Saturday, April 28, 2018

Happy Heavingly Birthday

January 28th is the anniversary of the death of a young woman's mother and was unexpectedly celebrated in Bar Church.

A group of Georgia Southern students left Statesboro early in the morning for Tybee Island where Kris would honor her mother on the Beach. It was a cloudy and blustery morning so they sought warm coffee in the Sunrise Cafe. It was too cold they agreed to properly celebrate in the way they'd planned.

But as Kris explains, "As we were walking back to our car, we saw a Church sign on a Bar. We poke our heads in and ask, 'Is this a Church or a Bar?' and a man, humorously says, 'Yes.'"

The girls commandeer two high top tables as the band warms up, check out the bar and send lots of texts to whoever. 

Others wander inside, bringing food to lay on a Pool Table, guzzle cups of coffee and find spots to sit or stand. 

As the service ends with "Knocking On Heaven's Door" Kris raises her hand to ask if we could sing something her mother who was having her birthday in Heaven.

The band launches into "Happy Birthday" and Kris burst into tears of joy. The songs continue with "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and "I Saw the Light."

The tables of College Co-eds hug, dance, smile and cry.

"We ended our morning in a Church Bar," Kris writes on her Face Book page, "where they lovingly sand Happy Birthday to my Mom and sang beautiful Gospels in her honor. Thank you Jesus for letting me feel my Mom's presence so intensely. Mom, I know you are smiling and laughing. I love you. Happy 48th."

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