Old Records and Train Sets
Sunday, November 12, 2006
The kids in Sunday School that morning were as busy as usual, though there were less of them that Sunday. There were the normal “ahs” and “oohs” as OLeif described to them the feast that Daniel and his three pals turned down in Babylon. The kids could hardly imagine the idea of eating vegetables and water for ten days, as opposed to the prospects of dishes equivalent to pepperoni pizza.
Meanwhile, Frances and Linnea were spending the weekend with Grandma Combs. Saturday night there was an Elvis impersonator at Grandma’s church, where Grandma received a white scarf from the king, and Linnea was given a teddy bear. And there would be a Veterans’ Day parade for the three of them that Sunday afternoon.
After a lengthy congregational meeting, OLeif and Collette headed over to the Silverspoon’s for lunch where Denae had cooked up pork steaks, potatoes and greens, rolls, and apple pie for dessert.
And while OLeif wrote out his lesson for the youth over the next two and a half hours, Denae and Collette researched houses for sale.
At youth that evening, OLeif led a lesson on justification by faith over two pizzas shared among the thirteen or so present. Afterwards, Augustus pulled out the old stack of records from one of the cabinets, left over from a youth auction two springs before. These records ranged from Glenn Miller tunes and Lawrence Welk to Shaun Cassidy and the soundtrack to Around the World in 80 Days. Ellen sifted through most of them, looking for the gems.
“Eeeeew, who is this guy?” She held up the Shaun Cassidy album.
“Ooooooh, Shaun Cassidy, he’s so dreamy,” Judah said swooningly.
When it came time to leave, Augustus and Rose argued over who would put them away.
“Ah!” Augustus screeched, looking at the mess of records on the floor. “Rose! Clean this up!”
“You got them out.”
“Well, you looked through all of them.”
“But you got them out.”
And so forth. And Rose and the Popples girls intermittently played with a large wooden train set, scooting along with one foot on a flatcar. Collette could never predict what might be left in the youth room during the week.
All in all, the following made an appearance that evening: Judah and Evangeline, OLeif and Collette, Joe and Rose, Ben-Hur, Olive Circles, Augustus, Susie and Sunrise, Molly, and Nacchianti. Bob B. was not present.
“Is he still recovering from Tuesday?” Olive wanted to know.
No one had been more zealous for the 2006 Republican candidates than had Bob B. His life had been fully consumed. But now he had two years to begin his next campaign, by which time he would just be old enough to cast his first vote.
The evening ended with driving Nacchianti and Molly back home.