It's been a very busy week, but one with a HUGE payoff. The women's Christmas Brunch was this morning. Since I am the "head volunteer" over this event, it means I am the first to arrive at every part, and the last to lock the door and leave. I spent a few hours shopping...several times. I made the centerpiece. GASP. I know, I know. I am not known as a craftsy person. "But God" (one of my favorite Biblical sayings) has a fabulous sense of adventure and humor. He gave me a vision..not of the whole event this time, but of the centerpieces. So, I set about making them. I have a picture of the prototype..the finished project looks much better.
So, that was an adventure that I just don't have the strength to re-tell. It did come out lovely, with the help of my sweet friend Clyrinda. SHE has the gift I covet. The gift of tissue paper. She is the queen! Somehow, I can't get it to fluff and fold properly. She says I try too hard, she may be right! Maybe it wasn't enough serious attention when mom was trying to teach me the task of laundry. I dunno. I do know that Clyrinda was my angel.
Next, there were all the phone calls lining up volunteers and assigning them tasks that fit with their schedule, and my needs. What a lovely group of women God blessed me with!! They were a joy to serve alongside. We had quite the party, ironing gargantuan tablecloths while listening to Christmas music. 5 hours later, the Sanctuary was set up, and the fellowship hall returned to a state of semi-confusion. Not bad, if I do say so myself!
Then, there was the shopping for the food. Brunch, you understand, requires much attention to detail in the way of lovely presentation, and yummy unusual foods. Women need their food to be filling, without over-filling. We simply cannot be seen stuffing ourselves. And if it doesn't look tempting and tantalizing, we don't even bother. We'd rather go home and raid the cupboard. So, with the amazing simplicity of Costco, we brunched on Roasted Red Pepper and Gouda Quiche (or Smoked Bacon and Cheddar), Cinnamon Pound Cake, and sliced Oranges. Add to that a coffee bar with 6, count 'em 6, flavored creamers, hot cocoa and hot apple cider. It was lovely. and Yummy!
Clean up was ... worth it. I got there at 7:15 this morning, and locked up at 1:45. Not bad, not bad! The rain gave us a wonderful Christmassy feel (this is San Diego, remember), the worship was lovely, the message perfectly in tune with the theme, and - Here's the best of all 2 ladies accepted the Lord for the first time.
What more could you ask for?
Don't ask my feet and legs that question, ok?
God is good, and my Christmas season is off to a marvelous start. Next: preparing for Heather's arrival Oh, if you could only see the smile on my face!
4 comments:
I am so thankful for you and your dedication to the Lord. The brunch was lovely, as always...I laughed, I cried, I was blessed. Thank you.
What wonderful brunch with a great message. I must say the center piece was beautiful. See you on Friday.
So your legs were singing and your dogs were barking, with all that noise going on it's a wonder you were able to think while composing this blog! :-D
You are a serious mighty mouse, darlin'! Don't ever let anyone say to you that you are "just a volunteer". That means you are more dedicated and a lot more crazy than those who get paid to do the same thing!
Thank you for your blood, sweat, and tears over this brunch, I know that in the end, you were blessed because of it. I thank you for the rest of us that were blessed as a result as well.
Sounds like a complete success!
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