Today was the Rainbow Room Matariki service. Everything went wrong. Well, mostly the technology went wrong, and some people didn’t show up, and I got flustered and messed lots of things up. But the kids were wonderful, and so everyone loved it anyway. I’m beginning to understand the expression “bursting with pride”. The kids came up with some brilliant stuff for the liturgy, and they mucked around through the practices but they were all such stars on the day.
The church looked real pretty, with stars hanging from the cross, and under the balcony. Some of the kids decorated these ones:

The script of the service is here.