Yesterday I was chatting with someone about the wonderful number of students who landed at our doorstep over the weekend and the general excitement this had created among our people (rightly so). She told me about the evening service and an example of the mystery and wonder of God's humour. A couple of young male students had set off on Sunday evening to find a specific charismatic C of S church in town. Getting well and truly lost, they landed on our doorstep just as this couple were passing on their way to the joint service with our local C of S. Offered a lift, the lads accepted (pretty brave of them) and arriving at the service, one discovered he already knew one of our folk through other interests (cue spooky music) and then offered to collect the books after the service because that's what he did in his own church. Wow!!
The most heard comment from all the students over the weekend was that they felt welcomed and wanted - what more could we wish?
Don't you just love how God's mischief makes more sense than our planning and fretting?