One of the days when we were out riding our bikes, exploring Ja-Mar Travel Park, we discovered that the church in the back corner by the exit was a Church of the Brethren, Gulfview Grace Brethren Church. Pleased the find a member of the Anabaptist church family so close, we decided to worship there this morning. The sanctuary of the church was also the gym, with the baskets pulled up out of the way. They have an attendance of about 270, mostly older folks and from the talk we heard, many of them snow birds.
This afternoon we started packing things up, getting ready for tomorrow's move. As we were folding up the bicycle and tricycle and the chairs and storing them away, I couldn't help but be happy that we will be staying at Mouse Mountain RV Park, our next park, for a whole month and wouldn't have to do it again during that whole time!
We did get a bike ride in around the park earlier, between rain showers. We've had several rainy days, almost every other day. We have one nice sunny day, then a chillier one with intermittent showers. The rain has been nothing as intense as the thunderstorm last week, but there has been enough to leave puddles on the street.
I think I mentioned to you that I was raised in a Church of the Brethren. Haven't even seen one in our travels. Not too many around. There are 2 in Wenatchee. My childhood church was in Salkum, WA.
ReplyDeleteWe attended one in San Diego that was a joint Brethren/Mennonite group. There was also a group of Quakers that met at the same time in another area of the complex.
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