17 August 2014

Happy Sunday!

Not much sun to go around this morning when I woke up. In fact, a light rain was falling. We arrived at the Blackwoods amphitheater to find rain-soaked benches. My "dew on the pew" towel wasn't sufficient.

We had three families join us at Blackwoods and a young couple in attendance at Seawall. As usual, our attendees were key in making the service truly a time of worship and fellowship. Our Seawall attendees came with us to the Common Good for popovers and oatmeal after the service. She is a math professor at Rutgers and he is an adjunct professor and wears several others hats, too. Their attendance helped at our service helped to fulfill their New Year's resolution from 2013 to go to church every Sunday. It's cool how even though our services aren't held indoors, we can still consider it "church" because....

"The church is not a building;

The church is not a steeple;

The church is not a resting place;

The church is a people!"

During the afternoon, Luke had to work a shift from 1 until 6. Ally, Sabrina, and I went on a mission to replace Ally's phone. We didn't have any luck at the Wal-Mart 30 minutes away in Ellsworth, so we had to go up to Best Buy in Bangor. All of us were sort of taken aback by the urban landscape of Bangor, Maine. We've been on this island too long I guess. Before we left, we stopped by Wendy's for some fast food. We had to get our fix. The only fast food restaurant on the island is a Subway in Bar Harbor.

Our sunset service had a slim crowd, but at least it had a crowd. Maggie, one of our ministry support committee members, joined us along with a family originally from Jamaica but now hailing from Connecticut. We sang a few songs and hymns as the chilly wind reminded us that we need to start bringing a hat and gloves to sunset services from now on.