Hi guys,
I normally would email about this on sunday to you guys, but that has changed. I'll just add emailing you guys to the weekly email that I send to my spiritual director. A bit of news to follow, but this past week in review first.
So things were going fairly smoothly until sometime last week. I'm not entirely sure what happened. My dad came home and I don't know, my sleeping schedule got mixed up and here I am, not able to get up at 7:30 right now. I've tried dilligently for the last few days, I will get back on track, I will.
The same sort of thing has happened with my daily rounds of morning and evening prayer. If you're FB friends of mine I haven't posted both in a few days. I'm lucky to get one posted.
So, on this past Sunday, I got a chance to read the scriptures and the psalm for the first time. Nervous doesn't describe my feelings. That was a rather odd feeling for me. I can stand in front of cameras and I can stand in front of a presentation, but standing up to read in church is nervewracking. I think the difference here is that I was reading.
Reading aloud isn't something I did a lot as a kid. Not really sure why, but as I've gotten older, my primary mode of reading has been listening to either JAWS or to books on tape, or in the Sunday school class at CoOS the folks in that class would pass a book and read it. So I never did that.
I've had a bit of practice in Rob's Bible Bread & Wine class. That has been a good experience. Finding a good font, size, and lighting issues make reading out loud a source of anxiety for me. I generally have talking points for presentations, so reading out loud is different.
All that being said, it went really well. Rob practiced with me beforehand. He wanted to make sure I was safe traveling around. Of course I was fine, I had Doc. When I took Doc up there with me, he had a hard time settling, but once he did, he put his chin on top of my shoe. That made me feel better.
Once we'd read the Gospel and it was time for Rob's sermon, he said that when someone does something new for the first time, it's better not to acknowledge it, so he said that Doc did a good job. That one made me laugh.
So, the cool part is I've done it and doing it again will be that little bit easier. The really neat part is that I'm reading on Palm Sunday. The call came out for who wanted to do what and I said I'd never done anything during Holy Week before but would like to, so there ya go.
Now, as far as process stuff goes, I've gathered all the paperwork I have to send in. My references have been asked and given a deadline. I've got the appointment for the physical exam scheduled with my family doctor all that's left is to send in my packet, and call the psychologist in Columbia to schedule the testing. Once I have the date for that, things can start moving.
Speaking of my process and CoOS, I got the Acorn today and found out that Charlie- my sponsoring priest is going to be retiring in June. I'm not in panic mode, I'm actually more curious as to what happens to my process. If I don't meet with the Bishop until after June, who goes with me? Even if I meet with him before then, who gets the responsibility of being my sponsoring priest?
I actually kind of find this funny. My process has been full of transitions of all kinds from the very beginning, but I guess with any kind of discernment there comes transitions.
We shall see,
I'll keep you guys posted.
Oh and btw, I'm going to be up in Rock Hill on the 2nd to help with the food packaging event. I figured it'd give me a chance to see some people. I miss you guys.
Peace,
Nancy
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