Bishop, Cheese & Flims

The Trustees and I asked our dear Bishop to postpone his scheduled annual visit on March 9th to later this year. Several key members of our fellowship will not be here and we would prefer for him to come later this year to ordain Jim Sartor our first Permanent Deacon. Jim is still in the process of "reading for orders" but hopes to complete the work soon. We have requested that he be ordained here in Flint, which is not the practice at this point in our Diocese, but we see this as an outreach event, since we anticipate a large number of Jim and Barbs friends to attend. We hope to hold his ordination at Riverside the end of Spring or early Summer.

After a season of prayer and searching, a door has opened for me to work 2 days a week at the Flint City Market. Paul Hills, who some may know, is owner of a small cheese counter there. With the advent in May of a new location of the market for both downtown and one out in Davison, Paul was looking for additional help. If the trial period works for both of us, I will be soon known as "The New Wine & Cheese Man". Hope to see some of you soon at the cheese counter. I am looking forward to this being a time of meeting many new people through new enterprise on Tuesday and Thursdays each week.

Our Tuesday Night "Celtic Cell" group has been really trying to put some feet on what they have been studying the last few months. Currently they are looking for creative ways of engaging pre-Christians by strategically finding venues where it is easy to meet or invite folks to join us. Since the start of the year the group has been going to the Flint Institute of Art FOMA (Friends of Modern Art) Film series on Friday nights. Most are Indy or Foreign Films, which prove to be great discussion starters. Each week after the Film a group gathers at a home or local eatery for food and discussion. It has been very good. These are great opportunities to build relationships that may have Kingdom implications. If you want to join the fun give Rob Robertson a call. (810 919-5660)