Thursday, September 8, 2011

Fun with the Church Pictorial Directory


I love taking pictures of people having their picture taken!
- Photos taken, by me, during Rebekah's official "staff-photo" shoot yesterday.

Ah, it's "Picture Directory" time again. People have been in and out of the church all day every day this week, sticking their heads in the preacher's office, chatting up and down the halls, pretty-much grinding day-to-day operations to a halt. But it's all good, because when else can Rebekah fit in dozens of quality pastoral visits per day for an entire week?

So 3:00 was our turn in front of the camera. A few people asked us why Andrew and Naomi weren't going to be in the picture with us! Seriously? They haven't lived here in years! Then a few others said they don't like doing these directories because their mug-shots always look so different from the time before....

"The Preacher" circa 1997
Personally, I think we all look just fine. This will be the third go-round at this church and the first since the kids left home. But I'm OK with the passage of time. We are who we are, and there are plenty of younger families in the church now who have joined since the last directory was produced.
So I stole a few "behind the scenes" photographs while Rebekah was having her staff head-shot taken. Then I pulled out some pics from when we first moved here (see left). In my humble opinion, The Preacher continues to look better every year.


My favorite preacher!
And, if aging a decade and a halfat First Presbyterian of Brandon adds up to:
  • Increasing in beauty...
  • 15 years of additional wisdom...
  • Finely tuned preaching skills...
  • Developing a cutting-edge staff...
  • Plus all this experience as senior pastor at a vibrant faith community...
...Then I'd have to say, "Bring on the next decade, because the best is yet to come!"

I'm looking forward to it - and to the next church picture directory - DEREK

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