I am finding writing on a regular basis is a much harder habit to form than I thought it would be. So for the present, I won’t even say that I am going to do better. (It’s funny though, because I feel – right now anyway – as though I have a lot of things to share. So we’ll see.)

I’ve had some time today to reflect on last night’s Worship and Music meeting. Although we may not have done one single BIG thing, we really did get a lot of planning accomplished. We are going to switch to setting one, ELW, starting with the first Sunday in Advent, November 29 this year. As part of that we have about an eight week plan for how and when we are going to introduce the parts of the liturgy to the worshiping assembly. Cool stuff, huh!

And if that wouldn’t be enough for one night we have an idea of what we want to do with all of the “special” Sundays from now until Christmas 1 in the end of December. Now that is really cool! October 11 is “Vision for Mission” Sunday, followed by “Commitment” Sunday on the 18th, both as part of our fall stewardship campaign. (I should probably also share a reminder that we will be having a Congregational Dinner on Saturday, October 17 – keep your eye out for more details.) And of course on October 25 we will be celebrating “Reformation” Sunday.

November 1 is of course “All Saints” Sunday, when we will remember those who have gone on to the Church Triumphant, and the 29th, as I said, is the first Sunday in Advent.

December is chocked full of special events. We will start and end the month with two different “Lessons and Carols,” the “Children’s Program” will be on the 13th, and the Cantata will be on the 20th!!! On Christmas Eve we will have two services similar to what we did last year.

As you can see – a very productive meeting. We did miss the participation of our past committee chair however, and we’re sorry that she can not participate at this time. We hope and pray that she will be able to return to her post soon, and in the mean time, we will be looking for another person who feels called to serve in this capacity to help us out.