Sunday at Gol and Hegre

Well, I survived my first Sunday worship at two different churches that use two different services from two different hymnals. Their two pastors were both on vacation, so I was on my own. The folks at both Gol Lutheran Church and Hegre Lutheran Church are welcoming and easygoing, so not only did I survive, everything went really well and I had a great time.

The timeframe is quite tight (9:00 at Gol, 10:30 at Hegre, about a 10-minute drive in between). I finished shaking hands at Gol at 9:15, dashed off to Hegre, drove a few minutes, and realized my sermon was sitting in the pulpit at Gol! So I turned around to get it. Had I been much further, I would have done without and tried to wing it, but I really don't think that would have been pretty. I still got to Hegre at maybe 10:33, so worship probably started about 10:40. Fortunately they're old pros at this and they're patient.

At Hegre (prounounced Hay-gree) a fabulous 11-year-old assisting minister did a couple parts of the service, and I told her she's welcome to do more whenever she'd like. I was thrilled at her participation, and I think she enjoyed it too.

Unfortunately, with the crazy schedule, I only got a couple pictures of Gol and none of Hegre, so I guess you'll have to wait until next time around for those. I have some other pictures coming up this week, though, of course!