A One Day Party
Our morning began on Sunday, April 28th with the typical Sunday service preparations. We held music practice and segued into our morning classes. The only difference was all of the members of the Duluth church had traveled down to join us. It wasn’t long before you could tell something bigger was happening that day…
The service opened up with a report about what has been going on with our Philippines missionaries. Brittany shared what God has been doing on the college front in Cebu and Laura told of the work happening in the local grade schools. Upon telling us all the great news and requesting prayer for their future needs, they exited the stage. Pastor Tim then began the day with a sermon entitled The Promised Land. With all encouragement from the lives of Moses and Joshua, we closed the service in worship and moved into the afternoon.
Fellowship and Memories
The coffeehouse served up a celebratory plate of pork sandwiches, coleslaw, beans, and fruit salad as even more guests came to join in on the commemoration of 30 years of ministry in Menomonie. We all had time to visit with each other and catch up on life. What a nice blessing that was!
Once everyone had eaten, we all made our way up to the sanctuary to watch Pastor Tim’s one-hour walk back through our church’s history. We got to see images from the early days when we were a small fellowship led by Pastor Dave Gonzales and Pastor Tim. We got to hear stories… memories of past adventures and experiences. It was clear the Lord had done and is still working some amazing things.
We closed the celebration out by enjoying some cake. Kayla created a delicious work of art commemorating the church’s history. “What a long strange trip it’s been.” Indeed.
To all who joined us in celebrating, thank you for being with us. We are blessed with so many friends and church family. Here’s to another 30 years!