Updates

Posted on November 18th, 2004 by hanfaith.
Categories: General.

Church situation: not better, not worse (much). there are tremors though of other people being unsatisfied.. but do you pursue those? we don’t want to stir the pot and make the situation worse. Add that that we’re both tired and Phil is still recovering from an all-nighter last weekend with the youth group and you can understand why it’s on a back burner right now. the pastor is going away for two weeks, so we have some time to think through some things.

Phil got in a serious accident two days ago. He fell asleep driving home from Rockwood after work and went off the road into a ditch. He said he woke up flying down the ditch at 50-60 miles an hour very nearly missing some telephone poles. A huge rock took out a rim and messed up our bumper… but thankfully nothing much worse than that. It could have been a lot worse. This is a huge fear of mine, because Phil is so tired most of the time and has a problem with falling asleep while driving. I guess this isn’t serious in as much as what happened as much as what could have happened.

The all-nighter youth group even went really well. We had 32 kids come (whew!) - the most this church has ever seen come to an event by a long shot. Several kids responded to the gospel message (we didn’t give it - it was down in Portland) - and now please pray that we have wisdom in following-up. So many of these kids make commitments left and right (which is why we really don’t like this event, but it is a church tradition).

I’m helping out at the school play (Music Man) this year. I’ve been to both days of the auditions, and the director wants me to be the stage manager. I’m thinking about it. It’s a really great opportunity to just be in the school and meet kids. I saw a lot of our teens while I was there and it was just great to connect with them in their school settings. When Phil talked with the teens on the event last weekend, a lot of them said they were afraid to come to church. They have this sense of awe about it and are afraid of not living up to expectations (i.e. swearing in the building or stuff like that ). We’re trying to break down those barriers and make these kids feel welcome. I think meeting them on their own turf and building relationships will go a long way.

The problem is, the school play is the same weekend as the mosaic conference (in D.C.)that I wanted to go to is. On my professional mosaic artists’ board (not the one listed to the right - it’s a new one), they really liked my new work and thought that I should submit at least one piece to the juried show in D.C. It would be awesome to have a piece in a gallery for three months. So we’re thinking now of not going to the conference, but submitting a piece for the show. Which means, I’ve got to get two of my pieces completely done, and photographed this weekend so I can get slides done in time to meet the deadline which is in two weeks.

Here’s a picture of a recent mosaic of Mt. Katahdin (it’s not quite done -still needs some cleaning up, but you get the idea).

Last night we took a trip to Bangor to get supplies for my upcoming art show. We bought OSB to make my display (connecting hinged panels that can be arranged any which way). I also was able to find some missing pieces for the costumes for the Christmas play at church I’m directing (Little Women). I’m really happy about the costumes this year - I got some from a local community theater and some from a mom who collects prom dresses for a prom swap (some of these make great pettycoats to fill out full skirts). I also got a rag rug (i’ts nicer than it sounds - I’ll post pictures of my display after the show) for my display - I’ve read that having a floor covering really helps adding to the “gallery” feel of your display. We’ll see.

Oh, and Happy Birthday to fellow Mainer - Roger. May the bears and gorillas leave you in peace today.

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