Whoosh!

What a crazy few weeks this has been! We just noticed this morning that it had been several weeks since we entered a blog report so here goes a brief synopsis of the events of November since the previous entry of the 5th...

The week of the 11th - the week began with two great worship services and faith formation classes for all ages at the church. The afternoon was given to putting the final preparations on the Community Thanksgiving Sing that was hosted by FUMC. We had over 300 people turn out to enjoy singing and bells from 10 churches. Afterwards, the FUMC youth hosted a soup supper that by all accounts was the best ever. They raised over $450 for next year's mission project.

The week of the 18th - this past week has been a real push to get a lot done before Thanksgiving. Belinda put in a lot of time to get the newsletter finished before the holiday and the result is a resounding success. Charles in the meanwhile focused on getting the Church Conference report tweaked and polished and is finally done! Next year will be much easier, he promises!!!

Monday was so pleasant with temps in the low 70's! The next day saw the arrival of winter and about an inch of snow and the temps barely reached 30 the rest of the week.

Thanksgiving Day, well, we enjoyed a turkey dinner at home, enjoyed the quiet and watched some of the parades back east. In the evening, we journeyed out and visited with three families in the parish, sampling some of the family life and festivities that makes living in western Nebraska so much fun.

On Friday evening this week, we enjoyed the arrival of Santa in Sidney aboard a old fire engine bedecked with lights. We ran into one of the church members Marge Sabin. She was enjoying all the festivities with her daughter and her grandchildren. The grandchildren really enjoyed shaking hands with Santa! The town tree by the post office was turned on, and then a chili supper was enjoyed at a nearby business establishment.

Praise God for small-town living!!!

Today is clear and cold, 16F when we got up. We hope to get the tree up in the parsonage and get those Christmas cards started! Hope your weekend is enjoyable, wherever you are!