Yesterday was Heather’s and my fifth anniversary. We didn’t do anything terribly wild to celebrate; had a little pizza at home after I got cleaned up from Middle School Mission Week and then went and saw Knocked Up. The big anniversary celebrating will come Sunday and Monday. After church we’re going to [...]
Entries from June 2007
June 29, 2007
M&M – Day Five
We have just returned from collecting food bags in our neighborhood and are having a little break before our closing worship service. I thought this would be a great time to write since I know I won’t want to once I go home this evening. Heather and I have a 5th anniversary to celebrate tonight!
We [...]
June 28, 2007
M&M – Day Four
Today was, in my opinion, Middle School Mission Week’s best day yet. Part of it is probably that I implemented a new rule – youth had to do five push ups before they were allowed to ask me what time it was. This gave us something fun to laugh about, helped strengthen some of their [...]
June 27, 2007
M&M – Day Three
The last of our Middle School Mission crew just headed home for the day and it seems like they had a pretty good time today without me. This morning the weather forecast called for storms and so we made the decision to go with plan B for the day rather than the water park. [...]
June 26, 2007
M&M – Day Two
As I sit at my desk this evening I am exhausted, but it is a satisfied exhausted to be sure. All of the youth worked their tails off today and (after a little pep talk about attitude this morning) were in pretty good spirits all day.
This morning we were at the Food Bank of [...]
June 25, 2007
M&M – Day One
By all practical accounts the first day of our Middle School Mission Week was a huge success today.
This morning we delivered 200 grocery sacks to our neighbors with a letter explaining our week-long project and letting them know that we’d be by on Friday afternoon to collect canned goods if they could set [...]
June 24, 2007
M&M – Missions ‘n Munster
I realize that it’s a grammatical stretch, but our Middle School Mission week which kicks off tomorrow is cleverly called M&M. Get it? Mission ‘n Munster?
Anyway, I am really excited about this new program we’re piloting this year. Of course, like all good ideas, I have lifted this from other churches. [...]
June 21, 2007
Training for a Run
If I asked those of you who know me well to come up with a four-word phrase that I would be likely to never use in terms of my plans, I imagine it would be the above.
Growing up I played football. I threw the shot put and discuss some in track too. My athletic activities [...]
June 19, 2007
Interfaith Partnerships
I learned this morning of an exciting partnership between UMCOR (the United Methodist Committee on Relief) and Muslim Aid, one of Britain’s most influential Muslim charities. The partnership will seek to bring streamlined and better administered relief to war and disaster torn areas of the world.
The following is an excerpt from the article I [...]
June 18, 2007
Disciples House for Youth
From Friday June 8th to Saturday June 16th two of our youth were down at Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary for the Disciples House for Youth.
The Disciples House for Youth is a program designed for rising high school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. It provides them the opportunity to learn about the basics of [...]
