Schedule modfications

Happy Tuesday everyone! Upon reviewing these last few posts, I have realized that I have been updating the blog every Tuesday for a while. There is nothing special about Tuesday, per se, I guess it is the time of the week when I have digested all the information from the weekend and am unable to acknowledge that I am in a new week yet. (Or it is just when I wake up from my reverie and remember that I need to post on the blog...probably the latter...)

Anyway, I hope everyone had a safe and fun Labor Day weekend! As each of you no doubt know by now, Gustav has modfied several things at the church. On this past Sunday, we were unable to meet for Sunday School as usual as the FLC was occupied by 140 of the evacuees from the Gulf Coast. At present, no one is quite sure when the authorities in Louisiana will allow the evacuees back to their homes (though , encouragingly, it seems the storm, while pretty bad, did not wreak the havoc Katrina did 3 years ago). Therefore, this Sunday's schedule is flexible as we want to be as accomodating and helpful as possible to assist everyone from the Gulf Coast return as safely and efficiently as possible. So, stay tuned to this blog (which I promise is probably the first and only time this blog will ever be considered to contain "breaking news"!) and we will let everyone know when and where (or if) we will be meeting.

On a slightly related note, I regret to inform everybody (and don't say I didn't warn you all) that I am slated to teach this Sunday as Andrew will not be there to share his wisdom. ( And, before you ask, no, I am not sure how many people he went through before settling on me, but no doubt it was plenty!) The plan (as of Tuesday) is that we will begin our study of I Samuel. (this will allow Andrew to come back the next week, correct all the inaccuracies and get us on the I Samuel train...)

I hope everyone is maintaining their grip on sanity as we face all this rain and the inevitable "cabin fever" the little ones will get. We have DVDs of Barney and Max and Ruby loaded and ready to go if necessary. (For Amanda and Hammond, and any of you lucky enough to not know who "Max and Ruby" are: they are a jaunty pair of bunnies who are brother and sister and who have little adventures...the older sister is bossy and a bit of a nag and the younger Max is a rebellious troublemaker...they apparently have no parents, but live in a house and are visited frequently by their doddering and partially senile grandmother. All in all, a joyous little bit of animation that shows that even the craziest idea could potentially be a hit for kids...)

Let us know if we can be of any help this week, or if you have any prayer requests.

Matt