Oct 14

Burn, baby, burn



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Originally uploaded by jicarney.


We did not have a church “bonfire” tonight, because we could not get a burn permit. But there is no permit required for “campfires,” so we had a church “campfire.”

It was fun. We had burgers, hot dogs and chicken breasts from the grill, and then roasted marshmallows and had s’mores.

They had encouraged people to bring instruments. I have not picked up my harmonica in months, but I brought it anyway, assuming that someone else would bring a guitar or something. No one did. I did a couple of things on the harmonica, but I’m so out of practice I couldn’t do too much.

Here are the rest of the photos.

Sep 16

Galilean service



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Originally uploaded by jicarney.

First UMC has, for years, had a tradition of holding a cookout and worship service on the shores of Normandy Lake. The youth conduct the worship, which usually ends with one of the youth, portraying Jesus, coming ashore on a boat. This year, because of the drought, the levels of the lake are way, way down, and the water is so far from the normal shoreline that there wasn’t any practical way to do Jesus’ arrival the normal way. So they did something different, and it all worked anyway. It was a nice evening all around.