{"id":9453,"date":"2019-03-10T20:53:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T02:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9453"},"modified":"2019-03-10T20:53:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T02:53:23","slug":"i-came-to-the-garden-but-not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2019\/i-came-to-the-garden-but-not-alone.html","title":{"rendered":"I Came to the Garden (but not alone)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today was our first Sunday in the &#8220;Party Garden&#8221; in Las Palmas. It was a good service&#8230;.. getting everything working was&#8230;. interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s just say we still have some things to work out before everything functions smoothly. We don&#8217;t really have a place for the kids&#8217; Sunday School class, so we&#8217;ll have to rig something up for that. They have a lovely fountain in the front of the property, but that made hearing one another a bit of a challenge. I guess if you&#8217;re used to events with a band or huge speakers, it works. But we&#8217;re a church and we want to talk to each other!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But anyway, it was still a good service. I just wanted to stop by to give you a few pictures. I wanted to give you more of a view of what the place is like, but it was just too hectic &#8211; being our first time there,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So &#8211; here is just a glimpse!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-wide.jpg\" alt=\"Cuco leads at the Path of Life Bible Church in Las Palmas\" class=\"wp-image-9454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-wide.jpg 475w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-wide-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption>Cuco leads the service<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-shari.jpg\" alt=\"Shari's annoucnement\" class=\"wp-image-9455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-shari.jpg 475w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-shari-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption>Shari explains our new Sunday School Material<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-front.jpg\" alt=\"Front view of service\" class=\"wp-image-9456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-front.jpg 475w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/garden-front-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption>A view from the front (notice the dog) \ud83d\ude42 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rod-garden.jpg\" alt=\"Rod preaching in the garden\" class=\"wp-image-9457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rod-garden.jpg 475w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/rod-garden-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption>Rod preaches on Hebrews 9<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So next week is a BIG week, but not in the garden &#8211; it will be at the Path of Life Bible Church in Jes\u00c3\u00bas Mar\u00c3\u00ada, where, Lord willing, 5 people from our church will be baptized, as well as others from other churches. 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