Well Sunday was a beautiful winter day in Florida with temps reaching the upper 70's after a 60's start. Wow, what a change from last weekend. It's supposed to be rather nice the rest of the week. It was also a day of worship at our Seminole Campus for BridgePoint Church where I helped load in at 6 AM to start the day. We had a great turnout befitting the weather as well. Afterwards around 12:30 we met up with Dan and Carole at a local new eatery for some lunch.
I was up at 5 AM and ready to head out on my bike to SPC which is next door to the Rec. It was a bit chilly but it didn't take long to work up a sweat as we unloaded a huge box truck with several containers and rolled them into the college atrium area and then into the auditorium where the two services are held each Sunday at 9:30 and 11:00. Our attendance is getting larger each week with over a hundred per service and lots of children with almost that many volunteers to make the church work with greeters, cafe workers, kidspoint workers, security personnel, parking lot workers and then of course each week with 6-8 band members who rotate between the three campuses. It an exciting time as we all gather before service for a meeting and then do our best to help folks feel comfortable and important while helping them get closer to GOD. I tend to help in all areas but my favorite is greeting, shaking hands and hugging.
We serve from 8:30 until 12:30 (after I leave the load in around 7:30) and then we meet some place with the Botbyl's for lunch. They serve the early service in the cafe area then leave. Dan joins me in the load in detail at 6 as well. We stay for both services filling in when there is a need but usually set in for the message during the first service. We have a great group of volunteers somewhere around 50-100 each week for both services. We are involved in a life group which meets once a month for food and games. It's really a pleasure to serve with so many dedicated folks who make this venue a success as is with all three of our campuses.
We ate at an old place that has been closed closed for years and just recently opened under new management with seafood as its main menu called the Seahag Bar and Grille right behind the new PDQ eatery which just opened yesterday for business. Yikes we first attempted to eat there but the place was packed with lines out the door. We just happened to notice the opening of the grille which was last week. It too was filling up as well. There was a couple of folks who remembered me as they left the eatery and folks I hadn't seen since I was in Kiwanis years ago. I wouldn't have recognized them with out them telling me who they were as they had advanced in year. Bill Miller who married the daughter of Gene Mooney(who I think is now deceased) and his wife Virginia and their daughter Sarah were leaving and Bill recognized me. Well we all have aged and as soon as I heard his voice I remembered him as I use to do lots of funeral escorts for Mohn Funeral Home. He mentioned he and the Mooneys purchased the funeral home.
I tuned into the playoff games after hand watering the gardens and the Jags lost a close one which they should have won except for some penalties and the Viking looked terrible after the win last week. So its the Eagles vs Patriots in the super bowl this year. I was hoping for some new teams but the Pats are a perennial winner as Brady is a great QB. I'm not a fan of their coach but he does put a winning team on the field each year. I look for the Pats to win the big game as well in two weeks.
Well that was about it for the day as we ate popcorn for our supper since we had a late lunch out. I opened the windows and doors after Nancy had the heat on to start the day, LATER
