Marie preaching

Here's Marie preaching over at the YMCA campus this morning!

Green Day (no not the band)

I can't believe it, we got at least one of the evergreen bushes from infront of the church on Saturday morning. It required myself and 4 men to sit in the truck to make the little bush come out. It was very cool. About the time we got started with the bushes it began to rain. We could not let the rain stop us, people where there to help so that is exactly what they did. We cleaned out the closet in the nursery (it was a huge mess, you could not even walk in there) Duane was able to throw a bunch of stuff I had no idea what to do with out!! Yeah!! We also got another room completely painted. The stencils are slowly coming off the wall, or being painted over.

I have been back in town for about 1.5 weeks. In that time it feels like I have gotten alot started, yet not very much. I have been able to be in touch with about 1/2 the launch team. I have scheduled appointments with those that i have not been able to see yet. (If that is you please contact me so that we can talk.) I have also contacted several outside people in the last week. I hope that within two weeks that I will make the majority of my new contacts with those who do not call Stillwater home.

Okay, I am tired and my computer is dying. I do have to preach tommorrow. I am nervous because I am going without a whole manuscript, only notes. We shall see.

Blessings and hope that the pictures will be up soon.

What is happening

Whew... I can't believe it, I am finally able to commit all of my time to Stillwater on Miller Lane. I feel like it has taken forever to begin the process. As I was at my annual conference (a meeting of other United Methodists who are both pastors and people who participate in the lives of churches) this past week, I realized how blessed I am for this out of the box kind of thinking that we are doing. I am sad that I will not be able to put my feet in the ocean, but I do have the opportunity to reach out and share the love of Christ to a whole bunch of new people here in Ohio.

I did have the opportunity while I was home to visit my friend Doris who is a young woman I have guardian of in DE. She turned 44 in May, we had a surprise birthday party for her while I was home. It was great. She laughed and had a great time. She really likes men. One of her favorite men came to her party and threw her kisses all evening. Doris' staff told me that she and this gentleman had been on a date; they watched a movie in her room. She is such an important part of my life, yet so few people know about her here in Ohio.

Church updates...

On June 28th from 8am- 12 noon we will be having a Green day, not the band, a day to start the sprucing up process at Miller Lane. Bring your shovels and watering cans. We will have fun pulling up weeds and bushes.