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Marlin Fenn, the senior pastor, and his wife, Kay Lynn, are a team \u2014 and both of them are tireless workers both at the church and in the community. We had a wonderful time chatting with them, and they were kind enough to drive us into the countryside around Katy \u2014 folks, this is Houston and the word \u201cbig\u201d describes everything. Big stories and big warehouses and big, big farms and space upon space. Anyway, we went to Blue Bell Creamery \u2014 it ranks up there for us (but can anything beat Italian gelato?) \u2014 and then we had lunch at cool diner in Brenham at a place called \u201cMust Be Heaven.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Saturday morning I began the day with the UMC men\u2019s prayer and Bible study group and I talked about themes in The Blue Parakeet<\/i>. A great time. Saturday evening involved a banquet and a talk about Mary, but the whole event was fantastic: perhaps, no cross that out, definitely, the finest dinner we\u2019ve ever had at a church banquet. Daniel, the cook \u2026 they don\u2019t get better. The worship director, Barry Barrios, guided a high school singing group and they brought down the house. I\u2019d offer the whole group a scholarship to NPU! Fantastic.<\/div>\n
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Sunday morning \u2026 three services and I was asked to preach about the Jesus Creed<\/i>, and undoubtedly the most encouraging thing about it was the number of women who told me they were reading The Jesus Creed in their Bible study and enjoying it. Barry led a children\u2019s choir and the adult choir as well, and he led the congregational singing (and he can sure sing). Pam Cline gave the children\u2019s sermon and Lani Rousseau was the liturgist.<\/div>\n
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Let me add this up: the work of God is through local churches, and First United Methodist in Katy is one of those local churches where ordinary people are extending God\u2019s grace to one another and to the community.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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