you attended church out of doors?
I arrived at the church house for Sunday evening worship to find two of the women sitting outside in the sun chatting. One of the men came out with a chair and said I could use it while he went in to get another for himself. As I am not supposed to be in direct sunlight, I chose to sit in the shade – the sun was beautiful and it was warm – and there was just a hint of wind which kept the skeeters at bay.
We sat like that and chatted a bit until the pastor came with his family and then more families showed up. We sort of joked with pastor that we should have service outdoors and he agreed(!) Soon he and one of the men were carrying out a small pulpit and the youth were carrying out hymn books.
We sang “acalpulco” and let our voices just carry through the early evening. Pastor preached a great message – Job 1 – and, well, it was just very nice. We don’t get that many lovely evenings this late in the summer so it was nice to enjoy that one.
I love it that our small body of believers is so willing to love each other and to enjoy the moment while we prepare for the eternity, you know?
Only in Alaska – okay, maybe not only . . . but it was very Alaska-like – very purplemoose-like (I live in Alaska . . . I make my own fun . . .)