There was a downpour on Easter Sunday.  We’d taken a whirlwind trip to Texas for my niece’s wedding in Weatherford on Saturday afternoon.  Before we caught the plane home, we went to the Easter worship service at church with our son.

Easter is such a treasured day of worship for Christians, as we celebrate the resurrected Christ. Churches plan extra services, overflow parking, and often welcome the largest crowds of worshippers of the year. When the rains came on Easter Sunday morning, how would churches handle that?

The church we attended stepped up to the challenge.  As people exited their cars, they were met by parking lot greeters who handed them an open umbrella, instructing them to just give it to the usher at the door.  The umbrellas were recycled over and over as grateful attenders arrived.

In the churches where Steve pastored in years past, we purchased golf umbrellas with the church logo, and kept them ready for such a Sunday. Ushers would escort people–especially elderly and those with small children–into the church. The “traveling umbrellas” idea that was used Sunday, however, services the masses.  Will your church be ready for the next sloshy Sunday morning?

Keep on shining!

And congratulations, Jennifer and Stuart!

This Fresh Idea was posted on Monday, April 13th, 2009 | Deacon Wives, Family Tidbits, Ideas For Churches, Ministers Wives, Travel, Women's Ministry.