WUCC Revival 2007

Well, Y'all missed it. We just finished holding Revival meetings for the church.
First 2 nights Kevin Brimner spoke,
the last 2 nights Chuck McNeely spoke.

Our music was all done in house. We had a women's quartet the first night, conventional church music the second night, our contemporary group the third night, and the last night we had ... well sorta Bluegrass. If you were a purist the left handed electric bass guitar was out of place, but we really don't care. There was a bass fiddle and banjo and a mandolin and an acoustic guitar. Same guys had our special at church today, but Steve traded his banjo for a keyboard and Michael traded his mandolin for a sax. Big Daddy Weave better look over his shoulder !

But back to the message. Our theme was "If we are the body..." For those unfamiliar with it, that is a Casting Crowns song. You can hear it on at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44dzm71TKF8&feature=related

CASTING CROWNS LYRICS

"If We Are The Body"

It's crowded in worship today
As she slips in trying to fade into the faces
The girl's teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
Farther than they know

But if we are the body
Why aren't His arms reaching?
Why aren't His hands healing?
Why aren't His words teaching?
And if we are the body
Why aren't His feet going?
Why is His love not showing them there is a way?
There is a way

A traveler is far away from home
He sheds his coat and quietly sinks into the back row
The weight of their judgemental glances
Tells him that his chances are better out on the road

Jesus payed much too high a price
For us to pick and choose who should come
And we are the body of Christ

Jesus is the way

Kevin and Chuck did an excellent job developing the theme ... but it sure was hard on my shoe shine. They just walked all over my toes.

20th anniversary

Lest you think I am tooting my own horn, I am not. But when you have been involved in a project as long as I have you do talk about it. We had an open house this evening at the West Union Library in celebration of 20 years of service.


A Reading Center was started in 1985 by the West Union Merchants Association with donated items. The Wabash-Embarras Public Library Service started bringing a mobile unit twice weekly in November of 1985. York Township passed the levy for taxes to support a library in November of 1986. A grant was approved for one year until funding was received from the township. The library is located beside the Post Office. The library has always offered a summer reading program and the use of four public computers. In 1991 the library began a Summer Story Hour and became a member of LTLS. The library became the West Union District Library in 1993. In 1995 WUDL purchased the building, nearly doubling floor space. WUDL participated in an expansion grant and has annexed two thirds of Melrose Township into the library district. The library owns eight computers and seven offer high speed Internet. I've been a part of this endeavor since the get go. I was a trustee of the library from the beginning up until this summer, when I assumed the duties of the Assistant Fire Chief and decided there were only so many meetings one could attend in a month.

It was nice being honored. But even nicer to think back 20+ years ago to what we started with and look at what we have now. We struggled may years with a tax income of about $1000 a month to cover staff, inventory, building and grounds, capital purchases, and anything else that needed done. We had fundraisers, we applied for grants, we begged and pleaded ... and took whatever we could get to make it work.

To all who helped ... by donating time or money or books or oil wells (Yes! The library has a very small interest in an oil well somebody inherited and donated. It isn't much, but every little bit helps) I say thank you, and keep up the good work.

OK, so it's been to long

I know, I know, if I'm gonna do this I need to keep current. Why should this be any better than my desk? Anyway, here is a combine update. We got an axle extension from a guy down the road 20 miles as long as we guaranteed to replace it as soon as possible. Got her up and going in about 24 hours

Now the trick is finding the sheet metal. It is not available from a salvage yard I have found yet. The door is about $950, not counting other shields and hardware.

Here is another of my favorite photos


Gotta run. I'll try and keep it more current.