First Day of Class

Someone informed me recently that I do not have dates on my blog for the class start up. How I missed that I'm not sure, but I guess that would be a question on every one's mind.

First Class
- Thursday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m. CST
- Saturday, April 7 at .....TBD

I have found that I hate making executive decisions. Maybe it's not the decision making process as much as wanting to please all people at all times and without the input of everyone involved, I'd rather punt than take the plunge and call it. Being a people pleaser is so overrated.

In this situation, I've made a compromise. I pulled the trigger and made the executive decision of Thursday's time. Now will you help me out on Saturday's time frame? I'd prefer to do late morning or early evening (say 9:00 a.m. or around 5:00 p.m.). Keeping in mind that the class will last 2 hours, can I get a show of hands on morning vs. night on Saturday? I know many pianists are involved in the ministry and have Saturday duties, which usually happen during morning hours. That being said, maybe those involved in Saturday ministries will prefer the Thur night class anyhow. My preference would be Sat a.m. but I aim to please, so I'm open to morning or evening. (At least I narrowed it down...that right there, my friends, is accomplishment)

On another note (no pun intended), our family is spending a few days in the Denver area at a Home Missions Conference (essentially the equivalent of a church planting conference) at First Baptist Church of Englewood, CO. Doug and I attended the for first time 2 years ago and knew then we'd be returning as often as possible. Last year was out of the question with the looming building project we faced last summer. But we had to be here this year and already, just after one service, the preaching, testimonies of church planters, music and fellowship have been epic! My D.H. will be giving a testimony tomorrow, particularly discussing our remodeling process last year. He'll be sharing with upcoming church planters some of the hoops and red tape we had to dodge (or didn't dodge) with the city. Anyhow, he'll be mentioning my CD, a congregational CD I've made for church planters without a pianist to use, and our upcoming course. We'll see if we yield any more classmates as a result. :)

Two years ago during the second day of preaching, I wasn't feeling quite right. I spent that night praying to the porcelain god, but I was fine the next day. One of our kids seemed a little ill for one evening after service, but then all seemed well. After arriving home on Friday, a volcanic eruption overtook my poor tummy. This time it was a stomach bug on steroids and little by little, the rest of the Ertsons dropped like flies. Funny how I can't shake this feeling that a deja vu moment is going to overtake me tomorrow night...