Freshman arrived on campus today, and so we were there as well.
There’s an event sponsored by the Office for Religious Life called “Frosh & Faith.” It’s actually more for parents than for students. It happens within a few hours of parents bringing their children to campus and is meant to reassure them that there is at least a remnant of students who strive for righteousness. At least, that’s my take on it.
Anyway, we always set up a table there along with the other groups and try to meet freshmen like crazy.
Today the weather threw us a curveball.
It rained.
In Palo Alto in September.
It rained.
I was stunned.
I was also dry, having had the foresight to bring a canopy. I was also soon alone, as all the other groups had neglected this crucial bit of preparation.
At first the other groups struggled through. We invited those at adjacent tables to shelter within our tent, leading to the never-before-heard statement from an ordained Assembly of God minister (moi) to an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister (Dean Scotty McLennan), “Come on in–the Assemblies of God tent is big enough for you.”
Heh. That made me happy.
By the end it was us and one or two other groups. Even the Office for Religious Life bailed.
A rather auspicious start to the school year–all the frosh have been baptized and now we just need to get them to show up.