The fourth and final workday of the 2009 Delaware Workcamp again took place under God's sunny skies. Crews finished up a roof, some flooring, some windows and doors and did some painting. Another crew helped our host Church (Lewes Presbyterian) ready their just-renovated sanctuary for a hastily scheduled funeral--cleaning up construction debris, vacuuming, dusting, and transforming what had been a construction site into a sanctuary that was ready be again a worship space!
In the evening we went to the fishing pier for the traditional pizza picnic, took a stroll on the pier and gathered for worship on the beach. In the previous night's worship, we wrote on construction paper hearts what we wanted God to take away from us (from Ps. 51 - "Create in me a clean heart, O God."), and tonight we burned those hearts in a small bonfire on the beach. Nine of our senior workcampers read Psalm 8, and we celebrated the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper with Ginny Pendelton and Gary Onyan serving as elders. I told the vision of the New Heaven and New Earth from the Revelation to John as we remembered together the theme of the week---"A New Creation."
Tomorrow is beach day! We attend a barbecue luncheon put on for us by the agency that coordinates our work here, then swim, then head to the famous boardwalk on Rehoboth Beach for amusements, shopping, strolling and dinner out.
It is hard to believe how fast this week has gone, and we give thanks to God for the work that's been done, the friendships that have been made, the fun we've had, and the New Creation that is already breaking into our lives and the lives of those who we have served here in Christ's name.
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