OUTSIDE THE CHURCH – HOW SWEET IT WAS

It was Saturday and it was early, 7:00am.

We got there at 7:15am and lots of others were arriving at the same time.

It was our first experience at a church garage/yard sale and it was to open at 8:00am.
I normally am just getting up at 8:00am.

Anyway, we of The Study teamed up with Dear Daughter and the Mom and Dad of her husband and rented a table. We also brought three tables of our own.
And we all three families lugged over enough stuff to fill the tables on top and under and on all four sides.
Unsold stuff would be picked up on Monday by the Salvation Army.

Families participating had the option of donating all proceeds to the Church or to giving over a percentage.

Now, Dear Wife and I hate garage sales. We don’t go to them or give them. Actually, I am the biggest hater.
But this time, we got behind the effort and we were right to do so.

Non-members were invited to participate and we had a joyous day of fund raising, fellowship, and a sense of doing worthwhile things together, with dear friends and with strangers.

Funds were to be divided between general fund; our priest candidate; our animal ministry; and other ministries which I cannot at this moment remember or even know about.

Lots of stuff was picked up by happy shoppers and the Salvation Army should find some good stuff on Monday.

And then afterwards, it was home to freshen up and then to head on out to a local Olive Garden where I was finally able to prove a claim I had been circulating for the last couple of years:
At said eatery, they have a wine tasting program whereby if you ask to participate, they will serve you one-ounce glasses of any wine on the menu for 25 cents – as many tastes as you request, and the tiny proceeds will go to a leukemia charity.

Now, what could be finer than that?

We arrived a bit later than usual – put in our name for a half hour wait – and there was my chance: I said to my six fellow diners, let’s go on in to the bar for a little wine tasting.

And the Dear Bartender produced many, many glasses and bottles and proceeded to allow us to contribute to charity for ca. 40 minutes.

Again, superb fellowship and even more outreach.

Since it was the birthday of Dear Wife, and since she was having a ball on this most unusual method of celebrating her Day, what more can I say?

How sweet it was!!!!