Walking from the Omni Hotel, through the food court of the CNN Center & around the outside of the buildings, we found our way (the long way) to the Georgia World Congress Center where the 25th General Synod of the United Church...of Christ begins tomorrow. Remembering that our information sheets said we would be in Hall A, we headed that way. Coming around the corner was a man in a red "still speaking" T-shirt & we knew we were in the right place! Registration wasn't even open yet, but people were already milling around and Jill and I both found someone we knew almost immediately.
The Southeast Conference volunteers have pumpkin-pie-colored t-shirts that say VOLUNTEER in big black letters on the back and have the Synod logo "Come Listen, Go Serve, God is Still Speaking" on the front. They have a table with a display telling about their Conference and free, individually-wrapped Georgia peach candies that are delicious and truly peachy!
But the best thing of all is what the Southeast Conference is selling... sterling silver comma earrings and lapel pins, UCC symbol silver lapel pins and large and small necklaces, a black t-shirt with the Synod logo, and a logo baseball cap.... And the kicker of the bunch (yes, it's my personal favorite!) is a black T-shirt with a big red comma on it followed by white lettering that reads, "God is still speaking, y'all," (the comma & the apostrophe are red) and underneath is the Gracie Allen quote "Never place a period where God has placed a comma"
And I'm NOT placing a period in that sentence!
The UCC has begun arriving in Atlanta and you'd better believe it, God IS still speaking, y'all !!!!!
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