Vintage

Dear Parish,

Very often whoever is arranging the flowers at church does so alone, in a church where the only noises she hears are traffic outside and the creaks and mumbles of the building itself.  Speaking purely for myself, these are often peaceful hours in otherwise blustery weeks, and I have come to treasure them.  Other times, Altar Guild members are also there and about their good work, or organists are there rehearsing for a funeral, and those are lovely times, too. My favorite times, though, are before Easter and Christmas, when the building is bustling happily with flower guild members, helpers, altar guild members, rehearsing musicians, and clergy working to make sure everything is in place for one of the Great Celebrations of the church year.