Good Morning Everyone,

As you are reading this, I am on my way to Fish Point on Saginaw Bay to duck hunt. I've been looking forward to this day for a long time. I am with my friend DeWayne Stone and we hope to shoot some ducks and geese for our wild game dinner in February. We had really good services yesterday and the spirit of revival continues. We awarded the Distinguished Service Award to Paul Graham. What a blessing for your pastor to give this special recognition to a man who has served and worked for the Lord faithfully for so many years. I enjoyed preaching in both services and was glad to see many at our altars both morning and evening doing business with God. I always feel you get out of services what you put into them and your attitude is so important. Let me prove my point to you through a story I read recently.

Jim Smith went to church on Sunday morning. He heard the organist miss a note during the prelude, and he winced. He saw a teenager talking during the prayer time when everyone's head was bowed and thought it was awful. He felt like the usher was watching to see what he put in the offering plate, and that made him upset. He caught the preacher make a slip of the tongue two or three times in the sermon by actual count. As he slipped out through the side door during the closing hymn, he muttered to himself, "What a joke. These people are a bunch of clods that need to get their act together."

Ron Jones went to church on Sunday morning. He heard the organist play an arrangement of "A Mighty Fortress," and he was thrilled by the majesty of it. He heard a young girl take a moment in the service to speak a simple moving message of the difference faith had made in her life. He was glad to see that his church was sharing in a special offering for the hungry children of Nigeria. He especially appreciated the sermon by the pastor that Sunday. It answered a question that had bothered him for a long time. He thought, as he walked out the doors of the church, "How can a man come here and not feel the presence of God?"

Both men went to the same church on the same Sunday morning. And you know what? Each found what he was looking for. Think about that the next time you sit in a worship service. That's it for this Monday morning. Your staff wishes you a great week and don't forget, ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE!

Till next time, Pastor Don

P.S. Sorry no joke this week. If you have a good one, I would love to hear it from you.

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