Out and About on Sunday

It was sprinkling rain this Sunday morning as we headed across the bridge to church.  We do love this Methodist church in Morehead City.  Pastor Powell Osteen is so sincere, and there is a warm, close feeling in the congregation.  During the period in the service when he asks for prayers and concerns, it is apparent that he knows everybody in the congregation by name.  So it was appropriate that the sermon, on a series based on the "I Am" statements of Jesus, was "I am the Gate,"  and the scripture from John's gospel:

^"The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.  The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice."

After church, we enjoyed Sunday brunch at a relatively new restaurant in Beaufort called 34 North.  It is right on Taylor's Creek, not in the downtown area with the other restaurants but next to a marina.  

After lunch we drove three minutes to the small warehouse building where we had seen Peanut Butter Falcon last week, shown by the Beaufort Picture Show (see post of January 11).  Today's presentation was a National Theater Live production called Fleabag, a one-woman show written and performed by British actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge.  We have seen other National Theater Live shows before in Highlands - Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet was one of the best versions of that play I have ever seen.  These are plays from the West End in London broadcast live across the UK and in other countries.  It really does seem as if you are sitting watching live theater, complete with applause and coughing and laughter from a London audience.

The play would not have been to everyone's taste, with some profanity and off-color topics, but I always admire an actress who can pull off a one-woman show, just sitting in a chair on an empty stage, and in a few minutes holding the entire audience in the palm of her hand.  A London audience, right here in Beaufort!