Obituary Listings: Elizabeth C. Thompson

I get to be a pastor again this week. I'll do the memorial and graveside services of Mrs. Thompson on Wednesday. She is the mother of my Uncle Bob, who is married to my mother's younger sister Patti. I've known her nearly my whole life. I can remember going to roast beef dinners at her church and seeing her at camp every summer. She was a long time member of an American Baptist Church. It will be a great privilege and honor to serve her and her family this week. Peace to her memory. I will also get to do a wedding on Sunday at Arrowhead Lodge at Oneida Shores Park. This is my second wedding this summer — the first being my cousin Eric's with his bride Maggie. That was a fantastic event held at The Otesaga in Cooperstown with the best best-man toast I've ever heard. It's wonderful to be doing pastoral ministry again. I've missed it though I haven't missed church board and committee meetings one bit.