Bert Haggerty, leading slide technician of Palm Leaf Springs Covenantal Life Baptist Church has decided at the age of 81, enough is enough. His arthritic and wrinkled hands have had their day in the sun and can operate a computer keyboard no longer. For 30 years Bert has overlooked the slides of classic hymns through to worship music with electric instruments through to bethel music that is more akin to self-worship. He was there the fateful Sunday when the bulb blew in the overhead projector halfway through Great Is Thy Faithfulness and had to improvise with a flaming match stick and magnifying glass, don’t ask how it worked, man was just a genius. All this to say, Bert has been through a lot. His mind is there but his body is ready to quit. There have been several mistakes and mistimes of slides most services which is something most in the congregation have come to appreciate, it almost serves as a reminder during every song that we are fallen and will never be perfect. Bert’s grandson Lenny has been chomping at the bit to get a chance to learn the position and now the time has finally arrived. Lenny’s confidence was pleasing to see except his delivery on the slide timing was far from satisfactory. The congregation were on time with their singing and were able to join in with new songs with ease as the lyrics were visible moments before they needed them. With a few punishing whacks on the fingertips from Bert’s ruler Lenny got the hang of things, Bert even encouraged him to look at his phone during songs to help distract him if he was getting the timing too perfect. The transition ended up being smooth and the church got used to standing awkwardly during songs again while the slides caught up.
Nick
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