A Beautiful Day
You are my rising sun, Lord
You are my rising sun
Oh! What a beautiful day
You are my sunny sky, Lord
You are my sunny sky
Oh! What a beautiful day
You are my setting sun, Lord
You are my setting sun
Oh! What a beautiful day
You are my moonlit night, Lord
You are my moonlit night
Oh! What a beautiful night
You are my Savior Lord
Free and Forever
Oh! What a beautiful day
How could if be
Any other way
~Jack Lodl
Summer Outlook
Despite the wet weather we continue to see, the summer is here and the kids are home. Working from the parsonage study here becomes a little noisier, but these earphones work well enough! Ha ha, Andrea literally just texted and asked if I’d be home soon. I guess nobody knows where I am. I get more work done off the grid anyway.
I’m looking forward to our first Bethesda youth trip since 2019. We have a group of twelve spending four days in Seattle in July. Bethesda Family Camping in August is always a treat. We have a few campsites still unclaimed, FYI. Last year we had a fire ban but it rained, go figure. It was a great time anyway!
The Welches will make our first trip to Camp Lutherwood together in a couple of weekends for Family Camp. The boys will return for overnight elementary camps later in July. A big thank you to the Bethesda Lutheran Foundation for sponsoring our kids and several other Bethesda kids and friends to attend camp and/or Seattle.
Some of the youth will be renovating our Duck-Beaver (youth) room upstairs. They have a lot of great ideas to increase the room’s coziness, personality, and fun. On that note, if you know of a Keurig machine or Ping Pong table available for donation, please let me know. Or, maybe you have other games/items to suggest.
I pray the Lord blesses you with renewal this season. We are so fortunate to live where we do.
Peace,
Pr. Tom