I remember Brother Clark saying, “Let’s bow our heads” and “Heavenly Father,” but I don’t recall much of anything between that and the “Amen.” We all had places marked in our Bibles from the study the week before, and so Bible study pretty much took care of itself. More than anything, it was taking turns reading passages and then discussing their meaning in context to our lives.
After Bible study, we had a short break, and then I prepared for the main service at eleven o’clock. I think if someone had said “Boo,” I would have jumped completely out of my skin. I was about to deliver my first sermon feeling like an imposter, feeling vain and unworthy.
We had song leaders who got up to the front of the church to lead the singing, and I had led singing a time or two myself. Folks said I had a
