so you think it's quiet during the week in a church?

Some days it is quiet here. But some mornings look like this in our nursery.

Or, take an afternoon like right now. As I sit here, blogging as a reward after bustling about laying out materials for the Sunday lessons, this is going on in the building:

• The minister is meeting with a congregant in his office.
• That congregants kids are hanging out in the nursery, "self-regulating".
• There is a group here setting up the Audio/Visual presentation needs of a Saturday event.
• The church administrator is hard at work on her computer, almost hidden by the huge pile of work on her desk.
• The volunteer who takes care of our kitchen is here cleaning and grinding coffee for Sunday.
• The volunteer who manages the artwork hanging in our sanctuary is here changing out the art work.
• There is someone making photocopies in the work room.

It's not happening right now, but at any time there could be folks walking through our doors looking for help with money or food. There could be people coming to look over the space for a possible wedding location, or a funeral location. Sometimes, this place feels far from quiet.