I had one of those days yesterday. In some ways, it was an ordinary Sunday. But maybe that's why it was so great.
The day began with a nice worship service. Transfiguration... usually it's not one of my favs, because let's be honest-- it's a little weird. Mountain top visions of dead guys, faces shining, mystery... But you know, Colin preached an excellent sermon. About looking for glimpses of God, about finding holy instants in the midst of our daily life. It was also First Communion Sunday for our 5th graders, and about 40 kids came up to the altar with handmade ceramic chalices to get a glimpse of God in a holy meal. Pretty cool.
Then, after worship I had a final planning meeting for a big Global Hunger Meal we're hosting on Ash Wednesday. It's a big undertaking, and there were moments when I was nervous about
everything coming together just right, but with everyone's great ideas coming together the last two weeks, I am confident it's going to be a terrific event. I am really looking forward to it.
After that, I headed over to the high school for the middle school production of "Once Upon a Mattress." One of our youth, an 8th grader, was telling me about the show a few weeks ago, and asked me to come. So of course I had to! In fact, there were about a dozen church youth in the show. And let me tell you-- it was AMAAAAZING! I've never seen such an incredible middle school production. I enjoyed watching our kids, and afterwards I gave lots of hugs and hi-fives to kids and parents. So cool. As I was leaving, I walked out with our Youth Ministry Director, and I said to her, "It's so awesome that this is our job!" Without missing a beat, she replied, "I know!"
Such a satisfying, lovely day at work. What a blessing...
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