Great is Thy faithfulness

What a weekend! The Gala on Saturday was the longest day of 2009 by far! Followed up by worship on Sunday, it could not have been better. The theme of the Sunday's worship was the Faithfulness of God. How fitting it came after the 2nd annual crosswalk gala, the day we have been working towards for over two months! We did a lot of prep before hand, but there is only so much you can do. Some of it you have to do the day of. Brooke and I were talking on Friday night that we just wanted it to be here. We felt like we packed for a trip two weeks in advance, and now we just wanted to leave on it. I suppose the best way to understand it is this: it felt like we were pregnant with the gala. There was so much to do, and we felt we were ready to birth it, but the due date was a week away.

I have never been pregnant. And I can't imagine it. But...(can you seriously put a but after that?).

Yes, but... I have heard women talk in their 8th and 9th month of pregancy, and they are ready to go. They are so uncomfortable, and achy, and they can't sleep at night. They are ready to have that baby. And when they do...it's beautiful. Maybe not at first because they are really tired and the baby is covered in whatever babies are covered in when they first come out. But the next day is a beautiful.

That was the gala for us. It was long, and tiring, but oh so worth it. The Gala was a tremendous success! Thank you everyone who participated! Thank you for your contributions (both in giving of your talents and skills by donating an item) and thank you for your contributions (by buying items). Thank you students for working so hard in getting items to auction off. You all did great!!! We had over 100 items to auction off and we raised nearly 11,000 dollars!

So, this brings me back to the Sunday after the Gala. The theme of worship time was "the faithfulness of God" and it could not have been more fitting. I clapped to the beat, and raised my hands with out shame, and I sang at the top of my lungs in praise to God for His faithfulness in my life, and in the life of this church! Join with me in praise to God!

much Love,
johnny