Church Improv

When my friends have stressed over their weddings and the choreography the priest/pastor is asking of them, I've always reminded them that a wedding, like any church service or public ceremony, is always an exercise in improvisation. Things will invariably happen that surprise you or don't go exactly according to plan, and so the worship leader or emcee will improvise around the circumstances. If it's well done, no one will be the wiser.

We had a lot of improv going on today at church. ;)

We started with a substitute acolyte at the last minute, in order to get our candles lit. Not so many minutes later, my pitch cue for the Kyrie was in the wrong key (our organist, bless her heart, had pressed the button on the organ that shifts the key down a step or two in order to help us sing the preceding hymn, and she forget to switch it back). Probably no one noticed that except the organist, me, and anyone with perfect pitch. Later on we shuffled around some music and drafted a communion assistant at the absolute last moment.

Yee-haw!

Sunday mornings are never dull for me, but this was a bit more adventure than normal. And the beautiful part is that probably very few people know the half of it. =)

And now I'm exhausted. It's time to get some food in the belly and then take advantage of some prime afternoon napping time.