Ephphatha

tomorrow night, we are hosting a community dinner that will be followed by an open forum to discuss church and faith. i must admit i am a little nervous as we plunge into this- but feel that it will be a good event. we have hung numerous signs in the area and also put an add in the paper the last two weeks that say "do you have a problem with church?" we are hoping to get a good mix of our regular community and of people in the area that do not currently go to church. the hope is this will be an evening where all people can come and share their stories, questions, comments in a loving way without being judged. there are specific guidlines to the conversation that will be laid out initialy as to keep the conversation gentle. i took this idea from a new church service at a moravian church in Northfield- they did a similar thing, and then actually turned it into another service aimed at feeding those that "hated church". we shall see....please pray for us.

on another note- my first ever batch of home-brew beer is fermenting nicely. payton and logan continue to be well, while anna and i continue to run on little sleep- gotta love it.

jg