SUDDENLY!

Our Wednesday morning Pastoral Team meeting went well today. We continued to discuss plans for the summer and beyond, with exciting changes ahead in most areas of the church's life (more of all this in time).

Above all I'm glad that we've got some positive summer plans instead of just letting these months slip by as we have done over the past couple of years, with a great youth program starting next month and Backyard Bible Clubs for children being organized by Charlotte for August. It will all climax with an End Of Summer Festival for the community at Patchogue Bandstand on Labor Day.

So it was a good meeting ... fastforward thirty minutes and Lesaya gets news from her mother in California that her seven year old nephew in England has been involved in a scary swimming incident and was found at the bottom of a pool. Suddenly the day and the mood changes. We get word in the office and all stop to pray - then we wait for word. For news of a miracle.

It is hours coming, but finally we learn that young Joe was revived in the ambulance, his vitals looked good, there was no immediate sign of damage due to oxygen deprivation and he was actually on his way home. Thanks God!

None of us knows what a day will bring, but it's good to know who holds every day and all our tomorrows in his hands.

Please continue to pray for Joe's complete recovery.