Reformation Sunday snuck up on me
We were out late last night at a party (post later, hopefully with pictures), and got home very late. I was, however, determined to get us to church this morning, we've missed a lot of weeks due to family illnesses. And of course I knew I'd want to go next week, too, for Reformation Sunday - after all, it's the Sunday after Oct 31st, right?
Got us up and heading out, running late but not intolerably so, made good time and got there just in time - the announcements were already going, but the procession in with the acolytes and such and opening hymn had not started. We came in and went around to our usual pew, getting there just as they had everyone stand for the opening hymn. I had a moment of thinking "my, the church is well decorated for just a Sunday in Pentecost" - and noticing "there's a lot of people up in the choir loft" - and then as I'm fumbling for the hymnal and starting to look at the bulletin that had been handed to me on the way in, the brass starts playing and OMG it's A Mighty Fortress! *TODAY* is Reformation Sunday.
THEN I notice the extremely high proportion of people wearing red all around me. I never manage to do that - I don't really *own* anything red, I look terrible in it - but I had planned out red outfits for all three kids. For next Sunday.
I'm sorry to not have been prepared for it, but I am glad that we were there. We only sing A Mighty Fortress once a year, after all.
There's a Lutheran church over in Dallas that is doing Reformation Sunday vespers in German this evening. I'm tempted to go to it. I haven't heard a service in German since I was last in Atlanta, way too long ago. My German isn't fluent enough to follow everything, but I'd like the refresher.
Got us up and heading out, running late but not intolerably so, made good time and got there just in time - the announcements were already going, but the procession in with the acolytes and such and opening hymn had not started. We came in and went around to our usual pew, getting there just as they had everyone stand for the opening hymn. I had a moment of thinking "my, the church is well decorated for just a Sunday in Pentecost" - and noticing "there's a lot of people up in the choir loft" - and then as I'm fumbling for the hymnal and starting to look at the bulletin that had been handed to me on the way in, the brass starts playing and OMG it's A Mighty Fortress! *TODAY* is Reformation Sunday.
THEN I notice the extremely high proportion of people wearing red all around me. I never manage to do that - I don't really *own* anything red, I look terrible in it - but I had planned out red outfits for all three kids. For next Sunday.
I'm sorry to not have been prepared for it, but I am glad that we were there. We only sing A Mighty Fortress once a year, after all.
There's a Lutheran church over in Dallas that is doing Reformation Sunday vespers in German this evening. I'm tempted to go to it. I haven't heard a service in German since I was last in Atlanta, way too long ago. My German isn't fluent enough to follow everything, but I'd like the refresher.