On The Table

As we continue to move through the season of Pentecost, we're chasing the Spirit in a couple of different places:

On Thursday night, we'll be enjoining our bi-weekly karaoke night at The Lamb Center in Fairfax, from 6:30 to 8pm. Pizza, soda, cookies, singing, and enough wholesome laughter to last you for two weeks.

Saturday brings us a "barn raising" at the Tennysons'. No, we're not actually building them a barn - "barn raisings" are a new tradition we just made up, based on the example of the Amish and other close-knit communities who come together to share work projects and fellowship with one another. For this Saturday, weather looks good - hot but dry...

Here is a tentative schedule and work list:

• Meet at 10:00 am
• Work until 1:00pm
• 1:00 Barbecue - Ken and Maranda can provide meat and juice for kids; BYOB

Work List:

• Cut up a tree that Sam will have cut down. Haul and stack rounds.
• Haul limbs and branches to recycling center (there are already a couple of loads worth on the property)
• Clean gutters
• Weed backyard beds (this could easily keep 3-4 people busy the ENTIRE time)

For those less outdoor inclined, Maranda will have several indoor projects to work on, and we will also need help with kids.

Come Sunday, I'll be taking a crack at one of our 'Grab-Bag June' Sundays with my offering: "Hiding the Gospel: A Preaching Clinic". Of course, it's not like I'm going to teach you how to preach-- who would ever want to preach?-- but we'll teach each other a little bit about the fine art of indirection. Think of it as a Pentecost season experiment in a radical expression of 'the priesthood of all believers,' where everybody who wants gets a turn in the pulpit. So bring yourself to Jammin' Java at 10am on Sunday morning, and let's just see what happens.

Mike Stavlund

Labels: barn-raising, karaoke, lamb center, preaching