So, how did it go?

So we had our launch service yesterday and some have called and some have emailed wondering how it went.

The short, flat, and uninteresting answer is, "I don't know."

The longer answer is that I was doing the kids ministry and had the unusual expectation that I would just do it myself with Sara so my good friend Hannah-who said at one of our first meetings that she flat out refused to do the kids ministry and has since done three, I think - and Meredith, a veritable wonder-woman with children- could actually go to the service for a change. It was a nice plan, but when we got two nine-month old babies, and 4 toddlers, 2 of which were screaming at the top of their lungs, well, I had to call in the reinforcements. Up to this point, we haven't had any baby-babies, and Charleigh has been the youngest. I had this great, big kid lesson planned and all these little ones...Oh, and we had a 9 year old, my older two, and 3 more kindergartners. Thank goodness for Sara's "moose song."

So over on the other side, where things weren't all rice noise-makers and stickers, they had a service and I guess it went all right. I still don't know many people, though we did get acquainted with some more people at lunch. I think the whole leadership team is still kind of percolating and hopefully, it will be smoother next week.

Oh my...we have it again next week.