A look back over the past week...**Saturday**
Garage Sale day 2! We spent another FULL day at the church working the garage sale, and when the sale closed down at 2 we experienced probably the most amazing part of it all...the clean up process. About 50 people were there helping and the ENTIRE church was cleaned and put back to normal in 2 hours. All the left over stuff was packed up, loaded onto good will trucks, tables and chairs were taken down, vacuums were run over all the floors, Sunday School furniture was put back, it truly was a sight to be seen! Gotta be honest though...not sad Garage Sale is over. It's about a 7 week process that began Charles' first week here, so we don't know West Side without the sale in our schedules. It will be nice to see what life is like without it taking up SO much time!
**Sunday**
Another LONG day at church. Charles taught high school Sunday School, worship lasted almost 2 hours, then we had a meeting with students who are interested in forming a praise band, then we raced home for my small group meeting with friends, then I had to run back to church for a 2 hour training session for the Alpha program that I'm helping with. Heading up to a contemplative worship service (Compline) at St. Mark's Cathedral at 9:30 that night was a much needed space of rest!
**Monday**
The final day of Chap's Family Ministry class, which means I now have exams and final projects to grade, but it also means we really do get Mondays off now, without me having to be in class every Monday for 3 hours. Monday night was probably the highlight of our week--we had dinner with the interim associate pastor and his wife at their lovely home. Words cannot even begin to express how grateful we are that they are part of this church staff, that they have a similar vision for ministry, and that they have promised to be a safe space for us to process. The gift of that brings tears to my eyes, we know we can trust them, we know they have a ton of experience, and we think they are an incredible couple.
**Tuesday**
So we might have been at dinner the night before until midnight...which means Tuesday I felt a little like a zombie. Charles took the Confirmation class to the Seattle Presbytery meeting, which was an eye opening experience for all of them I think! It was a big night for Presbytery, they were voting on whether or not to allow the ordination standards to be changed in our Book of Order to allow individuals who are practicing homosexuals to be ordained. The Seattle Presbytery voted to leave the Book of Order as it is now, although the vote was pretty close. We'll see what happens on the national level, my gut tells me it might pass, meaning the standards will be changed, but we won't know until June (I think General Assembly meets in June at least!)
**Wednesday**
I spent most of Wednesday in the church office helping get Charles' email database organized and put together, and then began work on the Good Friday service the youth are leading for their families. Wednesday night also began Alpha at West Side, and I'll be serving as a table host this spring for this 10 week program where people can come and explore the basics of the Christian faith.
**Thursday**
Back in the office all day! I finally finished up his database and kept working on our Good Friday service, in addition to having a great coffee conversation with a woman from the church who has been such a blessing to us!
**Friday**
I think today will find me at Costco getting side dishes for youth group tonight...it's Steak and Action Movie night! Bring your own meet to grill out and we'll be watching some type of action movie (hey we're trying to get high school boy's interested!). Tomorrow we get to play with friends, and after a long day at church Sunday (again probably til 6 PM) we're heading out of town! Woo hoo! We'll be over on the Washington Coast for our 2nd anniversary and we cannot WAIT to be away for a few days! Happy Friday everyone!
Garage Sale day 2! We spent another FULL day at the church working the garage sale, and when the sale closed down at 2 we experienced probably the most amazing part of it all...the clean up process. About 50 people were there helping and the ENTIRE church was cleaned and put back to normal in 2 hours. All the left over stuff was packed up, loaded onto good will trucks, tables and chairs were taken down, vacuums were run over all the floors, Sunday School furniture was put back, it truly was a sight to be seen! Gotta be honest though...not sad Garage Sale is over. It's about a 7 week process that began Charles' first week here, so we don't know West Side without the sale in our schedules. It will be nice to see what life is like without it taking up SO much time!
**Sunday**
Another LONG day at church. Charles taught high school Sunday School, worship lasted almost 2 hours, then we had a meeting with students who are interested in forming a praise band, then we raced home for my small group meeting with friends, then I had to run back to church for a 2 hour training session for the Alpha program that I'm helping with. Heading up to a contemplative worship service (Compline) at St. Mark's Cathedral at 9:30 that night was a much needed space of rest!
**Monday**
The final day of Chap's Family Ministry class, which means I now have exams and final projects to grade, but it also means we really do get Mondays off now, without me having to be in class every Monday for 3 hours. Monday night was probably the highlight of our week--we had dinner with the interim associate pastor and his wife at their lovely home. Words cannot even begin to express how grateful we are that they are part of this church staff, that they have a similar vision for ministry, and that they have promised to be a safe space for us to process. The gift of that brings tears to my eyes, we know we can trust them, we know they have a ton of experience, and we think they are an incredible couple.
**Tuesday**
So we might have been at dinner the night before until midnight...which means Tuesday I felt a little like a zombie. Charles took the Confirmation class to the Seattle Presbytery meeting, which was an eye opening experience for all of them I think! It was a big night for Presbytery, they were voting on whether or not to allow the ordination standards to be changed in our Book of Order to allow individuals who are practicing homosexuals to be ordained. The Seattle Presbytery voted to leave the Book of Order as it is now, although the vote was pretty close. We'll see what happens on the national level, my gut tells me it might pass, meaning the standards will be changed, but we won't know until June (I think General Assembly meets in June at least!)
**Wednesday**
I spent most of Wednesday in the church office helping get Charles' email database organized and put together, and then began work on the Good Friday service the youth are leading for their families. Wednesday night also began Alpha at West Side, and I'll be serving as a table host this spring for this 10 week program where people can come and explore the basics of the Christian faith.
**Thursday**
Back in the office all day! I finally finished up his database and kept working on our Good Friday service, in addition to having a great coffee conversation with a woman from the church who has been such a blessing to us!
**Friday**
I think today will find me at Costco getting side dishes for youth group tonight...it's Steak and Action Movie night! Bring your own meet to grill out and we'll be watching some type of action movie (hey we're trying to get high school boy's interested!). Tomorrow we get to play with friends, and after a long day at church Sunday (again probably til 6 PM) we're heading out of town! Woo hoo! We'll be over on the Washington Coast for our 2nd anniversary and we cannot WAIT to be away for a few days! Happy Friday everyone!
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