Friday, October 02, 2009

What to wear, what to wear?

Good Clothes - Tomorrow Good Shepherd will host a clothing give away. Kathy Stitt and her dedicated crew have spent the last week sorting through what must be thousands of pieces of clothing to allow "shoppers" to get the clothing they need. Our patrons will be made up of a wide variety of people (there are no limits on who can shop.) Primarily though, the shoppers will be people we have invited by alerting our school district counselors to pass along the information to their students in need. I look forward to being at church from 9 to 11 to help out however I can.

Bad Clothes - Yesterday I was at a Pizza Hut in Blue Springs. Two couples came in with the cutest little toddlers with them. A curly headed blonde boy and a near twin (though from different parents) curly headed blond little girl. As I was smiling at their childish enthusiasm for pizza I noticed that one of the moms was expecting another child. She was wearing a t-shirt that was designed for an expectant mother. It had a picture of a sonogram down in the belly area. I thought that was kinda cute until I looked more carefully at the picture. This "child in the womb" featured a little hand giving me the finger! It was the point to the shirt and the message was loud, though not clear. What wasn't clear was the question in my head, "Is this really what she wants to teach her toe-headed daughter or the sibling within?"

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Dave is the Lead Pastor at...
New McKendree United Methodist Church
225 S. High St., Jackson, MO 63755
Saturday Worship 5:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am at High St. Campus 11:00 am at South Campus (1775 S. Hope St.)