This Sunday, September 29 is Rosh Hoshanah. It is the Feast of the Trumpets you read about in Leviticus 23. In some ways it is like the Jewish New Year. We will be building our entire worship service around this call to a solemn assembly. It will be a time of prayer and celebration, a time of reflection and confession. This year, our Worship Pastor, David Martin will be blowing the Shofar. He plays the trumpet and has his own shofar…so it will be quite different from the time I blew the shofar! We will also be observing the Lord’s Supper this Sunday. Plan to join us and plan to invite someone. It will be a great worship service.
ELEVATOR DEDICATION AND CELEBRATION. On Sunday, October 6, we will have our Elevator Dedication and Celebration. You will want to be present as we share the names that have been suggested for naming the elevator! Some of them are so cute…others are…well, others are interesting. We will also be displaying the contents of the time capsule that was discovered in the wall when we were having the elevator installed!
Now, a couple of things about the elevator you might need to know. It is a limited use elevator. It is not the same kind of elevator you take to the top of the Empire State Building or at the local hospital. So, if you need to travel at super-sonic speed, this is not the elevator for you. It takes 30 seconds for this elevator to go from one floor to the next. In our world of instant everything, 30 seconds seems like forever. It is not…it is 30 seconds. Second, there is a switch that signals that the elevator is going up or going down. It makes a very low, sound about 10 seconds into the ride. It is supposed to sound like that. Then there is the sound of the motor. It is a very light humming sound. Again, normal and understandable. This is not a commercial elevator. It is much smaller and so you can hear the motor noise and the switch. All that being said, go ahead and hop on board! It should be a blessing to anyone needing help going up and down stairs.
See you Sunday, good Lord willing!
Pastor Tom
