A Little Bit of Hero in Us All

Not to long ago, in the far off land of New Mexico, we celebrated heroes.  It was the end of a month long drive to find the heroes among us.  It started innocently enough, and easily enough, at least for me.  I sit with Grandpa! Mr. Terry at the church might not think so.  All of my kids act as acolytes.  They love to be the ones to light the candles, to walk proudly in front of the church in the beginning and end of service.  Through service, they sit with Mr. Terry, a very kind and patient gentleman with the silver hair of knowledge.  He is a saint.  Between girl giggles and twins poking each other, he keeps the acolytes calm and focused on their part in worship services.  A steady supply of teddy grahams helps.  On this particular day, since we were wrapping up a summer and a month of heroes, all the acolytes were there, to show their part in the community.  There were fourteen.  Mr. Terry kept calm rein on them, no one burned the church or alter cloth, no one dropped the offer and no one killed any one. 

After service we were treated to a display of hands on learning from the sheriff's department, the police department, the fire department and some fun activities from the church.  There was a cake walk, which is a William favorite, there was face painting and a wonderful game called Holy Hosing.  The children tried to throw a football through a hoop.  If they make it, they get to hose the pastor down with a fire hose.  James and Conner managed to give the pastor a good shower!  Caitlyn did sidewalk chalk drawings and Conner learned the finer points of hand bells.  Grandpa Tom was able to go through the group and I even snapped a great photo of him with the other two former Navy Sea Bees we have in our congregation.  Many, many thanks to the volunteers and servicemen and women who make this day so much fun!

And how was your day?