Parking

This morning's sermon was about money. You can listen here. The question this week was: Is Money a Bad Thing? To summarize 36 minutes into a few phases: No, money is not bad. (1 Timothy 6:10) However, an unhealthy obsession with money and a craving for money is not a good thing. (Ecclesiastes 5:10) God is the creator and owner of all things. (Job 41:11) We are stewards of what He lets us have during our short time on the earth. (Matthew 25:14-30)

I wanted to thank everybody who was at worship this morning for being there. The kid's wrestling tournament that was held in the gym had over 1,300 wrestlers amd probably about 1,300 cars crammed in the parking lot. As many of you are aware, this led to a major parking problem with all of our people and all of the wrestling fans trying to get spaces. I know that many of us had to drive around for quite some time to find parking spots. (It took me 15 minutes!) I know many had to trek through cold and snow to make it to the school. And I know that many were not able to worship with us because there was no room to park.

We learned last Sunday that we would be in the auditorium today. We learned during the week that there would be no kid's ministry this morning. And we learned this morning, the hard way, that there was going to be huge parking problems. Sometimes that's the way it is in a rented facility.

For all the volunteers who make the worship possible on Sunday mornings, I'm grateful. For all who were able to worship with us, thank you for your extra effort. For all who were unable to worship with us, I'm sorry. We'll make sure we do a better job during the wrestling tournament Sunday next year.