A Time for Healing at Powell Church

Today’s service at Powell Church was a day of healing for me.

This was the first Sunday Greg’s been gone since his resignation two weeks ago. Some committed volunteers stepped up to guide the music team in his absence, but a palpable nervous feeling measured heavy on the minds of those of us behind the scenes this morning. As I know the story, Greg elevated the service from a church with good intentions to a church with polish. And so the nervous feeling around the church asks, “Who’s going to shine the shoes now?”

That’s a frustrating place to be in because there’s a realization and grief period that everyone who enjoyed the fruits of the last four years has to go through. Working under Greg was a training ground for me as I learned the ropes of the job. It was a great place to participate in a beautiful service for the music and tech teams. Greg has the skill to let people practice, and mess up, yet tie up loose ends and make sure things go well anyway, so the pressure has stayed low on me and others for the past two years.

Today was a day of healing because after a good service I had a brainstorm with three different band members, and already the sadness from this event has been cut by exciting ideas for the future. I’m one for a challenge and I’m looking forward to creating a good Sunday service at Powell Church. With polish. I say, bring on those dirty shoes—I’ve got loads of Kiwi in my office.

Tags: ministry, Powell Church, service, sunday morning