Early Christmas

Dec 24 2009

I’ve already gotten a paramount-to-my-life and “unpurchasable” gift: A fantastic music pastor candidate.

8 responses so far

  1. michael
    on 24 Dec 2009 at 2:18 pm

    Outstanding! Is it Chad?

  2. Sharolyn
    on 24 Dec 2009 at 2:22 pm

    That would be quite entertaining, to watch our church and Chad interact with one another!

    I wrote a whole post about it, but it read like a Doogie Howser diary entry. So I just cut to the chase. But I will say that the first time I encountered him was at a music seminar. He talked (and interacted) for about an hour, and had the depth and wisdom of a good Christian marriage and family therapist. In the back of my head passed the thought, “If he needs me to play, I will.” Then he sat down on the bench. Let’s just say he did not need me to play.

    He would be wonderful no matter what, but I kind of like that I really liked this guy before I heard him play or sing one note.

  3. Sharolyn
    on 24 Dec 2009 at 2:28 pm

    BTW, thank you, Mike and Gretchen, for being a sounding board on this issue during your last visit. It has been a lloonngg two and a half years, but I’m glad that we’ve waited (which is easier to say now that it’s almost over). We never dreamed it would take this long.

    He leads worship on Jan. 10 and we vote on Jan. 17. Unless he’s hiding seven wives that we haven’t found out about yet, I can’t imagine it not going well.

    (Cue Handel: Hallelujah!! Hallelujah!!…)

  4. michael
    on 25 Dec 2009 at 12:35 am

    “Unless he’s hiding seven wives …”

    That just means he keeps “the whole council of God,” right?

  5. Gretchen Lee
    on 25 Dec 2009 at 8:47 am

    That a is a wonderful Christmas present indeed Sharolyn!
    And a very Merry Christmas to all of you at the Roadhouse!

  6. Chad
    on 26 Dec 2009 at 1:29 am

    Hehe. Is it Chad.

    Can you imagine me attempting to keep a straight face, being interviewed by the Worship Pastor Search Committee that Sharolyn just happens to be sitting on? I’d be fighting every God-given instinct I’ve ever possessed, and that’s only suppressing the fart noises.

  7. sharolyn
    on 26 Dec 2009 at 7:39 am

    Chad, I am imagining something akin to SNL. :) Besides, I might be inclined to put on a Darth Vadar helmet from the congregation when no one is looking. Or swap your Bible for a Book of Mormon and watch you walk around with it. Or snicker while requiring to hear an on-the-spot tritone transposition. Yes, there could be quite some shenanigans.

  8. sharolyn
    on 27 Dec 2009 at 1:22 pm

    So, in review… taking inventory of goals for 2010…

    -Find candidate who, among other things, directed a high school vocal jazz ensemble rated “best” by Downbeat Magazine…

    -Reform public school finance…

    -Finish Season One of Thirtysomething.

    PHEW! Check the first one off!!

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