Some Very Special People...

Season greetings everyone! Only a few more days to the BIG DAY. I hope that you are done with your Christmas shopping. If not, I hope you like crowds, parking problems, traffic, impatient people. and pressure. Because that's what you have to look forward too.

While growing up, I had a uncle who would go to the local drug store and buy all of his Christmas presents on Christmas Eve night. He was a divorced single and worked two jobs, so it worked for him. However, his gifts were always interesting and of course never wrapped. But I thought that was cool...no suspense, just open the bag and there it was. He probably still shops like that today...some 40 years later. But at least, he was thoughtful enough to get us something.

Annette works today and I am doing a combination of ministry work, some home stuff, and making some calls today. Yesterday, the staff and I had some wonderful visits with Nona Moore, Rick and Kathy, and then afterwards we visited with Betty Noe and Imogene Halcomb. Both Nona and Imogene are such beautiful saints of God. They were a great blessing to our church body for a lot of years. I have never pastored anyone in 29 years of ministry as positive and supportive of the church and her pastor as Nona Moore. Matter of fact, if you knew her you would agree that a negative or critical word about anyone ever came out of her mouth. I am sure she was tempted like all of us with such thoughts. But she was never known to give into them. What a wonderful example of the attitude of Christ! And Imogene, what a great sense of humor! Ima was always teasing, laughing, and having a good time. I visited her many times and talked with her at church before she could no longer come due to health reasons. I never heard her complain. She seemed to always be content no matter her circumstances. Merry Christmas to these beautiful saints of God and their families from Kings Point. We will never forget them.

Merry Christmas everyone!

-Pastor Randy