Thursday, July 2, 2009

Church and Family

I’m frustrated.  Spent three hours last night on Ancestry.com researching charter members of Second.  I am working on our quasquicentennial (125 years) book, but am finding precious little about the people who began our church.  Names and dates are somewhat available, but stories are missing.  It’s making my work difficult.  Without an abundance of prime sources, it’s hard to resurrect events from 125 years ago.

I’m excited.  There’s only one item on the Marshall/Bolin/Williams collective agenda.  Wedding!!!  July 11, 3 pm, here at church.  John and Amanda are both giddy with excitement.  The rest of us are too.  The Lord has blessed our family.  To borrow a phrase from the back of our one dollar bill, annuit coeptis, He has favored our undertakings.

Our church offices will be closed tomorrow, Friday July 3, in honor of the fourth.  Have a safe holiday.  By the way, speaking of July 4, do you know what the most patriotic letter is?  Y—because it’s the fourth of July.