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I wanted to share the weekend we had because it's just so cool.

It was a busy weekend. Julian, who is 13, has been preparing to sign with the
cool group called the Mystic Chorale. It's a group of over 200 singers, then
a jazz band and drummers, all older than him, only one other teen. It's been
ten weeks of getting him to Arlington for rehearsals, which is just far
enough to be a pain in the ass. (Whoever drives ends up sitting around for
hours during the rehearsal.) But he had two concerts this weekend and it was
incredible. Really amazing music. And Julian just glowed up there!

The other thing that happened this weekend was we had Children's Sunday at
the Unitarian Universalist church where I am the Director of Religious
Education. I do Children's Sunday a bit differently than a lot of
churches...it tends to be mostly adult-driven, with the kids doing
presentations for the adults. Instead, I have the kids lead a real, regular
service for the adults. Usually I work out the details, and the kids sign up,
but this year, the kids did most of the planning. They chose the hymns and
readings, they figured out homilies, etc. They also did original artwork on
each of the covers for the orders of service. Julian sang "The Circle Game,"
and other kids did other music, including one kid who wrote a welcome song
and sang it.

Some of the kids wrote and performed a short play on Creation, this hilarious
thing that started with the Bible Creation story (God said, Let there be
light. And a kid comes out and puts a flashlight on the worship table. On the
seventh day, God rested, and one kid came out with a teddy bear and blankie,
looked around at all the props taken out earlier, gave a smile and a
thumbs-up, then curled up on the floor with a yawn.), then a Chinese creation
myth of an egg, then, using one of those popper things that makes a loud
noise and send out streamers, we had The Big Bang, followed by a rain of
beanie babies. The end line was "And it was good."

They were amazing!!!! The adults of the congregation were so impressed with
what an incredible job they did.

Now Kathryn must rest (and play with her new expansion for The Sims!!!!)


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