We had a near full house for platform which included friends of our two families having the baby naming ceremony. The festival play was centered around the theme of the month, Imperfection. The story was acted out by children and narrated by Senior Leader, Amanda Poppei and Officiant Tony Nam. This was a story of a flower named Rowan who wanted to grow - despite the cold, long winter, despite not knowing what kind of flower it would turn out to be, despite weeds and wind. This was a story of the imperfect path of a seed growing into its own flowerhood. It had some curly leaves and twisted petals by the end, yet it was still beautiful and glorious.
After the play and after a couple stories from members who had imperfect dreams come true, we got to the touching double baby naming ceremony of Jack and Walter. Not many dry eyes in the room as we all promised to watch over them and care for them as a community.
See this all unfold in the slideshow seen above.
Following platform, there was the salad and dessert potluck which was abundant and scrumptious. The weather cooperated so nicely that it was pleasant enough to eat outside. And the children were happily entertained with a beanbag toss and sidewalk chalk.
Special thanks goes out to Molly Beiting for making the gorgeous (definitely not imperfect!) headpieces for the play, to Susan Runner, Becky Klabunde Tomer, and Tony Nam for decorating the stage, to Becky and Jonathan Klabunde Tomer for fixing the flower arch and making the flower display, to Trang Duong and Robyn Kravitz for sharing great photos for this album and video, and to the Sunday School actors, the WES chorus, and to staff for stepping up to create a wonderful and beautiful Spring Festival.
If you want to see more photos, click here.
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