Randy Wray’s Blog

I met my goal. I was “Wishing and hoping and thinking and praying” (come on sing it if you know it) not to get sick this weekend. I even got my first ever flu shot as an insurance policy. In addition to leading worship on Sunday morning and preaching, our praise band had an event Saturday night and Sunday night. We had been working with the good folks from the other church I was telling you about in preparation for the two night praise double-header and I wanted desperately to not be sick for the weekend. Mission accomplished.

We had a great time. Thanks for asking. Saturday night we had 52 people which was fantastic. We planned the catered meal for 50 so it worked out just right. The thing you want to hear from the participants was heard. They said “it was too short.” Much better than “that sure was long” (or what Josh says every Sunday afternoon after Greg preaches). The folks at the other church on Sunday night were so appreciated of us coming over and being with me.

I was talking to my dad about the weekend and he remarked: “I wonder if the Pastor of the other church appreciates the irony of a Church of Christ minister bringing a band over to play on a Sunday night.” We all did. We’ve opened some doors and made some progress to become the people of God in both word and action.