Locked In and Loosing IT

The weekend that was:
On Friday night we had 330 students from all across Carlton County got together in an unprecedented way and locked themselves in the Carlton Civic Center from 6pm at night to 6am in the morning. There was skating, there was swimming there were games, there was an arcade. It was all there, and everyone over 18 was counting the hours, minutes and seconds until it was over. Despite the craziness, despite the caffeine intake, God was able to move and grab a hold of some students as they wrestled with what their relationship with Christ might look like.

After that my weekend was a blur and I'm still not quite sure what day it is. I'm assuming it's Monday. This week also marks the beginning of one of the most important times of the year, Advent. I've been thinking a lot about the advent season this year, trying to find ways to make this more relevant to families in our high paced busy worlds. Do we take enough time to think about Jesus coming into the world and all that it meant for us? So that's something I'm chewing on right now.

On my to do list: This week Harold (the senior pastor here at Hartland Baptist Church) is taking some much deserved down time. So I'll be speaking twice once at Peel Baptist and than at Hartland. So I need to get my sermon ready. I have a general idea of what I want to speak on so it shouldn't take too much time to get ready.
I also need to get things ready for our Family Christmas Celebration. This should be a great time for all the families in our church to see their kids in action.

Procrastinating about: Getting the Family Christmas Celebration ready, I've been putting that off for weeks. So it needs to get done this week.

Book I'm in the midst of: Still working on N.T. Wright's book. It's heavy stuff. Not something you read a few chapters of before you go to sleep.

Music that caught my ear: I've been listening to the voice of Christmas Bing Crosby a lot this week. Getting into the Christmas spirit.

How I'm feeling about this week: This should be a quiet week so I'm looking forward to the respite.

Until next week

Monday Morning Update

Well I'm back in the saddle again for another week. Biggest news to hit our house this week was that I received a new laptop as a gift from a couple at work. It was a real blessing to me and will help with my ministry a ton!

My family and I went to Moncton on Thursday and Friday. I had some meetings and the girls came with me to visit some family. The trip was chaotic to say the least and we decided to head home early so that we could all get some much needed rest before Sunday. On the way back home I drove through the worst random freak rainstorm that I have ever seen. I was driving and then all of sudden it was like I was driving through a waterfall. I could not see a thing and the wipers couldn't keep up with all the water coming down. I had to slam on the brakes with a transport coming rate up our six. It was just a little scary but God got us through it.

Book I'm reading: Simply Christian by N.T. Wright still trying to plow through this. I haven't had much time for reading. Sleep has been a bigger priority.

Shows I'm watching: Survivor (Russell is my new favorite contestant of all time.)

Things I'm procrastinating about: Looking into short term mission trips and sermon writing; and getting drives for our lock - in event

What I'm excited about:Exploring my new Dell Inspiron 1525 and checking out Windows 7

Back at it again

It's been far too long since I've last posted. Perhaps I'll only post once a week and keep it simple. Life has changed for me again with the addition of new daughter to my family. Julianna was born on October 27th. So I'm adjusting to the new normal.

Getting back to work though is going to take some serious adjusting for both Natalie and myself. I'm living off caffeine and leftover Halloween treats right now. Not exactly a healthy diet, so to make up for it I made Natalie a turkey dinner for her birthday which was yesterday. So needless to say I'm pretty impressed with my culinary abilities.

This week I also had a chance to pray with a good friend of mine who was taken into the emergency room for a seizure. It was a pretty intense situation, but we were able to laugh a little and read the scriptures and pray together and it was a very meaningful time for me. It was a blessing to be able to go into the emergency room and do that.


Book I'm reading: Simply Christian by N.T. Wright

Shows I'm watching: World Series (Go Yankees!)

Things I'm procrastinating about: Looking into short term mission trips and sermon writing.

What I'm excited about: Right now it's spending time with my new daughter!



Blessings until next week.