Cloudy again
1/16/06 6:45 am.
28 º F. Cloudy, SE wind 10 mph.
Good morning,
Another cloudy and windy day a-coming. The weatherman is saying that we might have some sun, but probably a bit of snow/rain later today. Don’t mind the snow, but sure don’t want the rain!
Very few folks in church yesterday. The choir sang and after they left, it was really an empty sanctuary. The choir sure does miss a couple of men - one in hospital with a couple of crushed vertebrae and the other has left our congregation. Howard also had a less than perfect service. For some reason he got lost in the liturgy a couple of times in a service we don’t use that much. I told him on the way out that we will have to do it more often - so he can learn it! The children’s sermon also was an experience for him, and us. When he asked for the kids to come forward - there were none. That is until the nursery emptied out. About 5 boys and all were wound up, one especially. He would not sit still and kept trying to play with the props Howard was using, or trying too. Not too sure what the message was now, but we were entertained fairly well. Howard really got into his sermon and it was very long. His sermons have been getting longer and longer recently for some reason. Both Margriet and I lost track of the message after a few minutes.
Our staff meeting for LSM has turned into two rather long meetings, one each day. My head doesn’t allow me to pay that much close attention for as long as they now last. Friday night, I finally got up ane left during it. Not only because of my head, but also because I do have what I call a "kitchen ministry" during the breaks for the students. In the past we would have a meeting for 30-45 minutes on Friday evening to take care of any problems and plan for the future. Now we have some problem getting things cleaned up or set up for the meals, besides the kitchen ministry. Will, the newest staff member and a retired minister, has the Friday evening meeting now and uses about an hour or more to cover some subject or task, then during Saturday morning’s meeting, we try to catch up on the things we missed Friday night. From my stand point, it isn’t working very well.
LSM is struggling to have enough students, both our school and the Central school. It has become an obsession of sorts to work on. In many respects, I think we are trying too hard. If the Good Lord wants LSM to go forward, we will have students knocking at our door, so to speak. I think in many ways, we have lost the original focus of 10 years ago and are trying to make things too complicated. I sometimes wonder if rather than a fairly narrow focus, we are trying to do too many things and the students may be some confused with the "extras". We asked for a short comment sheet to be completed during the November session. We got the results this past weekend. It was filled with good comments, but most of them were focused on what we did in the beginning, not what we have added since. Not too sure what the future will bring.
Yesterday was a very slow day for these two old folks. Recovering from the weekend. We ate some of the leftover spaghetti from LSM. Something I really didn’t object to at all. I didn’t eat much, and usually don’t, during the school, so had a really good meal. Margriet can make that more often. There were a couple of football games on TV, but I am in the mood for some auto racing again. Guess I will have to wait until February for that though. Really didn’t do much the entire day. Shame on us!
We are starting a new workbook for Bible study tomorrow and I also have a church council meeting tomorrow night. I am ready for Bible study, but not the council meeting. Usually I try to get a tentative agenda out by email to the council members by midweek before the meeting. Didn’t this week. Have to put the agenda together today and get it printed. This is a pretty slow part of the year, so not too much to do really. I think I will be happy to have April come around and I can retire from being President, going back to my normal flying under the radar. Don’t like the attention.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
28 º F. Cloudy, SE wind 10 mph.
Good morning,
Another cloudy and windy day a-coming. The weatherman is saying that we might have some sun, but probably a bit of snow/rain later today. Don’t mind the snow, but sure don’t want the rain!
Very few folks in church yesterday. The choir sang and after they left, it was really an empty sanctuary. The choir sure does miss a couple of men - one in hospital with a couple of crushed vertebrae and the other has left our congregation. Howard also had a less than perfect service. For some reason he got lost in the liturgy a couple of times in a service we don’t use that much. I told him on the way out that we will have to do it more often - so he can learn it! The children’s sermon also was an experience for him, and us. When he asked for the kids to come forward - there were none. That is until the nursery emptied out. About 5 boys and all were wound up, one especially. He would not sit still and kept trying to play with the props Howard was using, or trying too. Not too sure what the message was now, but we were entertained fairly well. Howard really got into his sermon and it was very long. His sermons have been getting longer and longer recently for some reason. Both Margriet and I lost track of the message after a few minutes.
Our staff meeting for LSM has turned into two rather long meetings, one each day. My head doesn’t allow me to pay that much close attention for as long as they now last. Friday night, I finally got up ane left during it. Not only because of my head, but also because I do have what I call a "kitchen ministry" during the breaks for the students. In the past we would have a meeting for 30-45 minutes on Friday evening to take care of any problems and plan for the future. Now we have some problem getting things cleaned up or set up for the meals, besides the kitchen ministry. Will, the newest staff member and a retired minister, has the Friday evening meeting now and uses about an hour or more to cover some subject or task, then during Saturday morning’s meeting, we try to catch up on the things we missed Friday night. From my stand point, it isn’t working very well.
LSM is struggling to have enough students, both our school and the Central school. It has become an obsession of sorts to work on. In many respects, I think we are trying too hard. If the Good Lord wants LSM to go forward, we will have students knocking at our door, so to speak. I think in many ways, we have lost the original focus of 10 years ago and are trying to make things too complicated. I sometimes wonder if rather than a fairly narrow focus, we are trying to do too many things and the students may be some confused with the "extras". We asked for a short comment sheet to be completed during the November session. We got the results this past weekend. It was filled with good comments, but most of them were focused on what we did in the beginning, not what we have added since. Not too sure what the future will bring.
Yesterday was a very slow day for these two old folks. Recovering from the weekend. We ate some of the leftover spaghetti from LSM. Something I really didn’t object to at all. I didn’t eat much, and usually don’t, during the school, so had a really good meal. Margriet can make that more often. There were a couple of football games on TV, but I am in the mood for some auto racing again. Guess I will have to wait until February for that though. Really didn’t do much the entire day. Shame on us!
We are starting a new workbook for Bible study tomorrow and I also have a church council meeting tomorrow night. I am ready for Bible study, but not the council meeting. Usually I try to get a tentative agenda out by email to the council members by midweek before the meeting. Didn’t this week. Have to put the agenda together today and get it printed. This is a pretty slow part of the year, so not too much to do really. I think I will be happy to have April come around and I can retire from being President, going back to my normal flying under the radar. Don’t like the attention.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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