Greetings to my...five loyal readers. :)
This past weekend was a busy, but immensely enjoyable. It also included a great deal of firsts. I wanted to take some time to share them with you.
On Friday, I was part of my first wedding rehearsal. Thankfully, with the wedding being hosted outdoors at the Paine Art Center, the wedding planner took primary responsibility for running the show. This helped to assuage some of the angst I was feeling for my portion of the rehearsal. When Christa and I got married, our rehearsal was quite the show. I was with friends that I hadn't seen for awhile, so we joked around...a lot. We were squirrelly and not very attentive. I could only hope they wouldn't be that way for me. They weren't. Thank goodness. :)
The wedding on Saturday was absolutely wonderful. The weather was perfect. It was 78 degrees and sunny. Perhaps a little too sunny for the pastor who was slightly nervous and in direct line of sight to the sun. I was sweating quite a bit. Enough, in fact, that when beginning my homily a bead of sweat made it into my eye and caused me to give a one-eyed sermon for about 10 seconds. Other than that, the ceremony went very well. Everything came together well.
On Sunday, we had the service to celebrate the Byron Center, as it will be closing later this year. There were many who shared wonderful memories and wonderful friendships that were fostered on those grounds. It was also nice to hear a message from Steve Polster and work with my circuit colleagues on the service.
