Tuesday

I'm reading a book Seven Words of Worship by Mike Harland and Stan Moser.  As I was reading it today during my quiet time I was reminded that when we worship God He uses that to call us to Him.  My prayer as I prepare our Easter drama is that God will use it to bring people to a place of worship...a place of awe at who He is and what He's done for us, and in so doing call them to Him.

Today I finalized the Easter drama soloists and their alternates and contacted each of them (email!).  People sometimes will ask me why I don't do "tryouts" for solos.  Simply put, I don't feel led to.  The soloists will all come from the choir (except for some students and children), and I'm very familiar with the choir's voices.  I know the timbre of their individual voices, the strengths and weaknesses of their voices, their stage presence, each one's dependability and consistancy.  I can't imagine adding evenings of auditions to my schedule during this time anyway!

I also completed the master for the choir's rehearsal CD.  This is about 2 weeks late!  Tomorrow I think I'll lay hands on our contrary CD duplicator, and pray that it will behave and duplicate the CDs without any problem for tomorrow night.

Today the Extras Team gave me their list of dates for blocking the different scenes, and I updated the drama calendar.  It can be overwhelming if I look at the drama calendar in full.  I have to look at it a day at a time.  Through the years I've slowly learned that I don't have to be at every single drama-scheduled event.  That's why we have Team Leaders.  Now if I could just get rid of the guilty feelings whenever I'm not there!!

This is the point of planning where it seems like it never ends...there's always something else to finish up, someone else waiting on me for something.  I've learned that this first big push evens out for a few days after I get the script completed.  I so look forward to those few days of non-stress!  BUT...this is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice....