Blessings of Christ from Oklahoma...
It has been a whirlwind here abouts... I met the congregation of Highland Park UMC where I will be serving part of my placement this past Sunday. They are an older medium sized congregation and seem like "interesting" folk. I had one gentleman perfectly describe the job of layperson as a calling to kick young pastors in the shins. :-) I will preach my first sermon Sunday over our boy Isaiah (49.8-16) and then head to annual conference. It looks like in addition to preaching 3-4 times, I will be doing worship planning, reading liturgy, helping with communion, teaching at VBS, doing pastoral care visits, and co-teaching an adult bible study over John. The other half of my time will be spent at the Oklahoma State Wesley Foundation doing recruitme nt at camps, structuring programming for the fall, and teaching a joint bible study between the WF and Highland Park over the practice of Sabbath... Somewhere in there I will get to eat, sleep, and breathe. :-)
Even with all of that... It is good to be home, under these endless blue skies, simply being present with people.
See the People,
April Coates
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