It is 1:00 Tuesday morning, I have been on my feet since 7:00 Monday morning, but I can't sleep. I am so proud of a group of 40 people who dedicated a portion or all of their Monday to help us strip our sanctuary, load everything that needed to be stored in the trailer, set up the worship environment in the gym, and prepare our equipment for the worship experience at McCrery's. At the end of the day, the entire Sanctuary was stripped, the Library was emptied of extra book shelves and set up for the "Coffee Corner", and the band had its first rehearsal in the gym using the new Aviom in ear monitors.
While having all that work done is exciting (pictures to come, right Cassie?!), what was far more exciting to me was watching these 40 people step up and take ownership of their church. Pastor Mark challenged people to engage the next 18 months. He said, "You want to be able to say, "Do you remember when we ..." The people who helped us today engaged. They will be able to say, "Remember when we stripped the sanctuary in a day? I was there!"
It was also amazing to watch people who have called BVBC their home for many years meet each other for the first time, as they worked together on this project. We will see this happening a lot over the next few weeks, as people worship at different times and in a different location. No more sitting in "My Pew!" It is going to be fun to watch!
Time to go to bed! Thanks to all you who were able to help today. You were amazing! You were the church today!
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You'll have them soon! :):)
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