Ward Christmas Party, and Our Beautiful Old Building

On Friday we had our ward Christmas party. There was lots of good food, and we got to enjoy getting to know some of the ward members. Zaylee enjoyed eating the little chocolate cakes!


I really wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to take some pictures of our building. I got a couple nice ones, but wasn't able to get a good picture of the chapel. I couldn't figure out how to turn on the light in the chapel - it's an old building, so things aren't laid out exactly how you would think. I'm firmly convinced that the switch to turn on the chapel lights isn't in the chapel at all. Anyway, I went up to the cry room above the chapel (yes, there's a cry room!) and took a picture from the "window." Without lights, it didn't really turn out, but it gives the basic idea.


I really need to go back and take pictures when the lights are on. There's some beautiful old details that are just wonderful, and the stained glass windows are so pretty! Here's a window from a smaller room.


The detail under the stair rail:


The old wooden pews in the cry room:


The doors have these wonderful old-fashioned locks:


It really is a charming building, and I'm glad that we have the opportunity to go to church there.

On an mostly different note, I received a calling this Sunday to be the Ward Music Chair. I will be over all the music in the ward - Sacrament Meeting, choir, etc. I'm excited, and kind of nervous. I've done all sorts of musical stuff in church, mostly accompanying and singing. This is the first time I'll be in a music leadership position. I hope I do a good job.