Every church has announcements and "family matters."
Here are some important ones:

ACAFEST:  This week
Where?    The campus of David Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee
When?  Wednesday through Friday
We hope you can join us for classes, worship, concerts and fellowship for ACAFEST 2008.
Enjoy the fireworks, Acappella concert, congregational singing, Durant appearances and more.

FALL FOLIAGE CRUISE
Join us this Fall for our Praise & Harmony Cruise, Sep 28 - Oct 4.
Great fellowship, food, fun and lots of singing!
New York, Cape Cod, Halifax Canada
Call Mark Story at 720-254-5753 for details.

ADVANCED WORSHIP LEADERS CLINIC
Next week, a limited number of worship leaders will be coming to Tennessee to develop their skills, with an emphasis on stage presence and worship planning.  The clinic will include a workshop presentation by a voice specialist from the Vanderbilt Voice Clinic.  This is not for beginning or intermediate skill levels.  Must be strong on the basics.

As you can see, our calendar is busy with great activities.  I can think of nothing more important than training worship leaders.  Sadly, we seem to have placed all our eggs into (the basket of) training pulpit ministers and almost NONE into the vital area of worship ministry.  Please pray for the ministry of training worship leaders!

We enjoyed Sunday lunch with one of our shepherds, Bob Threlkeld and his wife Aileen.  She mentioned how she takes care of her mother who lives with them, and how her Mom never complains about anything.  Her Mom is 104 years old!  I thought of this song:


Amazing.  Especially that she doesn't complain.