Evergreen Outreach
By Charlene M. Jett
Monday, the welcoming hospitality of Wesley Hall and First United Methodist Church, demonstrated God’s love for all. Cindy Hunter brought cookies and was our leader today and SoftFire (David and Patricia Pence with their border collies) was our entertainment. We skipped our usual welcoming song, as Cindy told us about her youngest son getting married last week, and shared her enthusiasm for Cardinals baseball. There was a good discussion about how everyone wants and tries to win tickets to the games.
We sang "Happy Birthday" to Katrina Hudson, Shaun Wasser, Beverly Hood, Melissa Jokisch, Ronnie Hunter, Edna Kaelsom and Aden Conklin.
The Rev. Tom Farris spoke to us about developing our character so that we are believable. He also discussed how to improve ourselves. He spoke about all the good things God has in his locked “heavenly warehouse." Farris assured us that the “key” to unlocking God’s warehouse is FAITH! This faith allows us to trust God, and he will give us what we need – not always what we want. He certainly loves everyone, and wants to see us do all the right things. And this will get us through difficult times. We just need to ask for his help!
The Pences brought out all their St. Patrick’s Day songs to help get us through this long, cold spring. The first one was the “Irish Washer Woman,” who took in laundry to feed her family. Then it was “We’ll All Understand, In The Sweet Bye and Bye.” Next, they inspired everyone to side-bursting laughter with “Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder.” That song requires a simple explanation of Mrs. Murphy cooking and stirring her big pot of chowder, only to find a pair of overalls in the bottom! Someone had thought she was doing laundry, and naturally dropped their dirty overalls in the pot. What resulted was this was NOT a pot of gold or good chowder, but we all laughed as if we had been drinking green beer! Thank you, SoftFire!
In an effort to settle us down, Patricia quietly sang, “This Is Our Father's World.” But David took over, and had everyone jumping out of their seats to march to “When The Saints Go Marching In.” We made it around Wesley Hall a couple of times, carrying a pretty wooden cross with us. Randy was in the lead for a while. So much fun!
Then we also got to march to “Boys and Girls for Jesus.” There were several dancers to the additional songs they played, and one unnamed dancer tried to do an Irish Jig, but needs lot of practice! Next, they played songs about Noah’s flood, and building our house upon solid ground – that ground being the Lord Jesus.
Thank you, SoftFire, and good luck with your performance in Greenville.
Can you believe the pinochle table quietly played cards while all this was going on? Shirley Locke and Mary Woolsey won both games, with Rosamund Hobler and Susan Meador losing one game by just 10 points. I think may be Rosamund and Susan were listening to the music too much!
Hope to see you all next week. God bless.