Wednesday Musings

One of my constant Easter drama struggles is to fight against taking folks' lack of participation personally.  "This is not my drama, it's our church's...this is not my drama, it's God's..." becomes a regular mantra I remind myself day in and day out.  Not because I desire selfish gain or ownership of the drama, but because I fight insecurities.  When Mr. and Mrs. X and their family decide not to participate, the first two things that enter my mind are:  a) what did I do wrong? and b) don't they realize how much we need them? how am I going to fill that void?  Repeat after me:  "This is not my drama, it's our church's...this is not my drama, it's God's..."

I think we've finally got all of the music copied for the choir.  For big productions I learned never to give out the music originals.  We order the correct amount (or get copyright permission to copy) and then make copies.  That way when Joe Daddy takes his music on  his visit to Aunt Ethel's and forgets it, we haven't lost our originals.  Volunteers will be coming next Wednesday to put the music in notebooks for the Choir.

Less than half of the normal number of people have committed to sing in the Choir this year, so I spent time calling and emailing people that haven't turned in their questionnaires yet.  "Oh, it's in my Bible...I forgot to turn it in!"  "I just haven't had time!"  "I was going to do it Sunday!"  Whew...I was worried there for a while.  I think we'll have the average participation, although I would sure love to have more than average.

Choir rehearsal was good last night.  The new songs seem fairly easy this year, which is a blessing since it seems we're about a week behind in prep.  The big question on my mind right now is what to do about that extra Choir rehearsal I have scheduled for this Sunday night at the same time as the Saints vs. Vikings playoff.  Part of me puffs up and says I WILL NOT BOW DOWN TO THE SPORTS GOD.  The other part of me really really really wants to watch that game.  I wonder what part will win out???