Day: April 25, 2005

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preparations for “the view”

wednesday's plan
above is my “cat scratch” dry erase board drawing of the flow of the worship service wednesday, april 27, 2005. we’re going to be dealing with being on journey with GOD – an abraham experience. the way we are doing this is to turn the entire service into a physical journey. here’s what will happen:

  • everyone usually just walks into the the student center auditorium in preparation for the service. wednesday they will start outside and begin walking around the building as a part of the service.
  • this first leg of their walk around the student center will be surrounded by reminders and symbols of beginning a walk with JESUS – these are being developed by a student within the youth ministry.
  • the second leg of the journey around the student center will be surrounded by reminders and symbols of hardships we sometimes face while walking with CHRIST – these are being developed by a student within the youth ministry.
  • the third part of the journey will be surrounded by reminder and symbols of times or refreshing within our walk with our LORD – these are being developed by a student within the youth ministry.
  • the students will then enter the building and walk a labyrinth – to calm their thoughts down and focus on conversing with GOD. i have two students who are setting the labyrinth up.
  • the teens will then enter a room that is full of shoes. for the past three months i have been collecting shoes from individuals who had profound experiences with GOD while wearing those shoes. they have written down a summary of the experiences they had and those experiences will be attached to the shoes. the students will be able to enter the room and browse through the shoes and written testimonies.
  • the students will then enter the auditorium for singing and a message that focus on being on journey with GOD.

if you click on the above picture it will take you to flickr where you can view an image that i marked with the flow of the view. i’ll post pictures after we finish the service.

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beware of totzilla

totzilla - large
a few weeks ago i was reading a blog and ran across a description of “totzilla“, the world’s largest natural tater-tot. in the description i found out that “totzilla” was being sold on ebay. i may be a cheap guy but i still know an opportunity when i see one. so i thought i would go and see how much “totzilla” was selling for. when i reached ebay the monster tot was only selling for $3. at that price i had to get this gigantic tot. of course, i wanted to see how much shipping would be before i bought thing – i mean transporting a giant tot can’t be cheap. it was going to cost $15 to ship “totzilla” in dry ice. with shipping in mind i figured i could spend about $25 total. i guesstimated that i could get at least $25 worth of stories and jokes out of possessing the world’s largest tater-tot. so i bid a maximum bid of $10 on the supreme tot. for one day i was the lead bidder on “totzilla”. that day was a glorious days, it’s a day that i will remember always. unfortunately the dream wasn’t meant to last. i was outbid. the problem was that i determined that i could only get $25 worth of enjoyment out of “totzilla” so i had to stick with my bid. in the end his supreme tot-greatness went for $12.01 – a price that was simply too high for my blood.

still i miss the prestige and pride that i might have had from being the owner of the largest natural tater-tot in the world.