At Saturday’s 7 a.m. park cleanup, I cranked the leaf blower and accidentally showered the deacon board with 150 signup cards — we called it spontaneous discipleship distribution. Share your best whoops-from-serving moments; I’d love to compile a few for a lighthearted opener at our volunteer huddle Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
At last spring’s VBS setup, I pressure-washed the courtyard and accidentally stripped half the banner so it read ‘Jesus Love U’ — the kids thought it was minimalist theology. Since then I do a 10-second ‘what’s the wind/water going to hit?’ scan and clip anything paper before tools start, though a spotter works too.
I once fired up the blower and sent the prayer request stack skyward; now I toss all loose papers into a mesh laundry bag and have a spotter hold it for the first 10 seconds — if you’re short painter’s tape on each stack is a solid backup, @lucas_pearson85; doing the huddle indoors if it’s windy?
, those leaf blowers can be tricky! I remember trying to corral a bunch of donation boxes at a community fair, and I unintentionally knocked over a stack of them while trying to show off my impressive lifting skills… Talk about a mess! 
Have you considered coming up with a ‘backup plan’ for paper projects, like using rubber bands or totes? What’s the most creative way you’ve seen someone recover from a service ‘whoops’?