some hoops with the kids & then got the place ready for the evening service, which was going to be a dinner service of sorts. Certainly not traditional church.
The Cedarville people did a number of different performances then I got to preach again! Certainly a different beast! We were expecting maybe 60 people & got in excess of 100! The night went well.
Man, I am aware that this is a very dry post. For that I apologise, but I am feeling whacked after a big day with only an estimated 3 hours sleep last night (which I blame on a combination of nervousness, a foreign bed, Darren’s young daughter who wakes up at night, and the dodgy digestion of some lebanese “kibbi balls”).
Insread, you can enjoy a picture from tonight. This is actually me about 20 seconds before my sermon started. Thanks to everyone who rocked up! Oh, before I forget, a special thanks to N8 & Amy who travelled out from their home church, just to come & support me while I preached. Much love to you guys!
Tim Goldsmith 