Saturday, May 31, 2008

Saying Goodbye

It's been a rather ironic few days of goodbye's. Not so much me saying goodbye but being around a lot of others doing that.

1st on Thursday Kevin, Julie (East Campus Children's Director) and a few others helped clean out the now closed Community Christian Church's belongings from the building they had rented for church. To me it was just stuff that was being donated to the Rummage Sale for the Women's center. But to them it represented 25 years of ministry. It's hard for them to say goodbye to it. Yet I now they are expectant of great ministry at Suncrest-East. Btw, the rummage sale raised $2000 for the Women's Center.

On Friday I went to the visitation for Steve Szoke. Even though it had just started a long line had already formed. I can't imagine what his wife, child and mom and dad are going through. Yet, I know they are held together by the fact they will see him again in eternity. His legacy will live on in his family and the church that was his dream, Impact Christian Church.

And today, I performed a funeral for the father of a Suncrester. I was very disappointed by the service the funeral home gave. This is not the first time I witnessed poor service for a family. It's one thing to have poor service over dinner. It's another when you are trying to grieve the loss of a loved one. I pray God will use something from the few moments I shared with them. I could only detect faith from a few of the family members.