Who Says Worship Isn’t Fun?

Funny story from seminary...

Today, during chapel, we had a baptismal remembrance. After Pastor Ruth and Jeremie (who were leading worship) moved over to the font, Ruth started a short reflection. One thing you have to understand about the font at Trinity is that it is big and it has the ability to drip water. The noise of the dripping water (there’s a place for it to go, it doesn’t get all over the floor) serves as both a symbol of the running, living water we are baptized in and as an audible reminder of our baptisms.

Back to Ruth... during her reflection, she referenced the drip... but there was just one problem, it wasn’t turned on today. She looked at the font briefly, made mention of it and moved on. Apparently, this whole thing troubled the president of the seminary, Mark Ramseth. He got up, while Ruth was still talking, and started looking around the font. He was looking for the switch to turn the font “on” yet he didn’t find it. You know why? Because it’s not actually on the font, it’s up in the sound booth. It was hysterical! Here’s Ruth giving a short reflection on baptism and our beloved president is wandering around the font with a confused look on his face looking for a switch that isn’t anywhere near him. He finally gave up and sat down, but not before spending 30 seconds looking for it. And who said worship wasn’t any fun??

Kate