St. Lukes

I think I have been to this church/cathedral before...with Ken, and Brooks (his asst. Coach) and Tina...either that or with Brooks, Tina and Kyle during a summer festival in Portland...Kyle seemed to remember that too. Anyhow, it is BEAUTIFUL!!! Gorgeous rose window over the carved wooden altar, that looks remarkably similar to the one at our own St. Johns.
Kyle will be the LEAD Crucifer...leading the whole processional of over 400 ministers, vergers, some other special servants that I can't remember the names of, Deacons, presiding Bishops from NY, NH (yep, He's here!), ME, and one from somewhere else but I can't remember at the moment.
But the K-Man leads them ALL in! VERY COOL! There are three groups of teams, his is the first with two torch bearers who speak spanish only, and a banner bearer. Then comes another crucifer, and streamer bearers which look really cool! Then the last crucifer, torch bearers, and banner bearers. The service booklet looks like it will be a very long service, but we will see....I think the procession will take the most time....Kyle is really excited...you should have seen him! He actually said he was excited about it all, and couldn't wait to do this once we were at the rehearsal. He seemed so much older than his 15 years...very mature acting when sitting with the other kids...he may be the oldest one, but I think a couple of the girls are close to his age.
Staying at the Clarion...the old Ramada in Portland....for the night. Nice! They really re-did this hotel in a classy way! Not too pricey either.

So....off for the night...early evening. Kyle has to be there at 9 a.m. but the service doesn't officially start til 10:45. I need to be there by 10 just to sit in the main church....otherwise I get relegated to a back room watching it on a tv monitor.
Night for now...

Kim