Okay, so here is a bit of a "catch up."
Last weekend Jackie had a bunch of women together to celebrate her bridal shower... oh yeah, Grandpa Naylor, too. But the real miraculous part of the party was that Grandma Naylor was able to come down to Linesville to celebrate with them! There were so many family and friends that came out for the day, Jackie was extremely blessed. When I came home from the Junior High District Band Festival, Jackie was so excited about the day that she could hardly contain herself! Thanks to all of you who shared that day with her.
Last Wednesday, we held our Spring Band Concert at the school. It was an incredible evening that brought many compliments to the students and was a great overall blessing. It is hard to imagine that another class will be graduating in a couple weeks - a class of students that seems like just yesterday they were bouncing into my kindergarten classroom fully expecting another great music lesson and all excited to learn another new song for the day. I will miss having them in my ensembles but am looking forward to seeing them soar off onto the horizon as they move into the next chapter of their lives. They had better come back to visit once in a while, that is all I have to say!
Then, this past weekend Adam and I (along with 11 other members of our worship teams from church), went to a fantastic praise conference called AMS @ Crosspoint Chapel in Buffalo, NY. We all walked away touched and blessed beyond measure. There was so much information offered that every element of praise and worship was touched on with great points covering ways to improve our ministry as we strive for excellence for the Lord. The bands and worship teams were simply out of this world! [No pun intended] We have already put next year's conference on the calendar as a "must attend".
Finally, today was our church's annual blessing of the bikes. You might find it hard to believe, but I spent most of the early part of the festivities meeting and talking to newcomers to the event. By the time I got out to the parking lot to take some pictures many of the bikes and riders had already been blessed and left! So I snapped a few shots as people were leaving but had to talk with those who were left. Like the father and son (16 years old) riding matching custom Harleys who were going to be featured in an upcoming advertising campaign by Harley-Davidson trying to reach out to the younger generation. Or the woman who had unfortunately hit a dog on the way to the church. There was some damage to her Harley, and sadly, some of the remains on the pipes and covers of the bike. The blessing is that she was able to keep the bike upright and was not hurt.
Many of the bikes had left by the time I took this picture, but the exciting thing was that this year we set a record with over 160 motorcycles. Talk about time flying by... this was our 8th "Blessing of the Bikes" event!
Unique machines? It seems that each year brings something that is very unique and this year did not disappoint. Of course, it is customary that whenever something really cool comes along, our pastor has to take it for a spin around the parking lot. This tiny little chopper packs an incredible 110cc powerplant with a 4-speed tranny! After his first lap, he stopped in for a pit-stop to find out how to get it out of 1st gear! The shift pattern is simply four down, come on - everybody knows that! (ha-ha, who woulda' guessed, right?) After the blessing, we went out for a ride to the historic, White Turkey root beer joint in Ashtabula, Ohio. You know, you have to have a root beer float!
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