This Old House – a show that I love to discuss all the time! Ask my kids and they will tell you that I love to watch re-runs of This Old House on Saturday mornings! I like it partly because I like to mimic their Boston accents with Sarah, and partly because I absolutely love construction. After all, this was my first career – shortlived as it was.
The deeper, perhaps more subconscious reason I adore this PBS show is because they take deep pride and attention to restoration. They appreciate the old crafts that went into these mostly 100-plus-year-old homes. As such, they usually repair what is already brilliantly installed while updating the existing structure for safety and functionality. While they may keep a front porch, windows, or stairwells, they oftentimes update the electrical wiring, the plumbing, and the insulation. The result is a restored house that operates well for the present day and many days to come.
We are living out a realtime, 21st Century season similar to This Old House. We may not have the Bostonian accents that delete the “r” sounds, but as a living, breathing Methodist congregation, we are intentionally working to restore the “faith once delivered” to our ancestors and our predecessors at Eatonton First Methodist Church. I just love having the opportunity to see God working to both restore His house of worship at Eatonton First Methodist Church, but I am also bought into the ministries happening now, and the possibilities emerging to help us to connect with the least, last and lost of Eatonton in 2024 and beyond! May we know who we are as Methodists, and may we work to restore and, in some places, update in ways that gives God all the glory!
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“Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.” ~Zechariah 9:12
David A. Wofford 