Exhausted

Today was a housekeeping day. I finally got around to rearranging my office. So far, it's been sort of a dumping ground, so I've had to go through and figure out what is mine. I'm halfway through, so that's good. Plus, I'm setting up an archive room and a preteen hang out room. Moving things around gets pretty tiring. I'm ready to go home and nap. Forget the gym tonight!

Rally Day

Rally day has changed this year due to the interim pastor's new vision. We're doing a Back to School Weekend, where we pray for the kids, teachers, and other school staff/administrators in the community in each service. On Saturday night, we're also doing a "drive in" movie (indoors, though, because Texas is so hot and the state bird is the mosquito). Sunday is a festival type of thing with a moonwalk bouncy thing and booths representing every committee in the church (like a volunteer fair would have).

The theme is Exploring God's World Together, so we're having Treasure Maps to wind people through the building. I think in the CM area, we're going to have an archaeology dig (sandbox with toys buried) and a craft like putting jungle spots on bags (so that they can carry all of their prizes and a CM brochure). Any other ideas? I think we're all going to wear Safari hats, too.

Saturday is an exciting day, too, because we're having a brainstorming blitz for the whole year! Yea!

Sorry, I've been holding the dam together

It seems that lots of people here have had their fingers plugged into little holes in the dam, and now that I'm here, they're ready to let go, only I don't have enough fingers!

Whew! What a first week. So many intangible little issues, that I couldn't begin to even explain them. Such a different dynamic from what I was used to at Friendship, which is good and not so good.

Well, off to the VBS mission trip. I'll be doing mambo dancing complete with maracas at a local special needs resident center. Should be pretty fun!

Also, I have to give a speech tonight about missions, so prayers please!

Well, here goes

I started this blog to document what's going on in CM at our church. Last weekend, I went to a workshop in La Porte, and several people said that they wished there was some sort of networking available in the Houston area for people in CM. I figure that this is a first step.

For those of you new to blogging, you will need to know a few housekeeping rules. First of all, remember that anything posted on the blog is public knowledge, so monitor your responses accordingly. Secondly, you'll need to know how to comment. Basically, you'll just click on the comment link under any post (this is a post, btw) and then type in your comment. You'll then need to put in your blog information if you have one or just type in your name or click anonymous. Finally, you'll need to type in a word verification. This verification just keeps my blog from getting spammed, as there are a lot of horrible people out there who love to ruin good things. If you have a blog or want to start one, I suggest clicking on the word verification feature to save yourself much grief.

What is a blog? Well, it's short for weblog, an online journal basically. I plan to use this to keep track of everything I've done for the year for my own purposes and to bounce ideas off of people who live here in Houston and far far away (Hi, Lynn!). Think it's a good idea? Let me know. Comment!