prayer cross
4/23/2005
4/18/2005
they loved it!
the prayer corner, or "prayer grotto" was very well recieved and made a wonderful addition to our worship gathering last night!
My first attempt at planning worship went okay but not as sooth as it should be.
transitions, transitions, transitions! :-)
i will be at the church today again to meet with geoff and then with kathy, debbie and nicole.
then i will go to sam's club, come home work on laundry, pick up the house and fix something for supper. looks like a long day ahead.
My first attempt at planning worship went okay but not as sooth as it should be.
transitions, transitions, transitions! :-)
i will be at the church today again to meet with geoff and then with kathy, debbie and nicole.
then i will go to sam's club, come home work on laundry, pick up the house and fix something for supper. looks like a long day ahead.
4/14/2005
roller coasters
I feel like I have been on many rollercoaster rides in the last week.
Last Thursday I got up with Kenny's alarm and actually got in the shower and got dressed like a grown up. I got the kids breakfast, took Mike to school ( because he missed the bus due to the fact that it takes me so darn long to blow dry all this mess of hair I have now) and took Hope to Kids First. What would I do without Kids First?!
I met with Geoff who prayed with me and I saw Joel on the way through who commented that my outfit was good( this was not harassment. I had previously consulted him on what to wear)
and that I would be representing Crossroads well.
Even with all this support and confidence,
I still felt like throwing up!
I was worried about being with all these educated people who knew what to expect, who knew what they were doing and were not walking into this alone.
Okay I know it was just a worship conference not a world peace summit but to me Thursday morning, it was a mountain to climb.
And I discovered that all these educated people who knew what was going on were there with the same questions I had and that in at least a few cases I was able to use our little worship gathering's experiences to give advice. It was an awesome experience! I met people from all over the country and who worship in every way you could think of and I learned so much from them I can't even process it all yet but I am trying.
I missed my kids terribly even though I was able to come home every night,they were in bed already. I think Kenny had a great bonding experience with them through it all.
Saturday we only met for half the day. I was only home for a couple of hours when the phone rang and it was Megan wanting to know if she could come out and bring me a copy of the CD she just recorded. It is a glorious thing and I can't hear it without crying! I know she is destined to do big things for the lord and I will be able to say I knew her when!
Sunday instead of having Turning Point we took a field trip to a church in downtown KC. It is an emerging worship community that has two gatherings on Sunday and draws 500 or so per service. I loved most of it ! The best thing for me was to see that we are not to far off what is happening out there! I am way too Methodist to ever suggest a two hour long service though!
Monday I spent a lot of time using my new knowledge of worship planning to try to get ahead a little.
Tuesday we had a really good practice, even though we were all so tired.
Kenny has been working so much this week I feel like I haven't seen him in two weeks! He will have to work tomorrow even though he is supposed to have Fridays off now. They are having a big shut down and construction which they will try to get done tomorrow so that they will not have to work on Saturday. Either way, he is so tired already that I imagine he will be sleeping anytime that he does have off and wake just in time to go back to work Monday morning.
I spent today at the church putting together a prayer corner in the sanctuary. I will try to get pictures on here this weekend.
This afternoon was beautiful and when Mike got home we all went outside and played together. Everything is starting to turn green and little sprouts of things I had forgotten are shooting up everywhere! I love it!
The garden has lettuce, onions, beets, carrots and peas coming up. No sign of potatoes yet.
Tomorrow the kids and I will head south to Stark. Mike is ready for his granny and grandpa to spoil him. Hope wants to stay too but not enough to go pee pee in the potty. Maybe soon!
I am just hoping for a cheeseburger and a nap!
Last Thursday I got up with Kenny's alarm and actually got in the shower and got dressed like a grown up. I got the kids breakfast, took Mike to school ( because he missed the bus due to the fact that it takes me so darn long to blow dry all this mess of hair I have now) and took Hope to Kids First. What would I do without Kids First?!
I met with Geoff who prayed with me and I saw Joel on the way through who commented that my outfit was good( this was not harassment. I had previously consulted him on what to wear)
and that I would be representing Crossroads well.
Even with all this support and confidence,
I still felt like throwing up!
I was worried about being with all these educated people who knew what to expect, who knew what they were doing and were not walking into this alone.
Okay I know it was just a worship conference not a world peace summit but to me Thursday morning, it was a mountain to climb.
And I discovered that all these educated people who knew what was going on were there with the same questions I had and that in at least a few cases I was able to use our little worship gathering's experiences to give advice. It was an awesome experience! I met people from all over the country and who worship in every way you could think of and I learned so much from them I can't even process it all yet but I am trying.
I missed my kids terribly even though I was able to come home every night,they were in bed already. I think Kenny had a great bonding experience with them through it all.
