Today I did something I have not done in a long time, I had to drive from one meeting to the next. (I fly most of the time.) With 4 hours in the car I was looking forward to some networking but there is no such thing as networking on October 31st. Every children’s pastor I called was working on their fall festival so all I got was voice mail. I then started calling children’s evangelist and they all answered their phones. Yes they all had services tonight but had not started their set up. So I now have a new reason to dislike October 31st and I hear by name it the worst day of the year to get a children’s pastor on the phone. So as I drive back tomorrow I’ll try again if my children’s pastor friends are not sleeping off a Halloween Hangover!
And yes Ryan you know you were one of them!
Sorry I missed your call Jim! I managed to take the day off and had my Blackberry unattached to my body most of the day. Great post!
Let’s give props where props are due. I made my 4pm phone appointment with you on Nov.1st and wasn’t sleeping off a Halloween hangover.
Glad to know you made it back safely, and glad I could help you stay awake.
I must have missed your call Jim. I did a light the night in my front yard that evening and shared the gospel with over a hundred and twenty neighbor kids and adults. It took me all of twenty minutes to set up. I love it that CPs are using this day as an outreach opportunity, but overwork, overstress, and underinvolvement of the laity may be just what the enemy wants. Let’s mobilize our people to win their neighborhoods rather than trying to always get the kids into our church building. Love ya man. Dick