Monthly Archives: April 2010

Easter as the Director of Congregational Services: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.

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Well. Last week was a bit nuts. For more reasons than just being on staff as the person to pull the Sunday worship service/environment together. But some elements of the week were fabulously exciting.

Here’s a portion of my pre-Easter efforts, along with a few other fabulous creative friends who helped me put it all in place:

This is the second “set design” I’ve ever been a part of. The first one was just a few months ago, and I loved it but never got around to actually documenting it for y’all. I really regret that, because the set showed an element of my life that I’d love for y’all to see. Plus, pulling it off nearly killed me.

The current set is a spin-off of a recent Anthropologie magazine, thanks to a creative friend. It took me about a month to gather up all the doors. You see 9(?) in the set, but there are also about a dozen+ more that are decorated and painted and free-standing around the exterior of our campus, thanks to a ton of other creative friends at church. Big yay for creativity. And if you ask WHERE I got all those, my canned cryptic response is: “I know a guy who knows a guy.” Sorry. Can’t reveal all my secrets.

Anyway. Doors. LOTS of doors. And lots of time and lots of stress over lots of doors.

And lots of people who helped make the doors possible. So if you see me coming the week before Easter, run! Because I may put you to work! :)

I’ve decided that set design – while completely exhausting and always accompanied by a moment or three of sheer panic – might be my absolute favorite part of my job.

Let me be clear: I love the fact that I actually really get to do this from time to time!! LUHUHUHUHUHVVVVVV it!

I had to tell her…

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Just a few weeks back, she asked me to disciple her. To mentor her as a type of spiritual big sister. I know what that request means. I’ve been well-trained in it.

But this time I don’t feel ready. I don’t feel adequate. I don’t feel like anything about me is worth following. Yeah I’m on staff at a church, but I’m also at a place where I’m trying to put the spiritual pieces back together, and it’s slow-going… My pastor knows this. My husband knows this. And they both still believe in me.

Probably more than I believe in myself.

God has been gracious. Forgiving. Present. I know that.

But there’s quite a responsibility that comes with Spiritual influence. I know the weight of “discipling” someone. The assumption that you are praying for them. That you are challenging their faith. That you are setting a Godly example for them.

If anything, she would be challenging me. She would set the Godly example for me. She’s amazingly strong, brave, honest, sincere, and creative. She’s a rock-star of a young woman, building a fascinating discipleship program in our area. I’m already so stinking proud of her and I hardly know her. Yet.

I sat across from her at Starbucks two weeks ago, and I had to tell her that I wasn’t who she thought I was. I talked about how I don’t have it all together. I explained all the things that she doesn’t quite see.

She still wants to do this.

And I don’t know what to tell her.

But I sure as heck don’t want her to turn out like me.