Getting Ready

There is so much to do to get ready to go! Reservations to make, schedules to set up, people to contact, letters to write--and that is just on the "going" end! Here at church, I need to get my office straightened up (eek!), sort out which books to take and which to leave, go over all the many details of my days and weeks with Rich Pollock, as well as do the "regular" stuff of daily life in the church. I'm also plunging into the world of blogging, so that all of you can participate with me in the sabbatical. This is exciting, but a bit stressful!

I'm so grateful, though, for the opportunity to "go aside for a while" to replenish myself, to learn something about making worship meaningful, to visit with my loved ones, and to get to know folks in churches all around the Southeast.

My "swan song" at the Presbytery meeting was participating in a Mission Skit written by Jeff Kackley, pastor at First Pulaski. He wrote an amazing, hilarious script. I had the starring role: "Little Bubba Church" of Bubbaville Presbyterian. It was great fun to ham it up and get to dress like Gomer Pyle. I am sure I will never live that down! Unfortunately, here's the last look the Presbytery got of me: