Marsh Mellow Sunday

One year Bob Marsh was the preacher at Camp SPdL. I was kinda the master of ceremonies for the evening time, so it was my job to transition and introduce him. One night I talked about how cool his camp preaching was, that he was Marsh Mellow. The next night I was talking about his preaching times were even cooler on the Sabbath, that it was Marsh Mellow Sunday. After that one he chased he off the stage.

I am trying to remember back in the early 1980's what happened on Wednesday nights at SPdL. We'd have the dinner in the fellowship hall but what then – did we all move to the sanctuary for bible study / preaching, or did Marsh preach in the fellowship hall? Don do you remember? Reid said Marsh didn't teach in the Fellowship Hall.

On Sunday nights these days JFBC might have an occasional special service, a praise service or prayer time, or a special time for volunteers. Last night was deacon ordination. Not sure but I think the youth meet on Sunday nights.

On Wednesday nights JFBC does have a meal, then break off into various classes. Ceil's small group meets at the church on Wednesday nights. One time we took a Dave Ramsey class at church on Wednesday night. Our Sunday School class has a special Bible Study on Wednesday night. There's another group that has special one time seminars on Christian topics that interest me, also on Wednesday nights. Adult choir practice may be on Wednesday night, not sure.

Wish I could get C to attend worship in the JFBC sanctuary just so we could sing the old hymns. I am not a fan of the new songs they sing. The words are biblical, but just not the classic hymns that I love. I only like the contemporary when Heather Swilley Taylor leads the singing, which is once or twice a month.

Since I am not familiar with many of the contemporary songs, they are hard to sing. They do have the words on the screen, so I try to concentrate on the words, and what they mean. They used to sing the same song like 3 out of 4 Sunday mornings. I'd rather be singing different hymns every week, since there are so many.

DENISON: we cannot know the future consequences of present choices. Why does an all-knowing, all-loving, all-powerful God allows the world that He created be so chaotic and unpredictable? He doesn't. Remember the last time you made a choice that you know was God's will for you. Based on the consequences of that decision, are you glad you made it? Now think of the last time you made a choice that you knew was not God's will for you. Looking back on its consequences, are you sorry you made it?

From the Garden of Eden to today, we know enough about the future consequences of obeying God's will to know that we should always obey God's will. We learn from Adam and Eve that Satan's temptation to "be like God" (Genesis 3:5), should always be resisted. Abraham shows us that following God's will even when we don't understand it leads to our best future (cf. Hebrews 11:8). Joseph teaches us that refusing sexual temptation (Genesis 39) leads to our best life and largest influence. David's adultery with Bathsheba (2 Sam 11) proves that yielding to lust leads to devastating consequences that far outweigh the pleasure promised in the moment. God told us all we need to know to know, that choosing his will in the present is always best for our future. The best way to find hope in a chaotic world: (1) stay faithful to the last work you heard from God, and (2) stay open to the next.

https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/iowa-caucus-chaotic-world/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Whom+should+voters+elect+in+Iowa%3F&utm_campaign=01-15-24+DA+-+Whom+should+voters+elect+in+Iowa%3F

WALLY POST [SABR Bio] regularly earned the nickname "The best dressed Red". Post's well-justified reputation as long-ball hitter was cemented as some of the balls he hit reached the very top of the Superior Towel and Linen Service building, which formed the backdrop beyond left field in Cincinnati's Crosley Field. Most fans referred to the building as "The Laundry". A huge sign crowned the top of the building. Siebler Suits rented the right side of the sign, declaring, "Hit this sign – win a suit." Wally hit the sign 11 or 16 times (depending on who's counting). In its 20 years of existence, the sign was struck over 150 times. Post was the first outfielder to throw out two baserunners in an inning. In the fist inning on 28-Jun-1959, Post threw out Orlando Cepeda and Leon Wagner at Seals Stadium in San Francisco. When Commissioner Ford Frick found out why so many Cincinnati Redlegs players had voted in to start the 1957 All-Star game, he declared foul play and removed some of the players in favor of more obvious selections. As a result, Post was out. Hank Aaron was in. More details here. For Post, it was the closest he ever came to being named an All-Star over his entire 15-year career.