The calls were made early Sunday.  “Church has been canceled” I said.    The weather that morning was white-out conditions.  The snow was blowing hard and we did not want anyone to try and get out for services.  Although to say that church was canceled is really not all true.  Our family decided to have church.

It first started with my daughter Kaitlyn.  She asked if she could prepare communion and do a meditation.  I said yes.  We had some old crackers in the house that she broke up.  She looked for grape juice but we had none.  So she got creative at this point.  She found freezer pops.  She melted it down and put it in all five glasses.  I must say that this was the first time I ever had orange freezer pop juice for communion.  BTW it was probably one of the most spiritual moments I have had in communion with the Lord.

Our little service opened up with my teenage daughter welcoming all of us to the the service.(their were 5 in attendance plus our black lab champ.  Although champ kept barking during singing so we kicked him out.)  Ashley announced to the crowd that she knew God had a purpose for us being here in service this morning.  We knew he had a purpose as well.  After welcome my wife started up the praise songs on the CD player.  It was a great time as we sang our hearts out to God.  No instruments, no song leaders or praise bands just the CD player and our voices.  After communion we sang a few more worship songs.   Than dad shared from Jeremiah 29:11.  I talked about how God wanted to bless us and give us a future.  After about 5 minutes of this the rest of the family began to share scriptures that they really liked.  I was moved as each one shared from the bottom of their hearts.  My middle daughter who also did communion wrote down our prayer concerns and praises.  Our praises that morning out numbered our prayers.  I think this is how it is suppose to be.  Finally my son closed up the service by sharing the announcements.  He let us know that all events the rest of the day at the church were canceled.  No youth groups or bible studies.  Everyone was to stay home and just enjoy each other.

Yes it was an incredible time worshipping with my family.  I am certain that this is how God intended it from the beginning.

Lord thank you that worship is simply praising you.  Thank you that your church is not confined by a building or an address.  Yes Lord we love you and we look forward to having church next week either by the fireplace or in some other location.  Praises to you.