I was somewhat concerned that I wouldn’t be able to attend church this morning because of the snow, but thankfully the snow never collected on the roads.
I actually made good time to Our Savior Lutheran Church in Morristown, TN. I got there early enough for Bible class; they were studying 1 John 4:7-5:5. Pastor John Freitag noted that 1 John was written in part to address some gnosticism that had already began to creep into the church.
The liturgy was Divine Service I with Holy Communion. Prior to the sermon, Pastor asked a young girl to help him hide paper signs of “Alleluia” behind the altar, not to be retrieved until Easter. It was cute.
I had the privilege of meeting the organist, Dale Stanton. He was kind enough to record some pipe organ tracks that I will likely use in future Time Out podcasts. You can hear the church creak when doors were opened, but it’s a sound you can’t get with a synthesizer. 
Finally, the Pastor and his wife took me to lunch at a local diner. Pastor told me of his involvement as a police chaplain and as part of the local disaster team. He told me some history regarding the construction of the Buddhist temple near Holy Trinity in Hacienda Heights, CA. Good stuff.
It was a lot of fun. I doubt that I’ll get to go back, but if I’m in the area again I will.
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How I can I learn more about the Buddhist temple history you heard about? I’m curious.
Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsi_Lai_Temple
Pr. Freitag said that after the temple was built and the fire inspector came to inspect the building, it had to be shut down: There was no sprinkler system installed.
I in return told him about Al Gore’s iced tea antics there. (See above, 1996 campaign finance controversy).
Thanks, Dan. I had no idea that temple was so massive.