10 yr. reunion

So, last weekend I went to my 10 yr. high school reunion. It went well. Not much to say about it. You know, the pretty girls weren't so pretty after all. Some have taken advantage of every opportunity, others have not. Many of us have kids and are a little larger than we were in high school. I did have the opportunity to play golf with my friend Scotty Dingess. He pastors the Gilbert Church of God. I shot pretty well, a 91 isn't too bad (considering I play MAYBE once every two months). Anyway, here are a few pics I've scammed off of some classmates myspace pages. Enjoy!

wednesday rewind

So, I thought that since I'm doing a Sunday Wind Down, I should also do a Wednesday Rewind, seeing as I am a youth pastor and my main experience time is on Wednesday. So, here it is... my perception of Wednesday...

• the food was awesome. Mary does an excellent job.
  
• last week I was running behind and the kids started arriving early... this week was just the opposite. When we kick off oxygen, I'm gonna set a time when the doors open. I think that'll be 6.15, with the music starting at 6.45. Of course, people can eat before that.
  
• Music could have gone a little smoother. We were minus a drummer tonight.
• We had alot of people out tonight. I'll be glad when vacations are over.
• I'm excited about some of the changes that we'll be making over the next few weeks. Just trying to prepare for whatever God's got planned this year.
  
• Shared just a bit about Chapter 2. I really hope it will be a turning point for our student ministry.
• Talked about how Isaiah's vision gives us a look into God's dream for our own lives and how we should respond. Good stuff. Don't think I communicated it too well, but can't blame the material.
• Had a good time hanging out with a couple of friends afterward.
  

I've got to get my stuff together now and get ready to leave for WV tomorrow. I'm looking fwd to the 10 yr high school reunion. I'm playing golf Friday with the pastor of the Gilbert Church of God (we graduated together). He's good... I'm not so good... but it'll be a fun time.

Sunday Wind-down

So, I've seen several people do these posts where they talk about their Sunday services. I thought I would join in and do one each week about Sunday and the previous week. Hopefully, it'll keep me blogging.

• We had a guest worship leader this morning. He really flowed well with the music and prayer times. It was sweet.
• I'm pretty tired of using EasyWorship and am fully ready to convert to ProPresenter. The only thing holding me back is the huge database of songs that I would have to convert or, more likely, retype.
• It was great to see my Pastor and his wife, together, in the altar. They are a great team and it really touched me to see them minister in the altar together.
• I am amazed at what God is doing in our church. I have rarely seen so many on the same page, hearing the same things from God. Call it foolish optimism, but I really believe God is going to do something amazing in Knoxville.
• Ate at Qdoba with the fam. It was nice, a little chaotic, but nice.
• CAT training went well. We were missing several students because of vacations, camps and various other summer activities. I really like our new theme and think the last Sunday night in August is going to be an important night.
  
• SNOTE was also tonight. Nothing like Sonic on a humid Sunday night in East Tennessee. The Reese's Blast helped comfort the body!
  

the return

So, I'm giving it a go again. This comes after much scorning from my friend Jamie about my lack of blogging. I hadn't given it much thought, especially since I don't find that I have very much to say, but I guess thats not really the point. Anyway, I thought I would return with an interesting story that happened on a recent missions trip to St. Louis.

So, I'm sitting at Shogun (a Japanese restaurant) with the rest of our St. Louis group. We were also there with the pastor of
St. Louis Harvest Church of God, the church we were working at. Anyway, so my cook guy starts pointing a bottle at me and yelling something that indicated he wanted me to open my mouth. Well, if you've ever been to a Japanese steak house, you know how they just throw food at you, open mouth or not. So, I opened my mouth, and he squirted this clear fluid into it, filling my mouth. He moved on to the person sitting next to me when I realized he wasn't squirting water... BUT SAKI--- JAPANESE WHISKEY!!!

Needless to say, when my church takes a missions trip, we go all out.