St. James United Methodist Church in Greenville, North Carolina is the church I served as Minister of Adult Discipleship in 2002-2005. The women of the church hosted the Deacons of the North Carolina Annual Conference for dinner here this evening. This magnolia was in bloom outside the Fellowship Hall. There were many others in bloom on the trees, too - but they were too high up for me to photograph very well.
These are the sweet southern 'steel magnolias' that hosted us for dinner: Judy (in the striped shirt) and the crew she recruited for the evening. I sincerely believe the best perk about having conference in the same town is enjoying a dinner that Judy made. Her chicken recipes are classics and have a simple elegance as well. Mary Alice, Lanie, Barbara, Katherine, Elizabeth, and Cheryl served us from soup to nuts - or more precisely, salad to cheesecake and then cleaned up after us deacons. How blessed are the
diakonia, an order of clergy set apart for servant leadership, to have a dedicated group of laity be willing to serve and wait upon our tables?
St. James United Methodist Church in Greenville, North Carolina is the church I served as Minister of Adult Discipleship in 2002-2005. The women of the church hosted the Deacons of the North Carolina Annual Conference for dinner here this evening. This magnolia was in bloom outside the Fellowship Hall. There were many others in bloom on the trees, too - but they were too high up for me to photograph very well.
These are the sweet southern 'steel magnolias' that hosted us for dinner: Judy (in the striped shirt) and the crew she recruited for the evening. I sincerely believe the best perk about having conference in the same town is enjoying a dinner that Judy made. Her chicken recipes are classics and have a simple elegance as well. Mary Alice, Lanie, Barbara, Katherine, Elizabeth, and Cheryl served us from soup to nuts - or more precisely, salad to cheesecake and then cleaned up after us deacons. How blessed are the diakonia, an order of clergy set apart for servant leadership, to have a dedicated group of laity be willing to serve and wait upon our tables?
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