Top 10 - Celebration Revelations

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. -- Acts 2:42-47 NIV

I got to participate in two very cool, very momentous events this weekend. First, we got to go out to my folks' house and be a part of my Dad's 60th birthday party. It was a great time and I'm glad I could share it with my Dad, our family, and some very good friends. Second, we had a celebration of the first year of All Things Fellowship today. The rain begged off just in time and we set up the grill, the volleyball net, the sound system, and a couple of footballs and chairs and did it up right! I enjoyed both of them very much and I learned some things at both of them, so I'm here to share with you the top 10 things I learned at these two celebrations this weekend.

• 10 - Big speakers make big sound.  Hopefully the neighborhood around our church enjoyed being serenaded for a few hours.
• 09 - Delivering my first toast (to my Dad) was a little intimidating and also very, very neat.  Having that kind of role model is priceless.  Thanks Dad!
• 08 - My neice and nephew are quite silly, but very entertaining.  I'll be shocked if my nephew doesn't end up in show business because he's already figured out how to put on a show.
• 07 - The older a picture is, the more hair everyone has and the funnier everyone dresses.
• 06 - I'm reminded that God doesn't answer prayers on our time, but He surely does answer them.  We were afraid it would quit raining today right up until time for the party...but it did quit.
• 05 - I can fit about 40 hot dogs on my grill at one time...and the Bethany football team can eat them almost as fast as I can get them cooked!
• 04 - Worshiping God under a partly cloudy sky is one of the coolest ways to do so.
• 03 - I have NO business playing football with those high school footballers I talked about...but the old man surprised them a few times too!  It was a blast...even though I am already paying for it.
• 02 - Getting to meet new people and also getting to be of some help to them is really cool to experience.
• 01 - I learned that fellowship, like that talked about in Acts 2, can happen anywhere and with anyone if we let it.

Have a great week!