Last night there was a collision of two worlds, so to speak.  My seventh and eighth grade students from Windham Christian Academy did their juggling presentation of the Gospel at Bridgton Alliance Church, where my family has been members for the last 20 years.  The kids did a great job, and were well received by an audience equally representing the school and our church.  So I guess it was a rather gentle collision.  The church wasn't full, but it certainly had as many people as a normal Sunday morning.

The show ran a full hour, even though four of our students were unable to attend ; a common problem with weekend shows.  The show opened with Stephanie making an entrance on the high stilts, leading right into a routine where each student was introduced by name as they came on stage and did a 'teaser' of things to come later in the show.  Incidentally, it was Stephanie's 14th birthday, and it was also my aide, Amanda's 24th birthday.

Some of the highlights of the evening were Meira singing the worship song "Oceans", Amanda (the student, not the aide) sharing about how God has helped her through multiple hospitalizations for anxiety and has been panic free for almost two years, and Corban's 8th grade juggling solo.  Corban also attends Bridgton Alliance, so we let her do her solo here.  In classic Corban style, she juggled to the Beatles "Come Together" rather than some current pop song or overly sweet worship song.  Call me a proud daddy, but the biggest highlight was when my daughter, Rose, juggled three machetes for the first time in front of an audience.  Also, the offering brought in $280, which was slightly over our goal.  This, added to what we already have raised, gives us what we'll need for our four day trip to Burlington, Vermont later this year.

After the show, Rose invited Corban and Meira to sleep over, so we had three middle school girls for the night.  There was lots of giggling, Beatles and popcorn as my wife, Sue and I taught them the card game spoons.  Now it's Sunday afternoon, and the three girls are at the table playing spoons again.