Sunday Inspirations

Didn't get much sleep last night, in spite of leaving the party early - ah well! We made it to church shortly after 8am - actually, Julio dropped me off, then went to get me some breakfast at a drive-thru.

Lucky thing he was there early, because they were having trouble with the projection screen. He is one of the resident "computer gurus", and was able to solve the problem and get it running in time for the service.

When praise band was done rehearsing, I went in search of a "picture of the day" opportunity, and was struck by the evidence of volunteers who are here to help with flood recovery. They are bunking in the choir room and bell choir room, and we have a section of our family life center (where we have our contemporary service on Sunday mornings) set aside with internet access & printer, and a television.

There are clean-up buckets waiting in the choir room, stacks of clean towels on a table in the bell choir room, and the two shower stalls in the lower level restroom (usually used as storage areas) are set up and show obvious signs of active use. It was a heart-warming tour, to think of people traveling from other cities and states and spending two weeks "roughing it" and helping clean up our city.

choir room clean up buckets - the bunks
are around the corner; I didn't want
to invade our volunteers' privacy
by snapping a more invasive photo


TV and computer room - this is the
area where we usually spread a
comforter with books and toys for
kids to play with during church

When I got upstairs, I was even more moved when I saw the small parlor filled with backpacks - each backpack is filled with school supplies and labeled what grade the school supplies are intended for. There were more backpacks scattered throughout the sanctuary. These were brought to our church by a Christian Rock group, "Legacy", that performed a flood-relief benefit concert there last night.

The topper to the morning was seeing Harrison at church (with his vacation hosts, Grammy and G-boy, of course). After the service we all had brunch and then made a quick stop at the half-price bookstore, and Harrison bargained for a vacation extension, so he won't be "home" until Tuesday morning. To soften the blow, he invited Julio and me to join him swimming this evening, so we at least got to have a "Harrison fix"! (Have I mentioned I miss my son!)