Today, August 11, it is five years since we said goodbye to First Presbyterian Church of Brandon, Florida. This weekend I will be highlighting two posts from 2013 that point to the amazing and vibrant faith community that gathered there. Love, blessings, prayers, and peace to all the Saints in Brandon, from both of us…. – DEREK
- Above – Some of the wonderful people at our goodbye party in 2013
We are Living Stones! “Present yourselves as building stones for the construction of a sanctuary vibrant with life, in which you’ll serve as holy priests offering Christ-approved lives up to God.” (1 Peter 2:5)
Sunday evening was Rebekah’s “Big Party” at First Presbyterian, the largest of the events in a week of dinners, receptions, acknowledgements and more. All I can say is, “Good thing we built that new wing and expanded the fellowship hall.” Otherwise I don’t know where everyone would have fit.
The official reservations count was somewhere north of 350 people. We know that because Tim sent Rebekah a text Sunday afternoon saying, “Tell Rebekah she needs to bring 38 more stones.”
The explanation to Tim’s text is also the Big Idea in today’s Monday morning blog post.
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