One of Those Times

Resting after the excitement

Hoping to get an early start, I attended the eight o'clock service. There's less singing, no Sunday School, and a no-nonsense attitude to the liturgy. The service, including communion, is over in 50 minutes. The average attendee is over sixty,

However, today was an infant baptism. There were visitors to greet and plenty of food laid out in the Parish Hall. It was well over an hour before activities wound down. How often do you have a baptism, I asked an old-timer. "Never," she replied. Schedule delays don't normally result in people enjoying themselves, but this was one of those times.