Thursday, October 05, 2006

A FUN NIGHT AT THE STOCKMAN

Posted by Reverend Ref + at 6:33 PM

I had a great time doing Theology on Tap last night at The Stockman Bar. In this line of work, some days are better than others (but then, isn't that true of every line of work?), and last night was one of the better ones.

I met a couple of new people. One of them is a son of one of my parishioners. He had heard about the upcoming pet blessing and wanted to know if I'd bless his horse. I told him, "If you ride it to church, I'll bless it." So I may have a horse and rider to bless come Sunday morning. Watch this space for info.

I also met a guy from Sheridan who was just retired from the Navy. He spent 21 years in there as an airplane mechanic. Not all, but a good chunk of that time was spent as a mechanic for the Blue Angels. Now that would be a cool job! Except for the fact that I have trouble finding the oil dipstick on my car ... that would be a cool job.

I chatted with another patron about the church in general and my parish in particular. We'll see if he drops by sometime. He's also on the fire department, so I see him on a semi-regular basis.

Talked with a few people about the new roof and said, "Yeah, that roof looks great. The only problem is that it now makes the paint job look that much worse!"

At which point several people pulled cash out of their wallets to donate to the paint fund.

Yep, gotta love Wednesday nights in The Stockman Bar.

7 comments:

Tripp Hudgins | 12:22 PM, October 06, 2006  

Nice. That is fabulous.

Whit+ | 10:11 PM, October 06, 2006  

Sounds fun. I blessed four horses last year at St. Andrew's. They were still on the trailer though.

Tripp Hudgins | 12:04 PM, October 07, 2006  

We Baptists don't do the St Francis thing. *sigh*

I wish we would.

Reverend Ref + | 7:32 PM, October 08, 2006  

Tripp ... You could. I mean, if some Baptist lady can suggest using a single big candle during a vigil to represent Jesus, why can't you suggest a pet blessing?

Besides, you're the Senior Pastor.

;-)

Sophia | 2:55 PM, October 10, 2006  

So, did the horse come? If so, your congregation will have St. John the Gigantic here in NYC beat - no horses this year! :-)

Reverend Ref + | 10:05 PM, October 10, 2006  

Um ... A horse came, but not the horse from the Stockman. One of The Kid's friends brought her horse. So that was fun.

And now I have some claim to fame over NYC. Of course, we have mountains . . . but that's another story. ;-)

Sophia | 12:31 PM, October 11, 2006  

Mountains, and sky, and open space, and quiet, and streams, and wildlife, and horses...

Sigh. The City gets to be a bit much sometimes.

Two of my classmates are from your diocese. How they deal with all this noise, chaos, and dirt, I have no idea.

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