The Best Kind of Tired
By Joe Mazza, joe.mazza@broomfieldumc.org
I am tired today, and have been for the past couple of weeks.
Last Sunday in the chapel, we held a baptism service that was also a preview of our new 505 service. We experienced nearly 20 people commit or recommit their lives to Christ through the sacrament of baptism. It was amazing. We had no idea how many would show up but the chapel was nearly full.
So why does that make me tired? Because in addition to there being 11 services in the span of eight days at BUMC, many of us staff, along with dedicated volunteers, have been spending the last few weeks preparing for this baptism service and the 505 service - shopping trips to make sure the room feels right for this new experience, working out new technology that we've never used at BUMC before to create visuals that fit the space, and bringing music teams together and praying over, then choosing music that will fit what we feel God is doing. All these details that go into a new service have been keeping us busy - not to mention the fact that Easter is fewer than 50 days away!
In my Monday meeting with Ken, we both agreed that this kind of tired is the absolute best kind of tired. We're tired not because we're spinning our wheels with the daily grind but because we're getting to participate in incredible work that God is doing at BUMC. I hope you'll participate too by coming to our Ash Wednesday service tonight at 7:00pm and the first 505 service on Sunday evening!
Originally posted on the BUMC Blog on Feb. 13, 2013.
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