A Good Weekend

I had a really good weekend.  I think the church had a really good weekend.  I preached a sermon on the impact Christian love should have on expectations and conflict resolution in marriage and in the church.  It seemed to be well received.  Of course, we all tend to fail to apply such messages to ourselves, so the ultimate impact of such a teaching is in the hands of the Spirit.  But I think it is significant, at this point in our journey, that on the whole, the fellowship received this somewhat confrontational message without reading a lot of subtext into it.

But the real excitement this weekend was the Prince and Princess Ball.  This was an event that is part of The Guild student and family ministry project.  The students attend a formal medieval ball and are waited on by the adults.  It was great fun for everyone involved, and we had plenty of volunteers to make it all happen.  The kids were beautiful, the decorations were terrific, and a lot of people came together to make it all happen.  I left the ball Sunday night feeling like this is what ministry is supposed to be like.  I'm feeling grateful for our regular Guild volunteers, grateful for the extra volunteers that showed up, both for prep and the event, grateful for my wife and her talent in the kitchen, grateful for our congregation, grateful for all the smart and talented and compassionate kids we are blessed to have with us, and grateful to God for a wonderful evening.

The Ball was an answer to prayer on several different levels.