Jumping in.
Sep. 11th, 2005 04:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
navygreenToday was the first day of the 2005-06 Sunday School year! I was just as excited as the boys were to drop them off in their Sunday School classrooms - finally I'd have quiet again during my own church service! ;-)
I found a spot on the very end of a row. Throughout the opening songs and announcements, I noticed two girls sitting across the aisle and two rows up from me. What made me notice them first was that their sporting the same hairdo - tight buns held at the nape of the neck with claws, and sparkly clips stuck over the rest. Then I noticed that they were wearing matching jeans and tank tops, even though the tops were different colors. They looked to be high school-age, and they had the same build. I wondered if they were twins for a moment, but when I caught their faces during the greeting session, I decided they were probably just best friends or something.
The service started with a cute drama. My friend Cindy's husband, Bob, acted in this drama, and he's always so good. Another friend, Kelly Duerk, held the caption cards for the drama, and she had adorable facial expressions throughout the drama. Finally, they ended the drama by dancing away down the aisles - Kelly is such a free-spirit, and she was so fun to watch. :-)
Pastor David's sermon concerned Week 4 in our 7-part series, "In Search of an Extreme Makeover!" During the offertory music, the two girls I'd noticed before went on to the stage and worshipped God through a beautiful ballet. It was truly breathtaking, and I then I understood why they had looked so much alike. ;-)
I was happy to get a moment to hug my chick Chris for a bit, too. I had a terrible, awful dream about her last night, and it was relieving to see her in the flesh and okay. I missed her last week at the Parents at Home group, and I was thinking about her last night as I got into bed, and I'm sure that transferred over to my dream world. Still, it was truly an awful dream. *shudders*
Tomorrow is the kick-off to the 2005-06 year of "The Cutting Edge" - our scrapbooking group at church. I'm a bit nervous about it, as I had to fill out some paperwork this year to have it sanctioned by the church and to allow us to have childcare during it. We have to have weekly devotionals this year too, and I'm preparing one for tomorrow. Although I'm usually a very talkative, very chatty person, if you know me well, you know that I get VERY nervous when it comes to speaking in front of groups. And if you are one of a select few, you know I get downright SCARED at the thought of praying aloud in front of others... so this is a big step for me. I'm certainly willing to step up, though - this is a great group, a great tool in which to encourage more people to attend our church, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to keep it going.
I found a spot on the very end of a row. Throughout the opening songs and announcements, I noticed two girls sitting across the aisle and two rows up from me. What made me notice them first was that their sporting the same hairdo - tight buns held at the nape of the neck with claws, and sparkly clips stuck over the rest. Then I noticed that they were wearing matching jeans and tank tops, even though the tops were different colors. They looked to be high school-age, and they had the same build. I wondered if they were twins for a moment, but when I caught their faces during the greeting session, I decided they were probably just best friends or something.
The service started with a cute drama. My friend Cindy's husband, Bob, acted in this drama, and he's always so good. Another friend, Kelly Duerk, held the caption cards for the drama, and she had adorable facial expressions throughout the drama. Finally, they ended the drama by dancing away down the aisles - Kelly is such a free-spirit, and she was so fun to watch. :-)
Pastor David's sermon concerned Week 4 in our 7-part series, "In Search of an Extreme Makeover!" During the offertory music, the two girls I'd noticed before went on to the stage and worshipped God through a beautiful ballet. It was truly breathtaking, and I then I understood why they had looked so much alike. ;-)
I was happy to get a moment to hug my chick Chris for a bit, too. I had a terrible, awful dream about her last night, and it was relieving to see her in the flesh and okay. I missed her last week at the Parents at Home group, and I was thinking about her last night as I got into bed, and I'm sure that transferred over to my dream world. Still, it was truly an awful dream. *shudders*
Tomorrow is the kick-off to the 2005-06 year of "The Cutting Edge" - our scrapbooking group at church. I'm a bit nervous about it, as I had to fill out some paperwork this year to have it sanctioned by the church and to allow us to have childcare during it. We have to have weekly devotionals this year too, and I'm preparing one for tomorrow. Although I'm usually a very talkative, very chatty person, if you know me well, you know that I get VERY nervous when it comes to speaking in front of groups. And if you are one of a select few, you know I get downright SCARED at the thought of praying aloud in front of others... so this is a big step for me. I'm certainly willing to step up, though - this is a great group, a great tool in which to encourage more people to attend our church, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to keep it going.
