At the Men's Group tonight, it differed from other meetings in a number of ways:
1. Pastor Joel spent the first half hour with us so that he could meet the participants.
2. Dave Treydte led the lesson on the New Testement letter of James after Ed Knaus couldn't make it. James starts his letter by discussing trials that Christians face.
3. Pete Pacheco was ill but wanted to join in on the discussion so we put him on a cellphone speaker-phone and he spent the whole time with us via our improvised audio hook-up.
4. Roscoe, who has been struggling to stay clean, told us that his older sister is dying. She has had a number of strokes, is suffering from dementia and is being cared for in Palm Springs. He will go to see her tomorrow. Even though these are tough times, Roscoe appreciates that he can come to the Men's Group and get encouragement and prayers.
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and then Joel left? why didn't he stick around for the discussion?
ReplyDeleteThere are some people who defer to the pastor if he's there and the discussion could be stifled. Also the leader at times is more comfortable if there is no "expert" in the room.
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