Just Another Day at the Office

As I write this, things are pretty quiet at the church office, but today is not your typical day. Most days the church office is quite a hub of activity and discussion. While I and the other staff do work in the office and have various meetings and discussions, the flurry of activity is not from us. In fact, when just the staff is in the office it is really pretty quiet and calm, even tranquil (compared to the average day anyway). Instead, the bustle usually emanating from the lobby is from our frequent visitors who are here for a variety of reasons. These reasons include;

• Getting a cup of coffee, cocoa or hot cider
• Using the bathroom
• Grabbing some cookies, candy or other snacks that may be available
• Taking a shower
• Having someplace warm and dry to sit
• Saying hi and visiting with us and others
• Getting the latest 411 on what is going on in town
• Spreading the latest 411 on what is (if true) going on in town

We do get a fair share of more "normal" church office activity as well; appointments with the pastors or other staff, people with questions about the church or events, people dropping stuff off or picking stuff up, etc. However, most of the activity is related to the above list. For that reason, things can get pretty interesting here at the office. Sometimes interesting equals funny, sometimes it equates to frustrating and maybe even sometimes angering or disappointing. One thing we can always count on though, is we never really know what to expect.