FSC Beyond

Bishop Berlin preached this week at the student ministry at Florida Southern for homecoming week. 

Parker went and ran into Robert Bledsoe from our district - when Robert was in college, he served as our intern at Belleview and Druid Hills. 

 

Here and There and Everywhere

For Sunday worship, I was back in Fort Myers again. Love their choir! 

On Tuesday we Zoomed with our Zoe Empowers group in Kaene Kenya. This is the group we visited in person last year - they are doing so well and will graduate from the three year program later this year. 

On Wednesday I made a trip up to Deland to pickup two new portable canvas labyrinths for the district that we can loan out to churches - I bought them off of Rev. Todd Bardin who is going out on medical leave. 

Friday Night Lights

Friday night Wesley jumped at a meet at Booker High School in Sarasota. He had quite the cheering crowd of family with Grandmommy and Uncle Daniel and Aunt Dawn                                                       as well as Ellen from Grace Venice. 

He was seeded first in a field of 28 and finished second with a jump of 1.87m. 

It was a lot of fun to cheer him on!! 

 

Week in Review

I spent most of last week in Lakeland. This is the room where it happens, where we meet and make appointments. And the view of Lake Mirror from the office. 

I finished up the week at Harvest UMC in Lakewood Ranch for our district congregational vitality event, Stir! We were focused on helping churches connect to their community. It was a great day with a lot of people from 24 of our 41 churches. 

 

Tuesday In the LIfe

On Tuesday night, the guys all went to see the Gators play basketball. They were given great seats by one of the Grace church members - they were just two rows behind Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel. They have had an amazing time. 

Meanwhile I was in Lakeland for Cabinet and went to the Strawberry Festival for dinner with Amy. 

 

Last Week's Track Meet

Last Saturday was a track meet held at IMG sponsored by VTO Sports. Wesley competed in the 100m dash and came in 4th in his heat. 

He also finished first in the high jump for the day! 

Here he is getting his medal and getting interviewed. 

 

District Youth Laser Tag

Three church youth groups came together at Grace UMC Venice on Sunday night for laser tag fun - Harvest in Lakewood Ranch, Grace Venice and Cornerstone from Naples. It was really nice to hang out with them all and boy were they competitive! I got to give the devotional over dinner too.