The Saturday blizzard was something of a disaster for our church. We had about 12-15 inches of snow ending Sunday morning, and a lot more just a few towns south. Christmas Sunday is one of our biggest outreach days of the year. We cancelled 2 out of 3 morning services, making one up with a small crowd at night, and hosting one in the late morning with a small crowd. Plus, our Christmas drama outreach 'The Saving of Scrooge" was postponed from Saturday night to the weekend after Christmas. We would have had lots of new and peripheral people to present the Gospel to, but only the most dedicated made it out to church at all last weekend for any of the five major events (3 services and 2 dramas). I also had a creative first-person narrative message acting out the role of one of the shepherds last Sunday, which only a few saw. Plus, it was a financial disaster for the church, as we did not come close to receiving enough income to pay our bills for the week- when people stay home from church, all but the truly committed keep their tithes home with them. I doubt that anyone who is not a pastor can understand how demoralizing it was to work so hard for this weekend, and then to have it mostly cancelled.
When I get to heaven, I will ask God why He allowed Christmas Sunday morning of 2009 to be snowed out.
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