Irv and I thought we had our Sunday mornings at Marietta Vineyard Church scheduled to a tee... activities begin much earlier than other days in the week.
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~ On the third Sunday we need to be there at 9am to help bag the bread for the "Free Bread" ministry and deliver pastries to the Fellowship Cafe staff to set up. We picked up Panera Bread day's leftovers on Saturday night at 8:45pm.
~ Soooooooo we arranged to fulfill our Usher duties on the third Sunday as well. Makes sense, right? Except July 1 was the first Sunday so everything is thrown off. We Usher today and pick up bread next week. well, all in God's time!
Duties completed, we joined in the worship followed by Pastor Ron who has begun a series of sermons Word, Spirit, Power. This Sunday was on the Holy Spirit. Ron is a marvelous speaker who could just as easily be a stand-up comic so it is always a "keep your ears open" and be "on the edge of your seat" experience as he makes learning the Word and hearing God's message exceptional and manages to shed new light on any subject. 
At the end of the service he asked if anyone wanted this filling of the Holy Spirit and at least 10 people came forward for prayer. I appreciate that the invitation is given every Sunday to anyone wanting and/or needing prayer. Afterward the youth group came forward so we could all pray for them as they head off to the Cherokee Indian Reservation on a Mission Trip this week.
Now we are all set for a Sunday afternoon to relax... I, writing my blog and Irv watching the Atlanta Braves sweep the series against the NY Mets. They are only 3 behind the Washington Nationals.
Irv got off to a hard start this morning. He said heartburn kept him up all night and did I have anything to relieve it? No, so open the laptop and google homemade heartburn remedies. After giving him a drink of 1 teaspoon baking soda in a cup of water... he was healed, ready to go to church, and in good enough shape to eat a few jalapeno potato chips this afternoon.
Irv is convinced the 1/2 portion of one Fried Green Tomato he ate last night at Noche Restaurant and Tequila Tapas Bar while celebrating Kelly's 24th birthday was the culprit creating the heartburn. We were surpirsed by Kelly's announcement that she has decided to stop wasting her time getting a Master's to get a teaching certificate in order to move toward her dream of moving to Europe using her degree in Fabric Design from the University of Georgia. Even as she was working full-time 40 hours a week and going directly from work to school 3 evenings a week, she made time to send off 25 resumes to textile companies in Europe. Wow, when you have 10 grandchildren, life is never dull. Checked my phone when we got home about 9:30pm and 8 year old Grace had sent a text saying, "Good night'. What a blessed life we have!!!
Saturday morning I am told by Irv, was wonderful though. It was the second Marietta Vineyard "Men of Valor" breakfast meeting at the Ronnie John Restaurant and Cafe. Two guys from church own this restaurant, one of whom is from California, Dude (as the monk in CA told Irv) so the cuisine is wild and wonderful. One man mentioned that he has been helping a homeless man and has gotten him into a shelter but he has some other needs and Irv decided he wants to be part of meeting those needs. I am so proud of him.
As always, we enjoyed our Wednesday
Grocery Shopping followed by a quick rest.
Dinner and on to Bible Study where we
finding the "birthmarks" of believers in the
book of 1 John... going verse by verse
Tuesday we gave ourselves a treat at the Picture Show at Merchants Walk where for $1.00 each you can see a great movie... a special treat for Irv. We saw the "Three Stooges", his childhood favorite. Lots of belly laughs. He said during the movie, thunder rolled but I didn't hear it. When we got out of the movie, it was pouring and the front of the movie was flooded past the curb so Irv ran to get the car and I braved the floods to get to the car (God did not part the waters, I forgot to ask but I did pray for it to stop). By the time we get the 4 miles home, it was over. Not a drop on us going into our apartment.
Since I seem to be doing 2 weeks of fun, I don't want to forget to tell you about our great new restaurant find... "The Cuban Diner". I told the server and owner, this may be the best food I ever had in a restaurant. The owner came to the U.S. from Cuba when he was 30 years old (not that long ago). He and his wife opened the restaurant 4 years ago and it's doing great. It is family owned and when you dine there, you are family. We'll be going back. Our server was good enough to share the ingredients in my meal so I was off next day to buy a bottle of Bitter Orange Marinade. As Julie said last night, a week of dining at our house is a world tour... Indian Curry one night, Cuban next, Thai Meatloaf the next and who knows... such fun!!!
You are beginning to think I'm sure that all we do is go out to eat, make worldly meals at home, go to church, worship and pray, and go to the movies. Well, there's more... We don't miss Wheel of fortune and Jeopardy, Bill O'Reily and baseball. Irv goes to the gym at least 3 times a week and this week met his goal to ride the stationary bike 100 miles in one week. I am still busy organizing the apt. One day, everything will be just where I want it and I won't have anything to do!!! If you believe that, I'll sell you some swamp land in GA.
Hope you get a laugh and rejoice with us in God's blessings as we pray His blessings on you all.
As always, we enjoyed our Wednesday
Grocery Shopping followed by a quick rest.
Dinner and on to Bible Study where we
finding the "birthmarks" of believers in the
book of 1 John... going verse by verse
Tuesday we gave ourselves a treat at the Picture Show at Merchants Walk where for $1.00 each you can see a great movie... a special treat for Irv. We saw the "Three Stooges", his childhood favorite. Lots of belly laughs. He said during the movie, thunder rolled but I didn't hear it. When we got out of the movie, it was pouring and the front of the movie was flooded past the curb so Irv ran to get the car and I braved the floods to get to the car (God did not part the waters, I forgot to ask but I did pray for it to stop). By the time we get the 4 miles home, it was over. Not a drop on us going into our apartment. 
Since I seem to be doing 2 weeks of fun, I don't want to forget to tell you about our great new restaurant find... "The Cuban Diner". I told the server and owner, this may be the best food I ever had in a restaurant. The owner came to the U.S. from Cuba when he was 30 years old (not that long ago). He and his wife opened the restaurant 4 years ago and it's doing great. It is family owned and when you dine there, you are family. We'll be going back. Our server was good enough to share the ingredients in my meal so I was off next day to buy a bottle of Bitter Orange Marinade. As Julie said last night, a week of dining at our house is a world tour... Indian Curry one night, Cuban next, Thai Meatloaf the next and who knows... such fun!!!
You are beginning to think I'm sure that all we do is go out to eat, make worldly meals at home, go to church, worship and pray, and go to the movies. Well, there's more... We don't miss Wheel of fortune and Jeopardy, Bill O'Reily and baseball. Irv goes to the gym at least 3 times a week and this week met his goal to ride the stationary bike 100 miles in one week. I am still busy organizing the apt. One day, everything will be just where I want it and I won't have anything to do!!! If you believe that, I'll sell you some swamp land in GA.
Hope you get a laugh and rejoice with us in God's blessings as we pray His blessings on you all.
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