Sunday Night Reflections

Many times, the Sunday after Christmas is lightly attended in most churches. Not so at Solid Rock today. Our attendance this morning wasn't quite what it has been lately, but it was pretty close. That's encouraging.

December is always a flurry of activities, both personally and church-wise. Still, I'm enjoying a little down time to get my batteries recharged. At the same time, it allows me to reflect on where Solid Rock is headed in 2009. I think it's going to be a great year!

Don't miss our New Year's Eve service this Wednesday at 11:00 PM. Our pre-service fellowship time will begin at 10:00 instead of 10:30 as I announced this morning because it turns out we're going to have menudo (the Mexican dish, not the band) along with the refreshments. Still, the focus of the evening will be on the service, not the food, so even if you can't make it at 10:00 for the fellowship, don't miss the service at 11:00.

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The Day Our World Changed

November 13, 1989. 11:30 AM I had just finished my lunch in the teacher's workroom and was walking back to my classroom. I was teaching at San Jacinto Elementary in San Angelo, Texas at the time. Up until then, it had been a typical November day. As I walked past the school office, the door swung open, and a fellow teacher stepped out with a look of concern on her face. She spoke directly to me and said, “Your wife’s on the phone, and it sounds serious.” I ran into the office, took the phone, and heard my wife say, “I don’t know what happened, but your brother is on life support in a hospital in Austin.” Twelve hours later, my father and I were sharing a room in a hotel on I-35 in Austin. My sister-in-law, Sandy, and her six-year-old daughter, Araceli, were in a room across the hall. I hardly slept that night. I would doze off and suddenly wake up to my father crying and calling out my brother’s name. My brother was dead. Osiel had collapsed that morning while his h...

Try not to laugh too hard

So we finally gave in and bought a Wii. It turns out that it's a lot of fun. Unfortunately, my kids were having fun at my expense. I was trying out the boxing and had no idea Bethany was video taping me. The jerky movement at the end of the clip is Bethany shaking because she was laughing so hard.

Happy Anniversary!

Today is the one-year anniversary of the beginning of this blog. I started blogging on June 9, 2007 with this post . One year later, I'm still enjoying blogging about what's going on at Solid Rock Church, and linking to other interesting blogs and articles, as well as blogging about some of my thoughts and reflections related to Solid Rock and the church world in general. I know I have a few readers out there, so as long as there are three of you reading this blog, I guess I'll keep it going. And remember, comments are always welcomed!

Jehu Hernandez

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