We are truly living in exciting days! Never before have we had as many challenges nor as many victories! I saw a 92-year-old lady on television who had survived the hurricane in Florida by lying on an air mattress. The reporter asked if she was a victim of the storm, and her reply was a classic: “There are only two types of people in this area – the survivors and the dead! and I am not a victim – I am a survivor!” What a great attitude that I would like to say is always mine!
We are however in deep mourning! Our beloved and life sustaining “Cathy’s” is no more! We are thrilled that Cathy and Jerry will have more time for their family, but this community family will take a long time recovering from our great loss! What will Sunday dinners be like without Cathy’s? What will the Easter Sunrise Service on the Front Beach be without Cathy’s cinnamon rolls? Our many guests we host always make thier way to eat shrimp at Cathy’s! Our two daughters and two of our granddaughters found employment at Cathy’s! We ate there so often, all the waitresses knew our drink order when we arrived! We always found the atmosphere friendly, and everyone went out of their way to be neighborly, especially when the waiting lines were long! We ask for Divine Favor for Jerry and Cathy, but trust they realize what a huge hole they have left in our hearts!
Last month, we hosted different groups from around Texas. Mark and Lisa Dupree returned for a visit and a meal at Cathy’s. We were joined there by other former parishioners, David and Kelly Walker. Pastor and Mrs. Steve Linney from Fort Worth, who performed the wedding ceremony for Pastor Joane and me, came and we enjoyed Cathy’s twice! Pastor Tom and Ronda Ream and their son Seth joined us for a few days of retreat, and we made a couple of trips to Cathy’s! We have others scheduled to come here during October, but we will not have Cathy’s to treat them to. I guess Pastor Joane will have to do more of the cooking!
Pastor Joane has been ministering in other churches recently. She spent a morning at Friendship Victoria. She ministered to several people at the Empowerment Conference in Houston. She was on a “Walk to Emmaus” retreat in the Corpus Christi area and will be headed out to the Southern Border area before month’s end. She is hostessing a Mission’s Fun Run here in POC on October 29. Talk about being busy, she fits the description!
I have been asked by my peer of ministers to serve them again as Sectional Presbyter. We have 19 churches under our watchful eyes and over 50 ministers. These responsibilities require some traveling, so please pray for mercies.
The Service Club will be holding their Garage Sale on Saturday, November 5. There will be more bargains than one could carry home! Please be sure to go by the Community Center area and see the many things that will be available at bargain prices. One of the projects the Service Club is working toward is the remodeling of our Community Center Building. This is an ambitious project and will need much support, but POC will make it happen! Another project that they sponsor is our annual Thanksgiving and Christmas Food Baskets. This is an amazing task to provide a great food basket for needy families in our community. Last year, together, we supplied 50 families with Thanksgiving Food Baskets and another 50 families with Christmas Food Baskets!
Special Notice: The deadline for signing up for the Thanksgiving Food Basket is Sunday, November 6. The Baskets are scheduled to be distributed on Tuesday, November 15. We have seen many more requests for food from our Community Food Pantry than in past years, but we understand because of the struggling economy. We are expecting many requests for assistance for the Thanksgiving Food Baskets. Anyone can assist with this project by sending a donation to any of our churches, attending the Community Thanksgiving Service at 6:00 p.m., November 13, at Fisherman’s Chapel, or making a deposit at our local bank in the Community Benevolence Fund. Thanks for helping us make it happen for many!
Fisherman’s Chapel in an interdenominational congregation (which simply means that all are welcome), whose goal is to help every person of every age find peace with God for here and the hereafter. We provide Sunday Services at 10:00 a.m. for Bible Study, 11:00 a.m. for Morning Service and 6:00 p.m. for our Sunday Evening Service. On Wednesdays, we begin at 7:00 p.m. with a community meal, followed with a devotional from God’s Word. Everyone will find a warm welcome at the Chapel, and all are urged to, “Come, grow with us”!
