May 10, 2010
Good day everybody. I hope the spring time or that in between seasons is bringing out hope and joy. The Mother’s Day event was wonderful and I made sure to acknowledge all the Mothers of our world including Grand-Mothers! I also heard there was a happy Daughter’s day as well. Life around Carbon County continues to unfold and now I am running into summer calendar issues as other life changing events are starting to be planed (life changing events is code for weddings!). This was one of those weeks that I was able to connect with all the churches that I work with and I am encouraged by that. I hope this letter finds you well.
St. James (Encampment): Last Wednesday, May 5th, Vonnie from St. James wondered over to Kraft Hall to participate in scheduling the church services via WebEx through September. During our time together it was decided that St. James will be hosting a Carbon County Wide BBQ on August 22nd @ 11am at the city park. St. Luke, St. Thomas, and St. Paul all will be participating and an invitation will be sent to other churches in the area. What excitement. The next day I caught up with Vonnie as we reviewed the CCW BBQ (my title that could change) and talked about sending a couple of kids to the Wyoming Wilderness Camp this summer. There is still time to sign kids up and scholarships are available. This past Sunday, May 9th, I arrived in Encampment with my two older girls to both celebrate the 6th Sunday of Easter and Mother’s Day at St. James. Vonnie and I caught everybody up on the latest developments regards to Wyoming Wilderness Camp and the CCW BBQ. My oldest daughter wanted to show off her latest Marshal Arts Form (a series of blocks, kicks, and strikes which builds self-control and self-discipline). Everybody took notice and cheered her on. What a church!
St. Thomas (Rawlins): Last Tuesday, May 4th, Andrew Kerr along with St. Mark’s (Cheyenne, Wright, and for a while Jackson Hole) all joined in compressed video training event. Andrew is getting all of us up to speed on how to use this new communication tool. Shane of St. Thomas also joined with me as we learned how to present the camera views, learn basic best practices, and to begin thinking about who else needs to be trained to use this equipment. We also discovered a couple of technology issues that we will be addressing in the coming weeks. As I referred to about Wednesday Karen arrived at Kraft Hall as we schedule the services for the summer months and coordinated our effort with St. Thomas. Karen was very receptive to the August 22nd event. On Friday, May 7th, Karen and got together with a couple who is planning on getting married on June 5th and wants us to participate in the ceremony. This will be fun because the Very Rev. Marilyn Engstrom will be presiding. The details are coming together and I am looking forward to this date in Rawlins.
St. Luke (Medicine Bow): Arland joined everybody on Wednesday as he represented St. Luke’s in the scheduling. He will be assisting in the preparation of the CCW BBQ by providing the meat for the meal. Arland also indicated to me that he will be attending the Preaching Workshop in Cheyenne on June 5th to continue to get relicensed by 2011. He will not be alone for Ralph Hicks from Saratoga told me that he is planning on attending as well.
St. Paul’s (Dixon): Linda joined the call on Wednesday and was most gracious with the scheduling with all the churches. She mentioned that (Rev) Warren Murphy had expressed an interest in spending some time in the “Valley” is summer and he may be called upon to preside at a service this summer. Linda also informed everybody that with the arrival of summer, the Compline event is gearing up for another season and when the dates are set, all are welcomed to participate. It is a good time to have by all.
What is coming up? Monday I will work from the office at home getting a couple of agendas sent out for the meetings that are coming up this week. Tuesday will be a day of sermon writing and preparation for pre-marriage meeting on Wednesday for a couple from Green River. Wednesday I will be on my weekly WebEx meeting with the Ministry Developers and then headed over to Kraft Hall (Rawlins) for a couple of hours. That night I will meet with Jason and Nicki to continue with their pre-marriage counseling. Thursday I will be heading to Laramie to catch-up with Pat to begin planning a training session around “Safeguarding God’s People” that we are planning on presenting on the compressed video network on May 22nd from 9am to 12pm (so save the dates and more detail will be coming out soon). That evening I will sit down with the Ministry Support Team of St. Thomas for a monthly meeting @ 5:30pm. Friday is one of those days I will tie-up loose ends. Saturday I will be in Green River for a Taekwondo tournament. Sunday I head to St. Paul’s in Dixon. If I have the strength I will travel to LRSV early for a run with Tommy before the service. Following the service @ 10:30am there will be a Ministry Support Team meeting and then I head back to Rawlins.
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