Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving I went to a potluck at the church of one of the other staff at the counseling center. I typcially avoid getting into situations like that, a party-like thing where everyone knows eachother intimately but I know hardly anyone; but I thought it might be good exposure therapy, something to do on Thanksgiving, and an opportunity to potentially make a new friend or two. It turned out to be very nice, actually. There was a church service first, followed by the potluck. It's a pretty small congregation, and pretty close knit, so they were able to do some little things during the service that were pretty nice that I had never seen before. I won't go into the specifics. Also, the pastor/minister/whatever is a woman, which is always nice, and she was very warm and nice (lots of nice). The food was about as good as Thanksgiving ever is, which is to say pretty good, but far from gourmet. I made a sweet potato casserole that came out pretty good. Tom, the staff member whose church this was, introduced me to a lot of people, including one young woman I found especially intriguing (the one on the right in the picture). Based on what I could gather from the conversation at my table, people at this church are generally pretty liberal, an uncommon thing in Utah. That made me feel even more at home. I almost wished I was a Christian so I could legitimately join that church. Alas...