Busy, busy, busy..

May 24, 2005 Categories: This and That |  

I keep hearing the song Busy from Philadelphia Chickens running through my head. (Best kids’ CD ever, by the way! I like it as much as they do.) My week is kind of crazy. Today was our last ladies’ Bible study until September and we had a potluck brunch. I am leaving for an appointment in 15 minutes. When I get back I need to finish giving Natalie her standardized test that the wonderful state of Washington requires I give to her to prove I’m actually teaching her something! Tomorrow I have to go grocery shopping and possibly take my van in for a tune-up if Kevin isn’t able to get to the back three spark plugs when he attempts it tonight. Thursday morning is our monthly Homeschool Co-op meeting. A dear friend who is a full-time missionary to Japan home on furlough is coming to talk to the kids about Japanese culture. This week is my turn to lead worship on Sunday, so Thursday night is worship practice. Friday I will have to do all the housework I’ve neglected the rest of the week. Sunday will be long — we have two services, so I’ll be there from 7:00 am for sound check until the 2nd service is over at 12:00. I will be glad when we switch to our summer, one-service schedule! All this to say, I might not be blogging much in the next few days. I’ll probably still snatch a few minutes to read others, but not to post on mine. Everything should be back to the normal level of chaos on Monday.

Gotta run,
Carrie

2 Comments

  1. Andrea

    Just curious…what does leading worship mean for you? Singing? Instruments?
    Sounds like a busy week - blessings to you!

    May 25th, 2005 at 7:28 am
  2. Carrie

    Our church has three different worship “leaders” that lead on a rotating basis. When it’s my turn, I am responsible for putting together a worship band — usually guitar, drums, occasionally bass, a sound person — and other singers. I play keyboard and sing lead. I also choose the songs and put together a service order which I then run by my pastor. Our worship style is contemporary worship choruses with one or two hymns per service — so I guess you could say mixed. We belong to a Free Methodist church of around 175 people. The people at our church are wonderful — like an extended family. Although we do not agree with certain of their doctrines — not salvation issues, by any means — we have committed to this church and it “fits” us better than any other in our area. I also lead worship for weekly women’s Bible study, which is just me and a small keyboard. We just stopped meeting for the summer, though, so I’ll get a small break in that area.

    May 25th, 2005 at 9:18 am