I never cease to be amazed at the truly connectional nature of our denomination. While Erin and I were on vacation in Nassau this past week, we made arrangements with our resort to attend services at a local Methodist church on Sunday. We were both looking forward to being in worship together and in a place where we could just "slip in" unnoticed and with no responsibility.
Imagine our surprise, then, when we arrived and the interim pastor of this congregation is a retired Louisiana colleague of ours and a former associate pastor where I worshiped as a child. It was good to catch up with Dr. Gerald Richardson while enjoying the worship and hospitality of Ebenezer Methodist Church in Nassau. God blessed us immensely through our time with them and by participating as members of the congregation in the sacrament of Holy Baptism of a beautiful little girl. These truly kind souls made us feel totally at home during our time with them.
We thoroughly enjoyed enjoyed our time with our fellow members of the Methodist tradition and were reminded once again that you never know what is going to happen on any given Sunday when you choose to attend worship. This was also a good reminder of how blessed you can be while at worship away from home (even on vacation!).
See You Sunday!
Lamar
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