Saturday, May 29, 2004
she got the gig
Apologies for this blog becoming a family news board. Honestly, with so much news it's been dominating my thoughts...we'll get deeper inside my head in a month or so.
Melissa was offered and accepted a position teaching 2nd grade at Abundant Life Academy in Syracuse. I can't say just how proud I am of my wife.
This is God. See God go. Go God go.
After applying and interviewing at several schools in the ATL area (which has tons of new schools opening up each year) we heard nothing back in the way of job offers. After 2 interviews in Syracuse a job is had for Melissa. Who knows what God will do next?!?! This is an incredibly exciting time for our family. God is so faithful.
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Melissa was offered and accepted a position teaching 2nd grade at Abundant Life Academy in Syracuse. I can't say just how proud I am of my wife.
This is God. See God go. Go God go.
After applying and interviewing at several schools in the ATL area (which has tons of new schools opening up each year) we heard nothing back in the way of job offers. After 2 interviews in Syracuse a job is had for Melissa. Who knows what God will do next?!?! This is an incredibly exciting time for our family. God is so faithful.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Got the gig
This will be brief - more to come later.
I have been offered and accepted the position of Outreach Coordinator at the Rescue Mission in Syracuse, NY.
tentative move date 6/21/04.
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I have been offered and accepted the position of Outreach Coordinator at the Rescue Mission in Syracuse, NY.
tentative move date 6/21/04.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2004
back from NY
I went to Syracuse for 2 intense days of interviewing and hanging out with the Spiritual Life Team at the Rescue Mission. It was a really great experience and I am (just to be honest) really hoping it works out. Now I have the difficult task of praying not my will, but Yours Lord.
While we were there we met up for a late night snack with John Elmer from the Vineyard - John was such an encouragement to me; a real blessing. We also connected with some other folks from the Vineyard (Nancy, Laurie, and Marylin). Great to see some familiar faces.
The city was just the same...maybe not just the same, but very close. When we drove through here and there (Melissa drove up to meet me there), something just felt "right." No other way to explain it...looking around at the surroundings it felt normal. And then comparing it to looking around here (Roswell, GA) made this feel foreign. Very strange. At the same time being there, without our kids, seeing people from 4 years ago, in places we were at four years ago felt very surreal...almost like walking into a page from your past. I don't say any of this for interpreting (knock yourself out if you want to though)...just observations of a dirty, old, central NY city.
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While we were there we met up for a late night snack with John Elmer from the Vineyard - John was such an encouragement to me; a real blessing. We also connected with some other folks from the Vineyard (Nancy, Laurie, and Marylin). Great to see some familiar faces.
The city was just the same...maybe not just the same, but very close. When we drove through here and there (Melissa drove up to meet me there), something just felt "right." No other way to explain it...looking around at the surroundings it felt normal. And then comparing it to looking around here (Roswell, GA) made this feel foreign. Very strange. At the same time being there, without our kids, seeing people from 4 years ago, in places we were at four years ago felt very surreal...almost like walking into a page from your past. I don't say any of this for interpreting (knock yourself out if you want to though)...just observations of a dirty, old, central NY city.
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Monday, May 17, 2004
switched to blogger comments
Friday, May 14, 2004
On My Mind
Next week I fly up to Central NY for an interview. I've been spending a good bit of time thinking about, praying about and preparing for it. Actually, I can't get it out of my head- that's why I'm blogging about it!
In other news:
Leo was sitting on the couch playing with my hair. He gasped and said, "Daddy!! What happened to your hair. It's all gone right there! Did it bloweded away?"
I responded "Well Leo, it fell out. That's why I don't have hair right there. Because I'm going bald."
"Oh. Did grandpa Ard's hair falleded out too?"
"Yes, son."
"It didn't bloweded away? It just fell out?"
"Yes, Leo."
"He's going bald too?"
"Yes, grandpa Ard is very bald."
Sheesh. This parenting thing is rough.
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In other news:
Leo was sitting on the couch playing with my hair. He gasped and said, "Daddy!! What happened to your hair. It's all gone right there! Did it bloweded away?"
I responded "Well Leo, it fell out. That's why I don't have hair right there. Because I'm going bald."
"Oh. Did grandpa Ard's hair falleded out too?"
"Yes, son."
"It didn't bloweded away? It just fell out?"
"Yes, Leo."
"He's going bald too?"
"Yes, grandpa Ard is very bald."
Sheesh. This parenting thing is rough.
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Monday, May 10, 2004
From the Blog Of Greg Hubbard (see link on right)
here it is, my blog 'pic of the month' Thanks to greg H. for not even knowing I copied and pasted this into my blog.
