We visited our friends living outside Saturday. Everybody was doing good. Our friend, who was not doing well last week, assured us he did not mean to be that way and said he was ok. Our 14 year old and under Cedar Grove Chargers were winning their 6th game of the season Saturday afternoon. They are now 6 - 0! Work continued in the garden. Our girl scout troop was meeting at the Bright House II Saturday morning. Lots going on in our part of the world.
We continue with our afternoon activities of fun, games and learning on Monday and Wednesday. Lots of help to go with lots of children!
Tuesday evening, we had some new faces at our community men's Bible fellowship. Joey led our discussions, reading from Lamentations 1: 1 - 22. How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! Our center was once deserted, now full of life, what will tomorrow bring?
Thursday evening, chapel was full of music, praise and worship. Our piano man, Wes, played for us, as Ms Abbie led our community choir. Brother James shared the Word, talking about the compassion and the lvoe God has for us no matter what we do. Z and Ms Abbie prepared a feast, as new friends helped serve and clean up. The clothing room and Market were busy with community enjoying their time with us. A blessed evening.
Our undefeated Chargers have two games this week! Tuesday February 14th at 8:15 pm at Bill Cockrell Park. Then on Thursday February 16th at 7:15 pm at A B Palmer.
I want to wish all our ladies out there a Happy Valentine's Day. You are the key to our community, often not getting any recognition for everything you do. Please know you are lvoed and appreciated by us all.
This Thursday at our meal, we will have our annual Mardi Gras parade. The Gemini Crewe will be joining us, dancing and throwing beads to our community, always lots of fun.
We now have a new family member joining our community, Sarah Shoup. You will see Sarah around the campus helping coordinate all our activities making sure everything runs smoothly. She has a heart for community and will be a valuable asset to our community. When you see her, please welcome her into our community.
How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! Part of the first verse of Lamentations 1. I was thinking about that Tuesday morning working on the yard at the new building across the street from the center. Weeds and trash was covering the entrance into the bank building. As we removed the weeds and trash, I discovered beautiful granite steps into the building. It got me to thinking about all the lives, the families, the homes this building must have been a part of when it was built. Now, for whatever reason, it was vacant, deserted!
I don't what to think about it, but this could happen to our community? Those that built the bank building had a passion for our neighborhood. Don't you know, the people of our community were grateful for the presence of the bank and it's employees. Now, many years later, the building is empty, neglected and deserted.
We see this happen all too often. Those who have a passion for something, get together, start living their passion. For awhile, everything is great, a blessing to all, then as time goes on, sometimes that passion subsides. Sometimes those that start the group move on to other projects, or life gets in the way, changes occur and gradually their presence subsides.
Common Ground was started from a passion of several. Some have left, others are still around. Will the passion live on? We need to ask ourselves, where does our passion come from. Is it our passion or the passion of Christ's? We are about God, God's plan, not ours. God's plan will never die.
The future of our community is exciting. Many new people are coming to us with great passion and desires for our community. As long as we follow the plan God has laid before us, our passion for lvoe and understanding will last for years to come. Amen
Have a blessed week, God is good, isn't He!
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