Today, there will be a combination of reports from both domestic and international works. Our heavy emphasis will be on the international efforts, though. Partly because we have two missionary families here with us.

Mission Sunday is next week! This is a wonderful day for us to gather to worship. But you could probably excuse us if we are looking forward to next week (in the back of our minds). Of course, we are glad to be able to worship God on any first day of the week—and this is no different.

We said, “So long!” to our summer interns, but hopefully, not for long. We’ll probably see them around at some point. J.W. did a great job preaching to us, and J.P. did a fantastic job ofcoordinating our appreciation fellowship after the PM service.

“Hello! It’s nice to meet you!” “So long for a while!” “We are glad to get better acquainted!” All these sentiments have been expressed in recent days. It is a sign that we are going through a great summer.

As much as we talked about it, there was even more joy and satisfaction in conducting our VBS! Mary Katherine Stewart did a great job coordinating our learning centers, but the amount of volunteers she had working with her made the entire event come together in a spectacular way.

We’ve talked about it since the Elders’ Breakfast in January. It is now time for Vacation Bible School to be on full display. The workers have been putting together the outstanding learning centers for their focus on “Trusting God.” The stories of Creation, Noah, David and Daniel are ready to be told. All we need is you—and your children!

Have you ever heard of Pheidippedes? I confess that I hadn’t either. But thanks to Dino Russos, our Greek brother in Christ, I do know. But first, Ann and I thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Athens for the 6th Annual Mediterranean Conference.

Vacation Bible School is just around the corner and I hope both adults and children are preparing to participate. We have a busy schedule for our children, but adults also have the privilege of opening and closing sessions.