Two Theories to Try On You
Today I had a phone call from a lady from So. Cal. with questions about how we do what we do as Apex. I have the privilege/challenge of such phone calls at least once or twice each month. I found myself throwing out two ideas that I have come to believe, and I thought I'd throw them out here for all those in blog-dom to read as well . . . .
1) People in general can not be accurately labelled as "churched" or "unchurched" anymore (or even "believers" or non-believers"). Sure, some people fit completely into one of those labels. But most people do not. Most of us have a complicated, even bizarre, spiritual story. People's stories are often a stew made up of ingredients borrowed from the kitchen cupboards of life. They've dabbled in a little of this and a little of that.
As those loved by Father, we aren't so much trying to identify who is "churched" (so we can get them to jump over into our brand of church) and who is "unchurched" (so we can save their souls from fiery damnation) as we are looking for occassions to come alongside others journeyng through life to see where our stories and theirs might intersect and where we may help each other grow. We trust our Father will use us through these intersections to reach out to others.
2) Successful, large churches (although good in many ways) are going to miss out on reaching two kinds of people.
The first kind are those who will never come to anything called "church" (no matter how far the church stretches to reach them -- even if the church serves beer and hires strippers, there are some people who just aint coming if it is called church!).
The second kind are those on the opposite extreme who have been so reached by the church, who have jumped through every hoop offered by the church to the extent that they, in a sense, have grown beyond what the model has to offer. They are ready to go out and live lives loved by Father, embracing freedom, sharing life in their spiritual community, and sharing love with the world. They have drained everything they can out of the large, succesful church, and in many cases, they have given all they can in service through those churches. They are ready and equipped to be sent out.
Large, successful churches may well have an important function for years to come. However, their ultimate success may depend upon their ability to appropriately acknowledge and deal with the fact that they are limited from reaching these two extreme groups of people, both of which are a growing part of the population in North America.
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Two Theories to Try On You
Today I had a phone call from a lady from So. Cal. with questions about how we do what we do as Apex. I have the privilege/challenge of such phone calls at least once or twice each month. I found myself throwing out two ideas that I have come to believe, and I thought I'd throw them out here for all those in blog-dom to read as well . . . .
1) People in general can not be accurately labelled as "churched" or "unchurched" anymore (or even "believers" or non-believers"). Sure, some people fit completely into one of those labels. But most people do not. Most of us have a complicated, even bizarre, spiritual story. People's stories are often a stew made up of ingredients borrowed from the kitchen cupboards of life. They've dabbled in a little of this and a little of that.
As those loved by Father, we aren't so much trying to identify who is "churched" (so we can get them to jump over into our brand of church) and who is "unchurched" (so we can save their souls from fiery damnation) as we are looking for occassions to come alongside others journeyng through life to see where our stories and theirs might intersect and where we may help each other grow. We trust our Father will use us through these intersections to reach out to others.
2) Successful, large churches (although good in many ways) are going to miss out on reaching two kinds of people.
The first kind are those who will never come to anything called "church" (no matter how far the church stretches to reach them -- even if the church serves beer and hires strippers, there are some people who just aint coming if it is called church!).
The second kind are those on the opposite extreme who have been so reached by the church, who have jumped through every hoop offered by the church to the extent that they, in a sense, have grown beyond what the model has to offer. They are ready to go out and live lives loved by Father, embracing freedom, sharing life in their spiritual community, and sharing love with the world. They have drained everything they can out of the large, succesful church, and in many cases, they have given all they can in service through those churches. They are ready and equipped to be sent out.
Large, successful churches may well have an important function for years to come. However, their ultimate success may depend upon their ability to appropriately acknowledge and deal with the fact that they are limited from reaching these two extreme groups of people, both of which are a growing part of the population in North America.
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Saturday, May 01, 2004
Notes for the week
-Melissa's Grandmother passed away early Saturday morning. She will be flying up tomorrow (Sunday) with the boys. My heart aches for my wife and her family.
-Anyone interested in a used Tascam 4 track recorder or Shure sm-58 e-mail me before they go on ebay.
-Melissa got accepted into a graduate program. It's an accredited program that is entirely online through AIU.
-I have an interview in Syracuse, NY later this month.
-My baby is crying and I am going to go take care of him.
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-Anyone interested in a used Tascam 4 track recorder or Shure sm-58 e-mail me before they go on ebay.
-Melissa got accepted into a graduate program. It's an accredited program that is entirely online through AIU.
-I have an interview in Syracuse, NY later this month.
-My baby is crying and I am going to go take care of him.
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