“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.”
Psalm 67:1-2
God is good all the time and all the time God is good. You know that is right! Sometimes it seems like the blessings of God keep on coming and now matter how much we give away, He keeps sending more blessings, making His face shine upon us. My prayer is that I will be a good manager/steward of the blessings God has poured out on us.
I just returned from James Island Outreach. Each Monday I take them 75 jars of jelly! So far, you have sent over 300 jars…including some peanut butter as well! We have enough jelly to keep sending 75 jars a week all the way through the first Sunday in December. At a wedding I performed last week, one of the guests asked “What is the story behind all the jelly I see everywhere?” By the way, I thought it was interesting he did not ask about the diapers…like what is with the 10,000 diapers? Lol.
So, speaking of diapers, we are planning a trip to the Lowcountry Pregnancy Center to deliver the diapers. No date or time yet. We are hoping they will be able to give a little tour. Would you like to go and see firsthand what the Low Country Pregnancy Center is all about? Let us know and we will keep you in the loop as best we can.
Time for one more blessing? The Transition House has received almost a total refurbishing! Claudia and Rita, and their faithful sidekick, Pastor David, have really done an outstanding job on replacing broken furniture, deep cleaning, replacing, adding, and fixing so much!. We will have an open house soon for anyone who would like to see the updates. The Charleston Center is moving, so we are not sure when we will get the next two residents. The residents will feel loved from the time they step into the house.
By the way, we are thinking of changing the name from “Transition House” to “Opportunity House”. What do you think? Transition House or Opportunity House?
Sunday, November 27 is the first day of Advent. Hard to believe right? We also are planning for a baptism that Sunday. If you have been thinking , waiting or wanting to be baptized, this is a good opportunity. The next baptism, if we have anyone ready will be on Christmas Eve. What a joy!
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us…I would say He has done that very thing. Now let’s try to make His name famous.
See you Sunday, good Lord willing,
Pastor Tom
