Egg Hunt

Naomi had 2 egg hunts this weekend. The one Saturday morning featured tons of kids and eggs. Unfortunately she only got 3 or 4 because the big kids really went crazy but fortunately she didn't know it was a competition to see who could get the most. Sunday evening we went to a friends house and did one there too. This time she was a little more eager because she remembered the other eggs had candy in them. Life lesson here? People get excited if there's candy involved.

Samaritan's Feet

Yesterday some students and most of the pastors from church helped with a Samaritan's feet distribution. If you have never heard of Samaritan's feet, here's a rundown: You gather kids in a poorer neighborhood at a church, have fun stuff (games, VBS) for them to do for several hours. You bring in several kids at a time and proceed to wash their feet while sharing the gospel with them. Hundreds of shoes are donated, Nike makes a shoe without their logo that is used as the main shoe, for 30 bucks you can buy 2 pairs to donate. Saturday in DC they gave out 1050 pairs of shoes and at least 700 Monday. At the end of teh day when all the shoes are given out there is a worship service in which teh gospel is shared again and people are given teh opportunity to respond.
On the choir tour this summer we will be doing this, I am excited to see the students learn how to share their faith to a stranger and see how God uses that experience to raise their confidence for sharing their faith.
Phase 1 of the Youth Garage update is finished-the video portion. Next up is the audio, new sound baord, new mics, new snake, etc. The last phase will be putting on a new flooring and getting some new furniture and re arranging it to suit our needs.

Rec Life

By the time summer rolls around and we head out on the choir tour to Hawaii I will either be fit as a fiddle or broken in to little pieces. This month I start playing on our church league softball team and in a seperate soccer league. I am most concerned about the soccer league, it seems pretty competitive and my fitness level isn't where I want it to be. We'll see how it goes. It is really the first time since I started full time youth ministry that I have been a part of a fun/competitive/active sports team. Sports are an outlet for me mentally and physically and I have largely been without that outlet for too long (all the while adding to the spareness of my tire). Overall I am excited to get in to shape and have fun.

Great Job

So far the perks of this ministry position are awesome!. We happen to live just 2 doors down from the church. This means my wife and daughter can visit me any time they want, pretty much. This also means I am the only staff member who can go home for lunch. The other day I forgot something at my house so I just walked home picked it up and came back to work. Unfortunately this housing situation won't last so I can't imagine what it will be like to go back to the sack lunch. I had a turkey, ham or PB&J sandwich with doritos every lunch from 1st through 12th grade, Pretty much has killed my love of sandwiches. Maybe I can spice it up with a Coke.

Church Office

So yesterday we began working on an Office parody, the Church Office. I realize pretty much every youth pastor has this same hair brain idea, but it's new for us. one of the students, Joseph, did the video and we were able to do 3 episodes. It will be interesting to see if it turns out to be funny to other peopel or just to Joseph and I. I also wonder how many episodes we can do without it becoming really lame.