1. Sharing Worship Matters
The Baptists are as bad as the Presbyterians, Pastor Luke tells me. Members of both congregations use Labor Day Weekend as an excuse to stay away from the service where white and black, Baptist and Presbyterian, we worship the God who made us all. But in our divided world, it really does matter that Presbyterians and Baptists, blacks and whites, worship together. Sunday 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist. See you there.
2. Ernesto has his green card!
I have written about my friend Ernesto in the past. Here is what I said after his first visit. That was December 2013, and Ernesto, who is from Cuba, but works in a chicken processing plant in Arkansas, had been in Trenton to renew his temporary work permit. He came by again last December, and we helped him a little bit, but mostly he was just checking in. He remembered generosity and kindness shown. I wasn’t expecting to see Ernesto this week, but he walked in and waited patiently. His smile was irrepressible and his embrace spontaneous. He showed it to me. His green card. He can stay. He said he loves the country that has given him his freedom and he loves the God who blesses his life.
Ernesto won’t have to travel from Fort Smith to Trenton for immigration purposes any more. But he says he’ll come back for a visit sometime and that some day he’d like to show me Cuba. “I’ll take the pastor to Cuba,” he said. I’m looking forward to the day, Ernesto.
3. Conduct Unbecoming a Presbyterian
The call came late Tuesday afternoon. The rest of the staff had left for the day, so I answered the phone Continue reading →
Following last night’s kick-off edition of Faith Acts, Kay Brown, our Congregational Life and Care Director, posted a photo and a summary of the evening to LPC’s Facebook page. A cropped version of the photo is in the header of this post. The full version is in the footer. Great shot, Kay!
