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The JOY club from our now former church held a picnic today. Karol and I head up this little group - or at least we did until two weeks ago. JOY club stands for "Just Older Youth." It is a group for anyone over 50. Since this picnic had been in the planning stages for several weeks, Karol and I decided to still hold it so as to not disappoint people.
It was a small turnout - a little over a dozen people. I think that few actually realized they would not likely see us again - in church. We did not say anything as there was nothing left to say. The sweet wonderful lady that hosted the group, did express sadness at our leaving.
The weather was about 85 degrees and very humid, but it was cloudy. She has a pool and several people enjoyed the water. I'm not a pool person. I just don't like the feeling of sitting around afterward in wet clothes. After we ate, it rained lightly. But she had what is sort of like an enclosed porch next to the pool, so the rain was not bother. The group broke up at about 1500. Karol and I cleaned up with the help of some others and went home. I always eat too much at these sort of things.
I think Karol was sad, when we left. When you leave a church, you leave behind many friends. I am truly sorry for that. But perhaps this is God's getting us to go somewhere else where we might be better used. Besides, I'm pretty sure we will make new friends where ever we wind up. And we can still go out to dinner with people from our now old church. It just won't be with any church involvement.
Posted by Ted at August 16, 2003 7:52 PM