FREEDOM IN THE FIELD 5/31/20 and GROCERY GIVEAWAY

Following President Trumps proclamation that churches could reopen, my churches staff threw away the plan they were working on to reopen gradually, in stages.  They decided to have a service today, but have it outside, with social distancing and masks enforced.  Our head pastor, Craig, drafted an explanation letter and mailed it to everyone who attends church.  In the letter, he seemed to be encouraging seniors to stay home for now.  I had decided not to go, but when I said that to Peggy, she encouraged me to go and to stay in my car.  So that is what I did.
In fact, here is a picture someone took of my car.  (the red car). It looks like I am in the process of getting out (which I did a couple of times in order to take pictures).
The parking lot seemed full, but drivers were leaving empty spaces between their car and the next.  Lots of people brought their own chairs and blankets and set them up on the lawn.  
The service was great.  It included worship, announcements and a great sermon.  
As you can see, there was a table set up with hand sanitizer and tissues.

When I got home from church I called Betty to see if she wanted to meet for lunch at the park and take a walk.  She was not interested.  I thought about calling around to  find someone else but then I remembered the GROCERY GIVEAWAY that I was going to help Peggy with later on today.  So, I decided to take a nap.

I met up with Dean and Peggy at the Gabriel Drive Apartments at 4:45 and we distributed full bags of groceries and some perishable items to anyone who wanted them.  


  Dean really enjoyed using the bullhorn.
    This was the last family we served on Gabriel Drive.
    After Gabriel Drive we drove to Michigan Ave. to give away the last bags.
Peggy and Dean declared this event to be a success.   I hope we can do it again.

When I got home, I decided to have another third of my pint of Hibbards chocolate custard, since it worked so well yesterday.    Then I watched the PBS show about Clarence Thomas.  It was basically him telling his story.  It was very good.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SUNDAY, December 11th, 2022 CONNECT CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON

Image
 I got to the church around ten forty a.m.   I asked Lou to let me in to the office area and he did.  I picked up the boxes of cards, list of names and the printed Christmas carols and then I went down to the basement and looked for the "sugars" for the tea.  I found a few.  Then I located the case of bottles of water, but it was heavy, so I located Lou again and he carried it to the kitchen.   Once I got back to the kitchen, I looked for more "sugars" but couldn't find any, so I went to the COFFEE BAR, and they filled a bowl with different types for me.  I got the silverware ready.  I opened up the packaging that held the tablecloths captive (I have had difficulty opening them in the past) so that they would be ready to go.  David and Jan both came at the end of the service.  Jan located the floral displays for the tables, and we started to put the red tablecloths on the tables.  By this time, we had a lot of other helpers.  They put napkins and plasticware at
Read more

Week of Sunday 9/10 through Saturday 9/16, 2023

Image
 SUNDAY the 10th:  I went to church, which was very good.  The topic was: and then out to lunch with Lori and Marlene, at Kalamata's.  I had the turkey dinner.  I spent the rest of the day at home.  I talked with Mary and Peggy on the phone.  I did a bit of cleaning and straightening because tomorrow morning, Peggy and Betty are coming over to watch a Jack Hibbs video.   MONDAY:  September 11th, 2023, Betty, Peg and I met up at my house and watched the first of three videos of Jack Hibbs. speaking about DAZE OF DECEPTION.  It is excellent and we decided to meet again on Wednesday to watch part 2.   Then I went to the Y for the class for seniors called ENHANCE FITNESS.  We were all evaluated as to our speed doing certain activities.  Before leaving, I asked both Jan and Elaine if they wanted to go to LKPT ENERGY HOUSE for a shake.  They agreed, so we met up there.  While we were relaxing and drinking our shakes Captain Kendra D'Itillio of the Lockport Police came in and we chatt
Read more

Week Starting Sunday February 25th, 2024

Image
 SUNDAY:  I started feeling kind of shaky and week during worship at church this morning.  So, I had to tell Marlene that I needed to go home after church instead of going to North Tonawanda with her.  Our plans had been to go to Joey's Place for lunch and then to the Riviera Theatre for the free organ concert by Camden Church.  I stopped at Mark's and got a slice of pizza to take home for my lunch.  It was not very good; I am sure it was left over from yesterday.  I found an episode of BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES on Hoopla and watched most of one episode until I started dozing off on the couch.  I spent the rest of the day resting at home, but I started working on planning for Thursday mornings FREEDOM GROUP, which I will be facilitating.   MONDAY:  I had my chiropractic appointment and then went to the Y where I walked 15 minutes and then used the recumbent bike for five minutes. Then I returned a bottle of cranberry juice to Aldi and got a refund.  I spent the rest of the day at ho
Read more