Reformation Sunday

In honor of today's being Reformation Sunday, we all wore red to church today. A family of religious geeks, yes, I know. Poor Suzanna's tonsils are as big as golf balls, so she stayed home from Sunday school (with Susan) while I took Hillary to her class and then joined Abigail for the third of three Sundays that parents and third-graders have together been studying the Bible as a pre-confirmation thing. Abigail was supposed to have chosen one of four Bible verses to memorize (she memorized all four) and to memorize the first few books of the Old and New Testaments (she memorized all the books of the Bible). So, she did just fine!

Susan and Suzanna arrived just before church so that we could meet with Larry and Margaret, the couple assigned to us as mentors for the year--to invite us to church events, check in on us, make us feel welcome at St. John, etc. They're great. I work with her, actually, so I already knew that she's great, but her husband seems to be, too. They sat with us during church and gave us supportive looks when we joined the other new members at the communion rail during the service to say our "I do"s to various questions from Pastor Lisa. Now we're officially members! Our photo outside the church door and our listing in the church bulletin announced as much to the rest of the congregation.

So, to fit the theme of the day, we have re-formed our church family in a new church home and are looking forward to many good things to come (not the least of which has been renewed dialogue at home about religion as we've helped the girls with their Sunday school "homework" and carried out the suggested activities that they've brought home for each week) (and yes, I, too, now know all the books of the Bible in order from memory).