Two services, little listening
Today there was the monthly service in the afternoon at Rovereto, which meant that I was at two services. They did go well, there were for example a lot of people at Rovereto, but personally I did not get much benefit out of them. In the morning at Trento, I was with my Sunday School class the whole time. Usually the Sunday School starts half an hour after the service begins, so there is at least a bit of time to listen and sing with everybody. But today I needed to work with the children the whole time, to prepare for the end of year presentation in two weeks’ time. I would say what we were doing, but it is a secret and people in the church are reading this, so I will have to wait before I reveal what we did! Anyway, we finished just in time to catch a couple of announcements at the end of the service. Then at Rovereto it was my turn to preach, which means not receiving much during the sermon (although I been encouraged and challenged whilst I was preparing it), and even during the service, before I preached, I was distracted by thinking about what I would say. Although at least the service after the sermon was more useful for me, and I could listen and sing a bit better.
This week, as with most weeks around this period, apart from the usual activities, will be busy for both Pinuccia and me getting things ready for the Sunday School presentation and for the children’s camp next month. There is quite a bit of preparation for both of them still, so pray for that.