Categories: church
Date: 17 August 2009 21:15:46
Now as I understand it, the aim of a curate going on holiday is to maximize the time away, while minimizing the number of Sundays away (only allowed 4 per year). We tried out this theory, taking a Monday to Saturday the week following holiday. I fear that this may not be a sensible strategy in future.
I knew that all I was doing on the Sunday was leading the prayers at 2 services, but which two? Convinced it was the 8am and mid-morning services, I duly prepared them on Saturday evening, before checking my diary. D'oh - the mid-morning and the evening. Ah well, but the alarm clock still went off in time for the 8am.
Having an accidental pre-mid-morning snooze left little time for preparation for the mid-morning service. Result - standing in the Gospel procession, unable to remember whether to lead it back to the altar or reverse order and follow the others. (Turns out it was the latter - I of course chose the former). Not to worry - all these things are minor.
Come the end of the day, sitting down for tea at 5.45pm, something just niggled. Was I really sure that the service was at 6.30pm? Should I check? The first mouthful of lasagne teasing the taste buds, I reached for my diary for peace of mind. Nooooooooo. Church 3 miles away, service at 6pm. An hour later, I was back at home, finally eating lasagne - not a meal I recommend interrupting after one mouthful.
A bit of a blonde day.
On the plus side, turns out I won some champagne in the raffle that was drawn while I was away. I wonder how many raffle prizes it is polite to win? I wouldn't want to become the family that everyone hates because they always win.