What a crew!
”Hey Bryan, come over here!”….
and my friend waved me over and slide me some bills into my hand
like you would do for a tip or a drug deal…
“I found this on the ground. Maybe someone will come looking for it”
--Prayer Requests/Praises
Continued prayer for Malaree and her loss
Prayers for our Nation during this season of transition that we may all love deeper than ever. That we may be united in love and purpose
Continued prayer for my recovery
Pray for an end to the war in Ukraine
pray for the elderly who are afraid they will not be able to heat their homes
Hey Family, (from Bryan)
It was a perfect day….
Logistics
Served: 85
Last week's leaders: Bryan
Next week's leaders: Ruth
Next week's preacher: Ruth
Gifts
Last week's: Hats and gloves
Next week's: Socks from the Jack and Jill Foundation
Service: (from Bryan)
I am restricted lifting nothing heaver than a milk jug for another week so I could do nothing at storage! My wife and ChiChi loaded the van while I watched and gave a couple of tips. Girls Rule, Boys Drool.
We got downtown and everyone there knew I had surgery last week so everybody jumped in to set up. I was frustrating and beautiful.
We were back at our spot after the election moves. Ed-the-Taller led set up for the tents and everyone else knew where every was supposed to end up. It happens every week now. It’s their church. ChiChi led the service. We put the speakers under the lunch tent at it started to sprinkle but it held off….
I forgot who did the readings. My mind was wandering a bit. I preached on the parable of the virgins with lamps at the wedding feast drawing attention to what light and oil was to the hearers of the story… valuable, necessary, life-giving…. and are call to be watchful because we do not know the day or hour when the Bridegroom will return for us, his Bride.
Randall was back with us after a stint in jail again for disorderly. That always happens when he goes off is meds. He was in his right mind and very happy to be with us.
“sir, remember that coat you gave me last year, the red one?”…
I will never forget that coat. He was at church one day in a hoodie in the rain. I had just learned his name after months of him cursing me out. I helped him into it, and then zipped it up like I would for my kids because his hands were cold…. “I lost it when I went to jail. do you have another one?” So I took him to the van and put a new coat on him… the only one I had that day, a 3x. It fit perfectly.
Isis came back too as we were wrapping up. “Pastor Bryan, I’ve been in Federal Jail for six months…. and she shared her story and how she was released after it was found that she was not in the wrong….
Liz and her friend handed out communion and then we feasted on lunch.
As we were walking around chatting, a man stopped me and asked where else I went around the city. I explained this was the one place and he started to glow with a Holy Glory…IYKYK…. you people freely give love without judgment… and he spoke words over me that were not his but from Heaven.
Blessings,
Bryan
The Street Church Collective Community
Community Church Updates
We walked into River Ridge pushing our church-in-a-beach-cart straight into a large gathering of folks for a Veteran’ Day program from the VFW and the National Guard.
We wound our way upstairs and set up the chairs and wheel chairs in a circle for church and found out our friend was a Navy Veteran. I thanked him from all of my Marine Friends for giving them a ride to the beach and we sang patriotic songs and made a really big-ta-do.
He lives in the Memory Care unit and was not brought down for the big show…. so we brought the big show to him. That is the Gospel, right? We could not get upstairs so he came down to us?
I asked him to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. We all joined in. Then we had church and sang and sang until my surgery site hurt and I had to stop. They are worth it.
We read the Bible and I preached the word and folks were attentive and praised God with me. Then we all went around, taking hands in ours and locking eyes to eyes, bending over to their level and prayed deep prayers. It’s my favorite part. I get to gently hold hands and rub them, and at times stroke a cheek.
Then we feasted on communion and heads lifted and eyes opened and “amen” came out of their mouths from the Deep Place where Christ dwells…..
“The Body and Blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”…heads lift and eyes lock onto the wafer and the “Amen” rises up from the depth of their souls….. Amen=”let it be so”
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