Sunday
School for adults at NMIUMC was an adult Bible study booklet we read and then
discussed. The class meets for 1 ½ hours,
not 45 minutes, 30 minutes before the children’s class because they like to have
time for more discussion.
Worship was
at 10:30 till about noon, much like our Hope Church worship was. And the casualness of the worship center was
reminiscent of Hope as well. A snack and
coffee table was set up at the back of the worship center from 9am on, and it
was manned by Andy. Andy is a Korean
War US Navy veteran and a long time
civilian vet of the Cape Canaveral base.
He’s seen most every record setting flight go up since 1959.
And it was
Andy who awarded us each a METHODIST MUGGING as guests of the church. We kept one mug and returned the other to
Andy after the service to give another.
We just don’t have space for extra anything in the coach!
While the
style of the service here is very casual its form is blended. We enjoyed hymns and praise music well spaced
to make the service flow. In fact, the
keyboardist was an accomplished local stage vocalist so we were blessed with a
solo from him half way through the service.
Today was a
fifth Sunday of the month and on these four Sundays Children’s Church is moved
to an art and craft/missions table under a dining canopy at the rear of the
worship center so families can be closer together. The kids are involved in the
service that way. They call it Family Sunday.
Pastor Joel
was dressed for this FIRST Advent service by one of the children and the boy
chose tinsel garland for his theme. And
the theme was, ‘Standing out, not blending in, to the culture”. I’d say Joel and his wardrobe consultant succeeded.
The service
ended with another memory of Hope Church. Prayer warriors were called forward
and folk were invited to come forward for personal prayer time. One young lady did. You never know the need
unless you make an opportunity for it to be met.
We had a
nice lunch at home and headed out to Cocoa Beach’s Mercury 3 - Sheppard Park
for some ocean reading time. Each beach
park in Cocoa is named for one of the Mercury Program astronauts of the 1960’s.
Alan was the first US astronaut to ever fly.
We scoped
out a place suggested to us this morning by John for getting the best view of
the Thursday launch from Cape Canaveral.
As of this evening all lights are green for the Orion takeoff at 7:05 am.
Should be
exciting.
-Ken
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