So, here's a recap so far of the weekend...
Mom's conference went well. Reports from the meeting suggest that she did a fine job. The workshop on "aging parents" went well, she says. We'll have her report on it upon her arrival home. Then after the workshop, she was the main speaker with the topic of "staying steady in an ever changing world." What a topic!! And is this world EVER changing!!
I talked to Mom a few minutes ago and they are currently enroute back to Dayton to get a little sleep, then pull out in the morning to meet Uncle Jerry in Louisville for breakfast. They then plan to hit the road and pull in to Alabama late tomorrow evening.
As for the weekend at the Miles home, we have been more than busy attempting to prepare for Pastor Appreciation that occurred yesterday morning. I got the honor of heading that project up for the morning, and I must admit, it turned out better than I had hoped. There were some beautiful moments involved for which I was well pleased. One of those moments was a slideshow that I was not responsible for, but it was very nice. It was a slideshow of Bro. Ryan's life with a song called, "I Will Give You All" by the Overcomers as the background music. It was very nice....or did I already say that??
The day was a great day with many details including a wonderful lunch after church of Roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn, salad, rolls, and cake. We have the best cooks in our church you could imagine. It was wonderful.....it's no easy task to prepare a meal that good for nearly 300 people!
Needless to say, after the day was over I developed an "adrenaline crash headache." I was so nervous about everything doing everything perfect, once it was over, the crash was rough. I crashed on my bed for a couple hours and felt significantly better after 2 excedrin migraines and a 2 hour nap. It was wonderful... then it was off to church again. That was wonderful, too.
Anyway, my weekend was totally consumed with preparation for the 45 minutes of yesterday morning. It was all definitely worth it. I am really glad it's behind me, though. Maybe I'll be a little more frequent on the blog now. The last week was spent brainstorming ideas for the service.
So, anything interesting happening with anyone else. I know we have 3 pastors in the family, so there should be lots of appreciation going around this month!!
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Our church honored Ed in July at his 60th birthday, twas very nice! We have wanted to move appreciation from October as they begin to plan to "appreciate" us again in November for Christmas. Hope they'll continue to do this year-to-year. Of course he'd love to be appreciated w/dinner and gifts every month! Might get old!
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