Have a Potato Chip- Author Unknown

Have a Potato Chip
A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey.When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry, so he offered her some chips. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him.Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Again, she smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.As twilight approached, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave; but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman, and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever. When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?" Hereplied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? She's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen!"Meanwhile, the old woman, also radiant with joy, returned to her home. Her son was stunned by the look of peace on her face and he asked, "Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?" She replied! "I ate potato chips in the park with God." However, before her son responded, she added, "You know, he's much younger than I expected."

September Newsletter

Thank you, thank you, and thank you – for supporting our summer of combined worship services. I felt it was a wonderful worship experience and it also gave our organists a bit of a breather for a couple of weeks at a time. Now that summer vacation and recreation time is over, we can get back to our regular schedules of worship, Sunday school, and Scriptures and Donuts.

As the new school year ramps up, so does the beginning of the 2011 Confirmation class. The class will begin on September 26th and run through Palm Sunday of 2011. There are expected to be five youth in this year’s class, all from St. Lucas.

In case you haven’t heard, Reverend Steve Gray, our INKY Conference Minister, resigned and retired as of August 31st after many faithful years in God’s service. We wish him God’s speed as he settles down to “retired life”. In the interim, The Reverend John M. Gantt has been called to serve as the Interim Conference Minister until the Call Process secures a permanent Conference Minister. We wish Reverend Gantt much luck.

September brings the call for Operation Christmas Child and once again Ruth Wilson has volunteered to take lead for the parish. Please start filling your shoe boxes with the necessary items. The
St. Lucas council has agreed to pay the $7.00 per box shipping cost. This should help you in your planning for items to place in the boxes or perhaps even enable you to fill a second box.

I will be taking a vacation from September 13th – 21st. Mrs. Jane Herbert will fill the pulpit on the 19th of September and be on call for clergy emergencies. Jane and her late husband Chuck served at the Chrisney and Lamar UCC churches for many years. She is now a member of St. Peter’s UCC in Evansville.
Blessings,
Pastor John