Horton Hears a What?

I began the day by attending the local clergy meeting. There were 6 guys there. The morning devotional focused on the question about the statement, "Our children are the future of the church." We explored what that might mean. It was noted that there are some churches with no children and they have a great ministry; there are other churches that have very few children, and tend of see themselves through the glasses of "a lack of children" rather than being able to see the good that they do inspite of that lack. It ws also noted that often after our children grow up in the local church very few actually become members or involved in that same church after college or as adults. We also shared our "highs and lows" since we last met. One of the pastors indicated he's going to try to start a satellite congregation with a contemporary service here in Adms Ridge at the clubhouse early Sunday mornings. It'll begin in July and go for 6 months to see if it's viable. Most people thought it was worth a try.

When I got back home, Dee and I did a little shopping and then I played 9 holes of golf at Rittswood. It was nice to get out and hit a few balls. It was an okay course. Nothing special, but for $16 including a cart you can't expect much. Nonetheless, it was nice.

Just about the time I got home, Dee was leaving to meet with Ryanne. She'd had a very big and long text at school and wanted to relax with sushi and invited Dee to go along to Tai Pei with her. They had a nice time. I relaxed on the deck with two new books, The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss and a leader's guide to go along with it. I thought I might use ideas from it for my "Children's Day" sermon at Penn Hills in June.

Later, when Dee came home we had some trout for dinner, went out for a little, and then came back and used the hot tub. The picnic table was a great place to lay the cover for the hot tub and was much easier than the first way we'd been doing it. Since it was dark, the hot tub light under the water was nice, and we could see the moon from the tub as well. Awesome. Dee had a slight sprain in her ankle from walking the dog earlier in the day and the hot tub seemed to provide just the right therapy for it. When we got out she said it didn't hardly hurt at all. Then we watched the end of the Penguin's game over the Flyers. Go Pens! Then after a little TV, I practiced some of my music from the Bogmeisters.