[Magdalen] Prayer request

[Kristin Rollins]

Friends,

A minor short-term prayer request...

I got an email earlier today from the rector of our former parish in
Virginia Beach, asking if I was available for a funeral tomorrow
afternoon. (I have continued to play for funerals, etc. there, when
their organist can not disentangle himself from his day job.)

This will be the first time I have played the organ since leaving my
position in Portsmouth in mid-November, and the first time with people
knowing me as Kristin. And it will be the first time I visit that church
since the name change. The last time I visited there, I attended a
midweek eucharist and afterwards came out to the rector there and told
him that I had announced my resignation earlier that week. (So it helped
that we had touched base on the subject, so that we didn't need to sort
that out with a funeral barely 24 hours away. And that conversation,
combined with his email being addressed to Kristin, led me to be able to
respond positively and quickly.)

On the more comfortable side, unlike St John's, the organ at Old
Donation is in a gallery above the back of the church, so there is less
of the feeling of being "on display" at the front of the church
(especially since I don't own vestments so will either need to borrow a
set or play in whatever I am wearing). And now, I will need to consider
my clothes and decide which would be most appropriate for a funeral. Oh
yes, and also find where my organ shoes and Hymnal are! (Either in the
bag they were brought home in on my final day or still in one of our
vehicles.)

Kristin

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  Kristin Rollins
  kristin at verumsolum.com
  Portsmouth, VA