Today was the first step of the next step of my sister’s ministry work. The Bridge Artistic Network exists to create circles of artists designed to encourage one another in their work.
We had eleven artists gathered for our first Bridge Circle.
Brenda leaves for Florida on Monday and another artist’s circle beginning there.
I started picking this week here at the Vicarage. I gave the kids some kale yesterday and the peas will probably be ready by Friday.
Today I picked some black raspberries and….
POTATOES!
We ate these with our dinner tonight. I roasted them with salt, pepper and sage and mushroom infused olive oil I picked up at Not Just Produced .
A Word from the Lord I hear often is…”You must see what I am doing.”
It reminds me of the Scripture in the gospel of John….”Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” John 5:19
Some of the things the Lord is doing around me are obvious.
He is working to build and improve relationship connections within the body of Christ.
He is working to build bridges between the Church and the wider community.
He is reaching out to people with His unconditional love.
He is activating powerful gifts within His Children
He is moving the world towards a big change.
Those are the big things I know and see He is doing. I also know there is more I need to see.
I am learning that I see best in the stillness.
If I am going to see Him and see more of what He is doing, it is only going to happen as I stop and observe.
What a big weekend! Friday morning began with my first meeting at 7:30 A.M. followed by a farewell breakfast for one of the members of our council of churches who is moving to a new church across the state.
By late afternoon I was helping Patrick Cortis set up for his concert at Sippin Serendipity. The coffee house was packed out and it was a beautiful night of worship and music.
Towards the end of the night I sat with my grandson Sevii and his ring pop so that Sevii’s mom could take pictures (she has sort of become Patrick’s official photographer).
We finished cleaning up by about 9:30 P.M. and I went home to bed and crashed.
I was up and out by 7:15 A.M. on Saturday so we could get set up for our church workday. We had crews washing windows, repairing faucets, deep cleaning the cafe and our downstairs ministry staging room. Meanwhile another team was outside weeding and raking the playground and leaf blowing the parking lot while a third team fixed the back projector in the sanctuary.
After that we went home and took a brief nap before heading out to The Winchendon Food Truck Festival.
We ended up going down for both lunch and supper. It was a great time and I got to talk to so many people.
It was at this event that T-Mobile announced that the town of Winchendon was one of 25 towns across the U.S. chosen to receive a $50,000.00 grant for improvements! Things are changing in our little town!
It was an auspicious weekend!
Notes From the Vicarage 