Going missing...
Heh! I keep thinking I should do that “Five things” meme that’s doing the rounds at the moment – you know, the one where you reveal 5 things you’ve never revealed on your blog before. But I’m not going to, because, well, some things haven’t been revealed for a REASON!!!
But we could go with one of them – I used to sing in the church choir. And I still do, very occasionally – usually when John is “on duty” as sidesperson, so we get there early, and the organist nobbles me. This is fine – I love singing with the choir, I’m very grateful that they don’t stress about the fact that I never attend rehearsals and it’s lovely that I get so much thanks for doing something so self-indulgent. EXCEPT that if John is being sidesperson, he’s also doing one of the readings, and “doing” the chalice. Which means that he can’t look after a 2 3/4 year-old girl. (Adam spends most of the time at Godly Play, so doesn’t need having an eye kept on him in the same way.) And it’s difficult enough sight-singing while watching the conductor. Just try keeping an eye on a little girl with very definite ideas of her own at the same time.
This morning I was one of 4 sopranos (another of whom was sight-singing). So there were enough voices there that I wasn’t essential, but equally, had I stopped singing it would have been noticeable. So when Ruth decided to go for a wander during the anthem I let her go. But then when we’d finished I couldn’t see her anywhere. I shrugged at a few members of the congregation (in our church the choir stalls are at the back of the church, so this whole performance went unnoticed by most people). I asked a couple of others if they’d seen my daughter. Nope. Well, the doors are closed, she can’t have got far, she’s not raiding the biscuits, she’s not creating havoc at the altar-rail. She’ll turn up eventually.
She did.
She was hiding in the pulpit.
Hey ho.
four comments:
Church should be fun to youngsters, it keeps them going and if they’re safe, (ie door shut!) they can’t get up to too much trouble. It’s when they get to nine or ten years old and are in the choir, during communion, Matins, or Even Song. Or peoples weddings…I know someone else reading this giving a groan in shame.
Louise () (link) - 22 January '07 - 11:04
Hilarious! At least she feels like she can make herself at home at church, isn’t that the way a church should be?Kate () (link) - 22 January '07 - 13:56
Did she try to take over the sermon? Hilarious.I spent most of last Sunday’s sermon being all gratified at the knitting and wool references cited and not so much paying attention.
Carrie K () (link) - 24 January '07 - 01:20
That’s pretty funny! I think I would have been laughing and embarrassed at the same time if Girly pulled that one.Dorothy B () (link) - 25 January '07 - 15:04
