Last night, we had our Good Friday service at church. During the middle of the sermon, one of our church's neighbors came in the door and got my daughter Mary's attention. He told her that there had been a possible tornado in the town to the west of us and there was a tornado warning for our county. Mary thanked the gentleman for the warning and came back into church to let us know what was going on. Fayette county being large, we decided to look on the computer. When we saw where the projected path of the tornado was we knew our church was in the direct path.
Mary and I went in to the church secretary who was sitting in the back pew to inform her of the situation. She wrote a note to Pastor and the next time he sat down, I went up, sat next to him, whispered there is a tornado warning and it is coming our way, then handed him the note. The next time he got up he informed the congregation of the tornado warning and told people they were welcome to leave or seek shelter. He calmly continued on with his sermon.
My husband, Chuck, went out to watch the sky so he could warn us if there was a funnel cloud coming towards us. The sky grew black and turned the eery color of green I have learned to recognize as possible tornado in the vicinity. We continued on with our Good Friday service with this sky as our backdrop. Somehow, it was very appropriate setting for the service that was at hand.
Finally, the clouds broke. Chuck came back in to say the impending storm had passed. We finished the service and came home. The storm had gone past our house also but there was no damage and our electricity was on. Because we live in a neighborhood with many mature trees, it is not unusual for a storm to knock out the electricity. All this made for an interesting evening.
Mary and I went in to the church secretary who was sitting in the back pew to inform her of the situation. She wrote a note to Pastor and the next time he sat down, I went up, sat next to him, whispered there is a tornado warning and it is coming our way, then handed him the note. The next time he got up he informed the congregation of the tornado warning and told people they were welcome to leave or seek shelter. He calmly continued on with his sermon.
My husband, Chuck, went out to watch the sky so he could warn us if there was a funnel cloud coming towards us. The sky grew black and turned the eery color of green I have learned to recognize as possible tornado in the vicinity. We continued on with our Good Friday service with this sky as our backdrop. Somehow, it was very appropriate setting for the service that was at hand.
Finally, the clouds broke. Chuck came back in to say the impending storm had passed. We finished the service and came home. The storm had gone past our house also but there was no damage and our electricity was on. Because we live in a neighborhood with many mature trees, it is not unusual for a storm to knock out the electricity. All this made for an interesting evening.
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