Today I'm playing in my third game in seven days and, despite being early in the season, my body (my ribs in particular) is feeling it! But it is good to be back in and around rugby, and to get to know a new bunch of guys (there are a huge number of new - and young - players at Hawks this season). This evening we are having a team social: BBQ and karaoke! I actually organised this event when I saw how many new guys there were, although - due to the busy-ness of this week/weekend - I kind of wish that we had waited until after the first league game in a couple of weeks time.
Tomorrow is a busy day, but one that I'm really looking forward to. We have called tomorrow's morning service 'Back to School Sunday' and will be praying for both the young people as they prepare to go back to nursery, school or college and also for the teachers and all other people working in schools. Having been given the responsibility of leading this service I wasn't quite sure where it was going but God really led me throughout the week and over the course of tomorrow morning it will be a real team effort which, I pray, will be an encouragement to those heading back into schools (whatever their role) but also to the rest of us as we go about out daily lives walking with Jesus. We also hope that people may bring school friends or colleagues along to the service so that we can pray for them at the start of the academic year, showing them that we (as a church) care about the every-day-lives of those in our community.
Then in the evening we are back into our series on 2nd Samuel, starting off mid-way through the seventh chapter. It is a moving section, with much for us to learn from it, and I'm really looking forward to speaking from it.
Then, on Monday, I'm going to put my feet up for a few hours!
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