Valentine's Day Date(s)

Yesterday was the best Valentine's Day I've ever had. It's hard to explain why it was so great; it wasn't even an out of the ordinary day.

I went to covenant group first thing and talked to Amy and Jen about the Maryland Primary results, and Jen told me about her family seeing Rent. After that I visited Bud and Marilyn. Bud is one of the pillars of our church, and he has cancer. He's been stuck at home for a couple weeks, so I stopped by to chat. I told him that I'm resigning my job (have I mentioned that on here yet?) and he was very supportive of my plans. I went to the office and did some work, and while I was there my dad dropped off my new phone. Then I taught confirmation (and noticed that there is lots of infatuation blooming in our class), and ate at our church's weekly fellowship dinner.

Maybe it was such a great Valentine's Day because I didn't hear about it being Valentine's Day until it was half over. More likely it was because I was busy doing things I like and seeing people I care about; it was full of all the things that make my life fulfilling.

Ehhh

I am so tired. This weekend was really long, but it was actually really great. Saturday morning was a discernment group, where I am meeting with others who are experiencing a feeling of being called to something. It was our first meeting and it was actually really helpful listening to other peoples' stories of how they have experienced God. Then, in the afternoon, we had our first leadership meeting of the new year, with our new administrative structure in place. It was a really good meeting, and I met with some of the members of our young peoples' ministry committee, where we mostly listened to the two youth about their vision for the ministry.

Today was also long, but good. I preached on singleness at all three services. It was really cool to have Jess, Loretta, Jackie, and my Uncle Tom all come to see me. I thought the message went pretty well, and a lot of people thanked me for speaking out in affirmation of single people (we are not incomplete!) I got to meet Jackie's sister Michelle, and Michelle's boyfriend at lunch. Then I went to Walmart to get playdough and went to set up youth group. We had two youth group meetings, which went pretty well and then went home. This was one of those weekends where I really felt good about the relationships I've formed in ministry. I love it when I can just sit and talk to kids, especially when they are willing to talk back.

One of the points I made in my sermon was this: when would I find time to have a boyfriend???