Waiting for the meeting to start

Twice in one day I arrived early for my church event in order to work on the booklet project. This morning I got to church right after 9:00 a.m. to find no one there, except those in the preschool. That does not help me get into the office portion of the classroom building. I had to stop at the church, unlock that door, located the ‘hidden’ key for the other building, and then admit myself. Mental notes being made to remember to put the hidden key back again.

Once in, I located the printed booklet pages and its cover on the shelf where Lynne stored them for me. I grabbed the stapler and as I was gathering the materials in my arms, Pastor came in.  We greeted each other and he asked, I thought jokingly, if I was working as the secretary today. I sort of laughed it off, saying I was working on the booklet. What I did not know at the time was Lynne had called in sick this a.m. I was not interested in working in the office, especially since Debbie has been working along side Lynne for some time already. I had my project to tackle!

Pastor came into the room where I was working to make coffee and he mentioned how nice it was to have Justin coming to church with me. It is! He also thanked me for tackling the project of editing the Time and Talent Sheets and Opportunities book, saying it was one of those jobs that needed doing but got back-burnered all the time. I accepted his thanks and then mentioned I was missing the gene which allowed me to figure out how to print off the booklets and put them together.

When talking with Kristi about it at choir the other night, she said I should not worry about it---that I do things she has no concept about how to do. We all have a gift or don’t have a gift, as the case might be. I can actually now staple them together, as the copier puts the pages in the order, switching the groups of pages together per booklet. I love the guy (or gal) who figured out how to have the machinery do that for us!

I did not get finished before Bible study began, so pushed the project into the middle of the table for finishing up tonight, before Ladies’ Group. Justin was planning to attend the Young Republican’s meeting with his friend, Sarah, this evening so we arranged for him to drop me off at church and then go on his way. As we pulled into the lot, two of the staff members from the preschool were standing at their cars, talking, so I knew I would have to once more get the secret keys to let myself into the classroom building. A couple minutes sooner and they could have gone through the preschool to let me in---rats!

I have finished the project now, counted out the number that I need to put in the mailboxes, to match the booklets with the personalized Time and Talent Sheets, which are at home. I might not load them into the mailboxes until Thursday night as Mike wants to make an announcement about them on Sunday morning. If I put them in for Wednesday night, some would have already taken them home and I would rather they have them in hand for Mike’s little talk. I have to come back that night anyway for BIC so it’s not a wasted trip.Almost mission accomplished!!