Quick Congrats...

Just need to say congrats to the CVCA Men's Soccer team and especially to the Green High School Girls Soccer team. They both clinched their district finals this weekend in spectacular games.

Thanks for the privilige of watching incredible sports games!!

The Pains of a Big Church

I love my church, don't get me wrong. However, due to its size, we seem to be a "launching pad" as I've heard it described before. Let me explain.

We as a church tend to hire staff as interns (like me). They get to spend 3 years of their life working like mad for little pay and get seminary thrown in for free :)

At the end of the time, we are fortunate to hire a lot of them. The others must leave and that is a sad time indeed (especially since this is the usual case). Those who stay get the advantage of being established and work their way into the web of The Chapel more and more.

Within the last month, two of those people have announced that they are moving on. This ALWAYS sucks. We have already said good-bye to one - our producer. He was a great guy with a great heart. He will be missed for his artistic abilities and the ideas that poured out of his head. Some of these are now headed my way (i.e. Xmas Concerts), but that's ok with me.

Last week, we had our executive pastor announce that he only to be voted on by a congregation in TX and he would become their senior pastor in December. This news was a surprise to many and is a bittersweet moment.

He was a pleasure to work for and with. He made great progress with our vision, but now is moving on.

Life will go on at The Chapel, but now we must deal with 2 big holes. God will fill them, I have no doubt. Just sucks for now.

Long Weekend

So, this weekend was a long one. I had class on Friday night followed by a rousing rendition of 5th Quarter. Then, back in class for 8 more hours on Saturday. After that, I got home in time for the last quarters of the Penn State-UofM & Notre Dame-SC games. I was torn on the first. Penn State losing is good for OSU, but it's Michigan... I just felt bad to see PSU lose that way. THEN, only minutes later, ND loses the same way. It's not that I'm a huge ND fan; just incredible sick of flippin' SC winning.

After those games, I felt betrayed by football in general and watched the NASCAR race because even the baseball game was over by the time I flipped to it.

I did get to spend some time with a friend who was in from seminary in Pitt. That was quality and positive. As was church today - seeing students and hanging with them is always a plus.

Tomorrow, the forecast is that I'll have yet a gain another long day. Full day seminar, then class for 3 more hours!! Only 2 months to December when I get a break!!!!!! Can't wait!