What happened this weekend?
- On Friday night, we had a prayer and ministry night, a part of our bi-annual week of prayer.
- On Saturday morning, we mourned the loss of Micah Davis, a three-year-old boy who went to meet Jesus on Thursday because of brain cancer.
- On Sunday, we learned about the sacraments from 1 Corinthians 11:17-33, and we learned how unity in the church is essential to honoring Christ. (listen here)
- God's provision through four "surprise" volunteers who were able to come join us on Friday night and make the ministry night a success.
- Three faithful team leaders from our sound, lighting, and children's ministry teams who gave me some excellent advice on placing volunteers for our next serving year in October.
- The example of Luke and Kriscinda Davis, who are making the most of their MIcah Man for the glory of God.
- Overall, a VERY smooth Sunday morning where everyone served with excellence.
- At one point, our worship leader ended up on the screen at the wrong time. I had mistaken one of his hand signals for him calling for the end of the song.
- After the third song, we did a responsive reading, which unfortunately had some typing entry errors in it. Strangely, we had fixed one of those very errors the night before, but it somehow didn't get saved into the file.
- The transition from the end of the message back into song was awkward in the first meeting, since we didn't have enough people helping get the band stuff back in place. And because one rolling set piece went the wrong way off-stage. Traffic Jam!
- Training sound mixers is a toughie. I still have a lot to learn on how to do this effectively.
- Given the size of our teams (about 150 volunteers total), our staff needs to start thinking more like a human resources department, and less like a project management team.