Thankful and Busy

I am short on time today, too many projects going on. Have you ever noticed how Technical Ministry is either feast or famine? I also get caught too much in the tyranny of the urgent. Some last minute detail or issue invariably destroys my to-do list at least twice a week.

Anyway, I wrote about training and empowerment on Monday and those lessons have been strongly reinforced today. In the midst of all the projects I have going, this happens to be the week we are changing the stage design. My involvement with the stage design is minimal, but we have to program a new lighting design to go with the stage change.

I needed help with a project; it was a two man job so I called one of my team members. He was able to show up an hour later ready to help. He helped me quickly finish the one project and then took over the task of the new lighting design.

I did not have time to provide any details beyond “what you see is what you get”. I left to handle another project and trusted him to give me something suitable for the coming weekend. I saw his finished product just a little while ago and it looks great. In my current stressed state, I could not have even conceived of the design he programmed. My design would have been much, much simpler.

I will end my post today with thankfulness for the lessons learned and for great team members who are willing to put a lot of time and energy into the ministry here at the church.