They Got Me!
It really is hard to sneak around and plan a surprise for someone when your church is as small as ours but THEY DID IT! I am so blessed to have great church family that loves each other and their pastor and showed it this past Sunday morning. My birthday was Saturday and had a great day. Sunday was supposed to be a “usual” Sunday but it wasn’t. We were blessed to feed probably about 120 at the Life House Community Cafe’ that morning for breakfast and had 130 people in worship. At the end of the service one of our guys, Matt, needed to make an announcement and shared that since it was pastor James’ birthday and since it was October, Pastor Appreciation month the church was going to be holding a meal in my honor at the end of today’s service. I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED! How they got it past me I will never know. When we went to the back they had cooked hamburgers and all the trimmings and even had a birthday cake complete with candles there. I am so blessed to be a part of a group that is this loving! THANKS LIFE HOUSE FAMILY!!! Thanks for remembering my birthday but even greater than that for remembering ”Pastor Appreciation Day”. That really blessed my heart. I love you guys and am thankful for all that Jesus is doing and is gonna do in our lives together. Pray for me and always know that Mrs. Cindy and me – love you! THANKS AGAIN for the surprise, the food and all the gifts. I AM BLESSED. Pastor James