Comments | helenmelon: "...and also with you. amen"

helenmelon

"...and also with you. amen"

Jun 14, 2004 01:12

so today i was a church leader. it went pretty well, and i'd do it again i think. i had a moment of anxiety before the service started, when i was standing in back reading over the stuff i'd be reading aloud and i realized that i never asked where i was supposed to stand during different parts. blocking, i guess:) i should've asked about blocking. ( Read more... )

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sistergoolia June 14 2004, 18:31:11 UTC

i wish i could have been at that church service! way to go!!
i'd like to read some of your short stories, if you ever feel like sending me a drafteroo or final copy, just for fun. :) to where will you submit them? somewhere grand, i hope!

helenmelon June 15 2004, 00:37:55 UTC

i'll pick out a story and email it to you tonight:)

patrick___ June 14 2004, 19:45:19 UTC

"so today i was a church leader."

What's that mean?

helenmelon June 15 2004, 00:43:00 UTC

just that i did... well, everything but the sermon. not that we had communion or anything that day. so i did announcements, read/sang the liturgy, read the gospel lesson, prayers of petition, greeting people as they walked out, stuff like that.

patrick___ June 15 2004, 08:21:52 UTC

Wow. That's a lot for one person to do. Is that something that everyone in the church gets a chance to do sometimes?

helenmelon June 16 2004, 00:04:02 UTC

oh no, the vast majority of people in my church would never want to do that:) this was made clear by their excessive praise to me for doing it. i think they only resort to doing this when the person they get to do the sermon isn't a pastor. my brother did a whole service at my church once, of course, sermon and all. that was a pretty big deal. it was maybe six or eight years ago, and some people still remember it. other than that, i don't remember a member of the congregation doing a service. maybe i just don't remember, of course. but i certainly wasn't chosen for any reason except that i was willing:)

fred_smith June 15 2004, 06:52:15 UTC

Yay! I'm glad it went well. Whens your next service going to be?

helenmelon June 16 2004, 00:14:07 UTC

ha:) who knows. now that the people at my church know that i can do it, they'll probably think of me next time they need a stand-in. however, i'm only home another two, two and a half months, then who knows if i'll be at home for extended periods of time again.

or maybe i should just start up my own church:) whaddaya think? wanna join?

helenmelon June 16 2004, 00:15:25 UTC

crap, should've used this icon.

fred_smith June 17 2004, 04:18:44 UTC

Now that sounds like a good idea. I say you go for it. I mean, it can only be a good thing!