abso-freaking-lutely, it does!!!
to a (wo)man, every person that i had the chance to ask about today's service gave it a resounding thumb's up. i heard a few grumbles about some sound glitches, but vbs sunday can be a bear to technically prepare for. we'll just have to prepare better next year. whatareyougonnado now, right?
what made my sunday is that, in the past (especially if i was the one reviewing the goings-on), the sound problems would have been the story. what everyone remembered. what no one could get past. and what i would lose sleep over that night. to the worship leader's and congregation's credit, that doesn't seem to be the case this afternoon.
the story was vbs, and i didn't even have to be in the sanctuary to know it. more cars in the parking lot. non-member kids in their blue vbs t-shirts streaming into the church. the lack of significant attrition between the service attendance and the lunch attendance. the buzz was palpable, even through the torrential downpour. it was all about the kids. and the workers that made the kids happy this week. and the stories that the kids and the workers got to share through songs and slideshows and participation in "big church".
oh yeah...we welcomed a new pastor into the fold today too. i'll let the mere fact of that piece of news not being the lead item in this post speak for itself. from what i hear, he stayed humble and true to his role and made sure all the focus was directed toward the kids. {golf clap}
the softball team and i will make hamburgers and hot dogs for you every sunday (on katie and amy's dime, of course) if we knew that's what it would take to turn this sunday into a microcosm of who we are (and can be) as a church.
there's that word again.
i really do hate that i wasn't inside today, watching hannah swallow some anxiety and making a personal leap, herself. i was where i was supposed to be, though. it feels like we all were. rain or shine.
for one day, i am happy.
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