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Softball Season

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:08:40 GMT

Bright Star Tabernacle Softball Team

Bright Star Tabernacle softball team had a perfect sportsmanship rating this year.

Thank you to all our players for your great sportsmanship . We are proud of you all.

Leave a legacy

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:00:13 GMT

Grandfather's legacy

A longtime ago, well before sunup as our household lay snuggly dreaming unremembered dreams; grandfather arose first to stoke the old potbelly coal stove wherein the flames slumbered deeply along with the rest of us. Ah, but the fiery embers seldom rest. No, rather they lay secluded...motionless throughout the night, nestled beneath thick heavy blankets of sooty ashes eyes-wide-open, peeking out, expectantly watching, ofttimes barely containing themselves awaiting the grandfather's faithful arduous 4:30 a.m. task.

Finally he appears like a clouded vision stepping out of cold damp darkness; then...at grandfather's persistent stoking, a thousand hot embers ignite and crack rat-a-tat--- loudly encouraging a million brilliantly red sparks to dance madly upwards excitedly: awakening the slumbering flames; thus causing them to burst out, Spring-to-life and repeatedly leap-for-joy: for another day has dawned and all is as it should be in the wintery Appalachian mountains.

-the Minister's wife+

#childwakeupnow #lovinggrandfather #rememberinghim #missinghim

Flames of Change

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:01:27 GMT

Breath of Grace

Church, let us accept this ever-changing Season as a gift from God our Heavenly Father to remind and encourage each one of us to "be ye ready" and to prepare our eternal soul for the soon-coming arrival of His only-begotten-Son Jesus Christ.

-the Minister's wife

the Catalpa tree

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:03:00 GMT

Memories - life's treasure trove

The Minister makes mention of the Catalpa tree in full blossom whenever we pass by one in bloom. For him, the Catalpa tree brings back memories of his childhood. The yearly blossoming of the Catalpa tree signaled his family's summer vacation journey north into upper Michigan to fish and swim and joyfully frolic together with other relatives that joined them with their campers at Portage Lake.

-the Minister's wife+

spinning the house built on the rock that built him