Sunday Scrapbook: Moments from the Week

 

Happy Easter! He is risen; He is risen indeed! I pray that you have a tenderly beautiful day celebrating and worshiping the Lord! I am so excited for this day and can’t wait to tell you all about it later this week. Meanwhile, here’s a glance back at the highlights from Holy Week.

One of my favorite things about last Sunday was the rest I enjoyed after church. We were able to come home and take naps – and it was so amazing. It was also warm enough to go for a walk before dinner, and Lexi was especially excited about that.

I spent all day Monday at the church, and the staff worked together to set up the stations for Journey to the Cross. I worked together with Bridgette and Chris to set up the Garden of Gethsemane. Trees everywhere!

Tuesday was another busy day…lots of little prep. Gift bags for baptism candidates. Lists for the rest of the week. Ryan helped set up the baptistry. I filled tiny communion cups. And we ended the day with choir practice for the Good Friday service. It was the first time the choir/narration/drama were all together in the same space, and it was POWERFUL.

Lexi got a sweet new haircut this week, and I wanted to just cry with joy when I picked her up, because the groomer said this was her best visit yet. (For her whole life until this year, she went to the same place for grooming. She had a groomer she loved, but that lady ended up moving elsewhere. I don’t know what happened with the new one who took over with Lexi, but Lexi was struggling and scared. We’ve found someone new and to hear that the fear is subsiding is SUCH a relief.)

I spent the entire day and evening on Thursday working on our church’s Love Feast, and it was an overwhelmingly beautiful day. I was so proud of our deacons for their hard work. I was so proud of our church for showing UP (we doubled our attendance from last year!), and I was overwhelmed by the presence and kindness of the Lord in that service. It was a long work day, but it didn’t feel like a long work day. It just felt beautiful.

Friday I participated in two Good Friday services. Ryan and I were both part of the one at our church: he was in the choir and I was the narrator. I watched it back online after we came home and cried at the power of the shadow drama that accompanied the music. (I couldn’t see it from my stand, which was probably a really good thing, or I would have cried all the way through it.)

Yesterday morning we had a bit of a scare with Miss Lexi Grae. She had her annual checkup/vaccinations, and she ended up having an allergic reaction on the way home. This has never happened before, and it was scary! I turned around and took her back, and they were able to get her some Benadryl and monitor her for a while. She is okay now, but she sure scared us! (Three cheers for Ryan dropping everything he was doing to come be with me at the vet when that happened.)