Wednesday night blog-bytes

For the few in the reading audience who might be linear in their thinking its the every-once-in-a-while blog byte nyte!!!

1) Tonight was the First Kearney charge conference. I believe there were seven present, and that is counting the two pastors, the recording secretary, the pianist and the church secretary. What one learns in her third year of d.s.ing: Wednesday charge conferences let you see how much is going on in a church, and if you schedule one at Kearney, don't expect anyone to show up because everyone is so busy doing other things. In fact, we did not tarry long because the folks there needed to be at cantata practice and other various and assorted ministry settings. I am SO PROUD of this congregation and its pastors (Fred and John) for keeping their heart for mission while growing at nearly 10% a year in attendance over the last three years.

2) If it's Wednesday, it must be MisKnits night. How the Cox-Johnson women LOVE Misknits! It's "open knitting" nights on Wednesdays. We sit and knit (well, actually I crochet) and the knitters share ideas, and most are pretty fun, and are our kind of folks. Amber, the owner, opened the shop last summer...it is at 39th and Terrace. Her website is:

www.misknits.com and she has a blog you can get to there too. Of course I have not been much the last several weeks....I try to go in for a bit anyway early or late and Cana stays throughout.

4) I am super excited about our District Conference Celebration Sunday!!! I must soon do an entry on Kevin Buckrucker, our co-district lay leader who is God's gift to the Heartland North district and its superintendent. More on Kevin another time.

5) No sign of Maggie. Thanks for all the kind words

6) Prayers please for the Buckner church and its pastor Robb Webster as he anticipates surgery in December

7) Thanksgiving for the Buckner church as it brings us news Sunday afternoon of its Baby Grace program, a neat ministry with high school single moms at Fort Osage High School. As I tell district churches, I used to drive past the Fort Osage building and say to myself, "That's where Albert Pujols went to high school!" and now I say to myself, "That's where our Baby Grace program is!" More about that later, too.

Enough.