What a way to end my time at Parkesburg Mennonite Church

First, it started out with me giving Laura Wagner some round table cloths.  Laura and her husband, Josh, came shopping at "House of Jane".  They have just moved into their first house in Parkesburg and found that their kitchen was a tad bigger than they expected. 

I had mentioned in Sunday School that I had two round oak tables and two sets of oak chairs to give away.  They came over one Saturday and looked at them both.  Even though the one had been in the attic since the late 1980s, it was smaller and would fit better in their space.  They lugged it down from the attic (it was in pieces and still had all of the nuts and bolts) but it was filthy.  Then they opted for the antique oak chairs that my late husband had brought into the marriage with his larger oak table.

Yesterday I got a text picture of the beautifully cleaned oak table and chairs in their house.  It is always nice to know that some really nice, antique furniture has been cleaned up and is being lovingly used in a new home.

May the set give you many pleasant years of dining and game playing and quiet conversations.  I think they brought the shine back to the set, what do you think???

We settled into our usual Sunday School lesson.  We shared some stories of good things that happened during the past week and then Jim Kennel began teaching....  SUDDENLY an object came flying into the room.  One of the local bats went flying in figure 8s and circles above our heads before landing in a corner of one of the areas that could be closed off from the rest of the room.  Andy Propst gently closed all of the dividers and we finished Sunday School and departed upstairs to Church Services.  I understand that following the service the bat was gently persuaded to hold onto a leaf rake to be humanely deposited into the side yard.

Richard Buckwalter had a nice sermon on Wisdom and Doubt, both things I have had more than my share of recently.  And I then stood in the back of the church to hugs and encouraging words and tears from the entire congregation.  This was indeed my church family.  I will miss them and I just hope that my time there has inspired some of the members and left behind a piece of my heart.