"How many (fill in the blank) does it take to change a light bulb?" No doubt you've heard those jokes. Well, let me ask this one; do you know how many friends and family it takes to throw a
bon voyage shindig for a local pastor? A lot!
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Our church's founding pastor was given a going away party. The honor of serving as the emcee was awarded to yours truly. Maybe they knew how much I love being a mic jockey or maybe it was that after you eliminate all the distinguished guests and all the people serving in other capacities, I was the only one left.
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Whatever the reason, I feel a twinge of guilt, because the program was for someone else's honor and I enjoyed my part soooo much!
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That night, the honor went to the pastor and his Mrs, but the credit went to a plethora of volunteers. The morning after, I went through the pictures and I found myself wishing that I had captured more of this and that. We have a few shots of the servers as they waited on our tables. I wish I had the artists as they painted panels or created center pieces. The shoppers gathering all the supplies from different stores. The script writer looking for appropriate verses on the computer. The bands and choirs at their rehearsals. The cooks preparing the meals. The childcare volunteers in the other rooms. The sound and video teams. Who knows what else!
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All I did was strap on a necktie and get up front to read segments of a script (that somebody else wrote), but there was a whole lotta people that invested a huge amount of time into putting it all together.
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Mr. Big Shot Emcee over here will have a slice of humble pie now. :-)
Have a gander at that beautiful thing in the frame. Oh look--there is a photo of mine inside there, too! ;-)
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