Today is TWU's Community Day, marking the start of the new working year for staff and faculty at Trinity. It's a time when we get back together after a summer of working on our own separate projects; some faculty have been away on travel studies, or sabbatical, or just doing their own research. Sessional faculty only work 9 months out of the year, so it's their time to come back on campus. For me, my summer has been full-up-to-the-brim with the ministry work -- I'm kind of looking forward to the school year for a reprieve! :) Well, maybe it won't be less hectic, but at least it's a bit more predictable....
Community Day is always cool because it's essentially a worship service for all the staff/faculty, all five or six hundred of us. This year, we borrowed the sanctuary at Langley Christian Reformed Church; it was just beautiful and really set me in a worshipful mood. Even the upward sweep of the big pipe organ seemed to uplift our spirits in reverence. I came in late and had to stand in the balcony stairwell, but still I thoroughly enjoyed the time of worship.