Saturday we only met for half the day. I was only home for a couple of hours when the phone rang and it was Megan wanting to know if she could come out and bring me a copy of the CD she just recorded. It is a glorious thing and I can't hear it without crying! I know she is destined to do big things for the lord and I will be able to say I knew her when!
Sunday instead of having Turning Point we took a field trip to a church in downtown KC. It is an emerging worship community that has two gatherings on Sunday and draws 500 or so per service. I loved most of it ! The best thing for me was to see that we are not to far off what is happening out there! I am way too Methodist to ever suggest a two hour long service though!
Monday I spent a lot of time using my new knowledge of worship planning to try to get ahead a little.
Tuesday we had a really good practice, even though we were all so tired.
Kenny has been working so much this week I feel like I haven't seen him in two weeks! He will have to work tomorrow even though he is supposed to have Fridays off now. They are having a big shut down and construction which they will try to get done tomorrow so that they will not have to work on Saturday. Either way, he is so tired already that I imagine he will be sleeping anytime that he does have off and wake just in time to go back to work Monday morning.
I spent today at the church putting together a prayer corner in the sanctuary. I will try to get pictures on here this weekend.
This afternoon was beautiful and when Mike got home we all went outside and played together. Everything is starting to turn green and little sprouts of things I had forgotten are shooting up everywhere! I love it!
The garden has lettuce, onions, beets, carrots and peas coming up. No sign of potatoes yet.
Tomorrow the kids and I will head south to Stark. Mike is ready for his granny and grandpa to spoil him. Hope wants to stay too but not enough to go pee pee in the potty. Maybe soon!
I am just hoping for a cheeseburger and a nap!
4/03/2005
radical hospitality
Tonight's scripture, Mark2:13-17
we had a meal during our service. the food was okay.just an extended family having a meal together and enjoying some good music. it was relaxed and happy.
the sermon right on!
then, communion.
we had one long table for us all. the bread and the cup started at one end and made its way down, each person serving communion to the next. Michael was across the table from me and i watched him(very proudly) as he took the bread and cup and then passed it on to the person next to him. we all watched in silence as the elements came around the end of the table. gary served me. hope was in my lap. the bread and cup came to me and i served hope and then kala on my right. then we watched as it reached the end of the table going from one person to the next and it was beautiful! there was some whispering along the way but mostly silence.
this is my favorite communion memory
we had a meal during our service. the food was okay.just an extended family having a meal together and enjoying some good music. it was relaxed and happy.
the sermon right on!
then, communion.
we had one long table for us all. the bread and the cup started at one end and made its way down, each person serving communion to the next. Michael was across the table from me and i watched him(very proudly) as he took the bread and cup and then passed it on to the person next to him. we all watched in silence as the elements came around the end of the table. gary served me. hope was in my lap. the bread and cup came to me and i served hope and then kala on my right. then we watched as it reached the end of the table going from one person to the next and it was beautiful! there was some whispering along the way but mostly silence.
this is my favorite communion memory
daylight savings
i was never aware until i got married that there are people in this country who never do this time change thing. they happily go about there lives getting up and going to bed at the same time , they never spend weeks getting there bodies or their kids sleep schedules to adjust. they just don't do it! today i wish i lived there!
driven is going on the road this morning! we had always intended to do it. but the farthest we have ever gotten away from the church was to the community park swimming pool to play for our own church members. today we are going to independence to play at chris's new church. it is exciting to think of spreading the message to that many more people( about triple what we normally play for) it makes me a little nervous to sing in front of that many people i don't know.
this morning when i signed on my computer was full of love! it made me happy :-)
thanks nicole!
i love you to megs!
driven is going on the road this morning! we had always intended to do it. but the farthest we have ever gotten away from the church was to the community park swimming pool to play for our own church members. today we are going to independence to play at chris's new church. it is exciting to think of spreading the message to that many more people( about triple what we normally play for) it makes me a little nervous to sing in front of that many people i don't know.
this morning when i signed on my computer was full of love! it made me happy :-)
thanks nicole!
i love you to megs!
4/01/2005
just swimming
yesterday I was in the kitchen doing my thing. i was vaguely aware of hope sitting in the living room in my red wingback chair, watching television. i think it was dora. when i finished what i was doing i went to see what was going on and there sat hope, butt naked and all i could hear was a drip drip drip noise. i immediately started yelling "did you pee in the chair?"
she very calmly looked up at me , smiled and said " no, i'm swimming" It was then that I saw the empty bottle of water laying on the floor beside her.
how can you stay mad at that kind of creativity?
she very calmly looked up at me , smiled and said " no, i'm swimming" It was then that I saw the empty bottle of water laying on the floor beside her.
how can you stay mad at that kind of creativity?