The Fall Fish Fry continues to be my favorite all church social. Wayne McNeese does the lion’s share of carrying responsibility for the event. He recruits the cookers and then snaps the whip. Plate filling began at 5:00 PM yesterday from HCN’s west lawn but the cooking and potato cutting and hush puppy stirring began hours before. Outdoor Cooks included John Jordan, Ken Elkins, Glen Detwiler, Dan Scott, Dean Beach, Tom Stephens,
Paul Stonecipher, Rick Person, Bobby Smith, Tim Garrett, Jason Vines, Ken Willis, Ken Koon, Trey Miles, Ricky McNeese, Paul Vann, Kenny McNeese, Webb Trojan, Bill Jackson, Jonathan Beach, Chris Lewis. Indoor Cooks included Lisa Anderson, Pam McNeese, Kylee Koon, Dianne McNeese, Kim Vann, Dot Waffird, Traci Hollandsworth.
The New Life Sunday School Class provided set-up, service, and clean-up and that included the carting of tables and chairs to and from the yard. The weather was balmy (that means looked like it might rain but did not until we got home). Thank you to every person who labored and made the evening great for the rest of us. I stood and talked and sat and talked and ate and talked. All of the extra food was taken to the mission to feed the homeless. That should make us all happy.
Most of you have received the great news by now but those who depend on this letter for information about the congregation may not know. Our Pastor of Worship, Dr. Sam Green, was informed by his doctors at Centennial Medical Center on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, that his bone marrow biopsy taken the previous Monday shows he is in remission from leukemia. Infusions (new description instead of transplants), of stem cells from his brother, Steve, will be administered when Sam’s blood work reaches appropriate levels. The pastoral staff team visited with Sam this morning. He is a happy man.
HCN has tried to respond carefully and responsibly to Halloween through the years. Christians have differing opinions on what the day is about. So, we try to offer options to our families. We sponsor a Candy Parade inside the Center on the Wednesday night before Halloween for children ages infant to grade 4. That is this Wednesday night, October 27, 2010, at 6:30 PM. We ask families to bring candy for approximately 200 children and to distribute it personally from a long and winding line of chairs. The event is dry and safe for our children. Halloween is scheduled for October 31 every year and for 2010, that day is this Sunday. We have purposefully not scheduled any meetings at HCN this Sunday evening to allow families to make their own decisions regarding trick or treating or distributing candy from their homes. We hope this helps you and makes your family decision-making easier.
Children’s Pastor Carol Waller asked me to tell you that Upward’s Basketball is on schedule for registration, practice, and games. Evaluations take place November 29/30, 2010. Practices begin December 13, 2010. The first games are played on January 15, 2010. Carol is recruiting leadership for all areas and seriously needs your help. Call her at 847-3335 or email her at waller.cw@gmail.com to volunteer.
Jerry Keener and Phil Jordan represented the church board on Sunday morning in making appeals to the congregation for help with the $15,000 need for two major maintenance projects: replacing an HVAC unit in one of children’s wings and completing payment on a major plumbing repair. Just over $5,000 was received on Sunday. Thanks to Paul Stonecipher who worked with the plumbing contractor on Saturday evening and early Sunday morning to get all of the plumbing operational before services.
Is this the Sunday everyone comes back to church? I have missed you. The church is less without you.
In Christ Jesus,
Pastor Howard
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