How's the bridge?

So, I bet you have all been wondering. What’s the bridge up to now? The past couple of months have been crazy with bible study, service, and fellowship.

We had a great turn out for our Habitat day even with little notice of the build from Habitat; likewise, we filled our van to head out to the L.A. Mission after a last minute change of plans for Big Saturday. We completed 15 healthcare kits for UMCOR and had several other “partials” that we donated to other church groups to fill out.

I know that the spring retreat is our “spiritual” retreat of the year, but can you hang out with the bridge and not have fun? Dutch Blitz, water bottle baseball, loaded questions. Have you ever walked up a ladder blindfolded? How about through the sanctuary? Of course we did a lot of study as well. It was great to be hiking up a mountain while studying Bible verses and John Wesley’s sermons. We even managed to do a little service in making cookies for the fellowship hour after church as a thank you to Wrightwood Methodist Church for letting us stay at their church for free. Thank you Sarah for all your hard work securing the place for the retreat, planning the activities (rope course!) and menu, buying the food, and of course our wonderful bible study, discussions and wrap up. It was a great weekend enjoyed by all.

The bLT will be transitioning again this month (get your ideas, suggestions, comments to the suggestion box or a bLT member by this Wednesday, June 11 to be discussed at our meeting the next weekend). We welcome Alex and Kellie while saying goodbye to Sarah and Ellen. This will be the first time that the bLT will not have members of the original bLT group on board. You have all made a lasting impression and we will do our best to fill your shoes. Ellen, you have done such a wonderful job finding and coordinating the service projects, especially with UBH and Habitat! Sarah, our organizer and secretary; I have never enjoyed reading minutes more! You both have helped to make the bridge what it is with your time, talents and ideas and will be missed at our future planning sessions.