Advent - Time for seeking

So my mobile rings yesterday which I didn’t hear and I ring the person back.

“We can’t find the carol sheets.”

“Have you looked in the vestry cupboard?” I ask.

“Yes, they’ve looked in there.”

Then I see an e-mail:

“We can’t find the carol sheets. Do you know where they are? We may need to use hymn books.”

Minister says he will see if we can borrow some from another church. 

Minister spends time he hasn’t got researching how we can get new carol sheets as the ones we have are from about 1899 and there are two different versions and every year they give out two different versions and it’s chaos :) 

Minister is in vestry last night and just checks the vestry cupboard. Three folders of carol sheets are the first thing he sees! He rings up and shares the good news then emails another person who had been looking for them including in the vestry cupboard. 

“They weren’t in there yesterday!!!” 

Don’t you just love what you do?

The Christmas story is all about searching and finding and just maybe this year what we are looking for is right where it has always been things or people we have forgotten about. 

“There is no use saying, ‘Look! Here it is’ or ‘Look! There it is.’ God's kingdom is here with you.” 

So if you lose your carol sheets try the cupboard! Even if they aren’t there they may mysteriously appear again just when you need them.