Missions Sunday
Line Lexington Mennonite Church
Sunday, November 6
We were up early on Sunday morning, and out of the house by 6:00 a.m.
Not long after getting on the Pennsylvania turnpike, we noticed that the odometer on our CRV was ready to turn 100,000 miles.
We arrived at Line Lexington Church two hours later and helped Sam Rittenhouse set up the TFC table in the display room. This is the first time we used the 32″ TV for a PowerPoint slide show in place of a display board. We felt quite “techy.”
Sam Rittenhouse (Associate Director of Chaplain Care) and Cerwin in front of the display.
Other displays were being set up in preparation for Missions Sunday.
During morning worship, Sam was in charge of the “Call to Worship.” His daughter Eunice (just to the left of Sam) is part of the worship team.
Prayer Time
Folowing the worship service, everyone was invited to the fellowship hall to learn more about the mission programs the church supports – and to enjoy coffee and cookies.
Sam visiting a representative from the Worm Project.
Cerwin visiting with a longtime TFC friend.
Some of the other missions that were represented yesterday.
This ministry gives assistance to the handicapped.
seeJesus.net
One of my favorite stories of the day happened during morning worship when a director of Pregnancy Resource Clinic shared a story about one of her first clients when she began working at the clinic in the mid-eighties.
A pretty red haired girl came to the clinic seeking help with her pregnancy. The lady sharing the story was devastated when the girl left, still determined to have an abortion. She felt that she had done something wrong, because the girl did not choose life for her baby.
Months later, when the speaker’s family went to a local restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner, she was surprised to look across the room and see the same red-haired girl cuddling a cute little red-haired baby boy!
The director said, “That day I truly understood that there is a God – and it is not me.”
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