All set to go last night with the Cathedral Oceans experience. Got through all the nerves about opening up the building at night, switching off alarms and finding lights etc and sat at the front of thechurch for half an hour on my own inthe darkness.
It is an absolutely "magical" place (???) - magnificent in its grandeur and sheer size, very much still a place full of God's presence despite its external neglect for the last eight years.
But then I came to set up the PA and found no amp!! It was there Sunday, by the pulpit all ready to go. I checked, becasue I know we have a missing cable and I'd sorted one out from home to get it working properly. The warden and I moved it all into place (CD player, speakers, mixing desk and amp) ready for tonight's "performance".
In between times, the music group have obviously been in for a rehearsal and used the kit, and locked the amp away in the cupboard where its supposed to be.
That cupboard was inaccessible last night because the hall was being hired out for a private party.
Frutrated? Angry? Both...
It does seem at the moment as if this is just not meant to happen.

Returned to His presence for a few minutes to settle down again, and then spent half an hour (!!!) polishing and cleaning just one of the pews. This is a job that's going to take aaaaages...
Took some logs home though.
Spending some time in the building like this in the quiet, with just dim lighting on in the North Aisle, I am SO inspired to see the renovation project through. The acoustic in there is incredible.
There is sadness in the atmosphere tho, as if the building is lonely. We use it as a big shed really and keep all the donated stuff for sales in the vestry (books, bric a brac, toys etc. There are building materials (even a cement mixer??) standing behind the organ, and piles of logs on several of the pews cut down when the trees were removed this autumn.
Part of the challenge for us will be finding other suitable places to store the stuff. But having the building has made us lazy and we abuse its generous nature. A major sorting out and 'editing' project needs to be undertaken.