Choir Tour of Churches!

Sunday morning we met the choir at our church at 8:15 to rehearse in a large church hall.  (I never know where we will rehearse or why that spot, but it was the first time in this particular place!)  Then, everyone piled into cars to head to a small church in Ondrašová, on the western outskirts of Liptovsky Mikuláš, where we sang two songs for the service there.  

It was an anniversary of the church as well as the harvest celebration Sunday.    And it was neat that the altar painting was of Peter walking on the water to Jesus, then doubting, then reaching out to Jesus, because later we heard about that during our online sermon.  It's ALWAYS important to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and trust in Him!!  

After church, this tiny congregation provided us with an enormous spread of sandwiches, cakes, tea and juice.  The homemade goodies were delicious, and they sent home a box with an assortment of cakes for us to enjoy later!!  

Next we piled into the cars again and proceeded to the opposite end of town to an even tinier chapel in Okolične, which was packed for the service, just like the first church was.  

This church was also giving thanks for the fall harvest (we love the way the altars are decorated with flowers, grains, fruits and vegetables!)  This chapel had also been recently reconstructed, so they were giving thanks for that too, as we understood things.  

This chapel was too small for a church hall, but after singing at this service, we were treated to more hot tea, sandwiches, and cakes outside!  It was a beautiful morning for fellowship time with our choir members and their families!  

We always try to take advantage of warm temperatures and sunshine, so in the afternoon we rode our bikes to the bike trail along the Vah River.  The trail is really beautiful, but not very long, so at the end, we locked the bikes up to a tree and continued to walk along the rocky path that goes on farther after the paved trail ends.  The mountain scenery was really beautiful, as usual!

It's always so peaceful walking along the river, and there were still some remaining flashes of bright fall colors, though most of the leaves have dropped by now.  

On the way back, we noticed this BMX bike course on the other side of the path, with several bikers rolling up and down the hills.  

After we had watched for a while, we noticed these two guys carry their bikes up to this platform, so I tried to have the camera ready when they sped down the steep ramp.  

Sorry about the focus being bad, but at least you can tell how the bikers were jumping over hills after launching themselves down the ramp!  We had a fun time watching the bike acrobatics for while longer!   

Once we got on our bikes again on the way back, I noticed lots of daisies blooming all along the bike trail.  All this warm weather has fooled them into thinking it's spring, evidently!  The blossoms were such a pretty contrast with all the fallen leaves.  

I'm a couple days behind on posts, so I'll try to add another tomorrow.  It has been a busy week already, after just two weekdays!