98% excited or 98% scared?
98% excited or 98% scared from Robert Terrell on Vimeo.
tapestry had it’s second and last “preview” worship gathering last night. the only thing left now is the real deal. last night was great and hard at the same time. mike penza’s brother ended up passing away this week. we all hurt for mike and he’s family. we were also missing casey but for much more pleasant reasons (he had to go see his woman). while worship was great i wish the whole tapestry family could have been there and most importantly not in pain.
the next step is a matter of mapping everything out for the actual launch this coming sunday. i’m extremely excited and scared at the same time. over on facebook one of my friends suggested the scene from armageddon where owen wilson’s character is strapped into the shuttle. he’s “98% excited and 2% scared or is it 98% scared and 2% excited?” it pretty much sums up how i feel right now.
SIDE NOTE – we have a new member of the terrell family. after a lot of searching pam found a cat that she feel in love with. she found him through the purbred cat rescue. he’s a 5 year old himalayan and his name is mr. darcy. though i am not the biggest fan of cats in general, i will admit that i like this guy.
pray for the penzas
some of you know and love mike penza. some of you don’t know him yet but if you did you would love him. mike’s brother dave has been struggling with cancer for four years. dave is a college student and he has gone through more struggle than most of us ever will. mike texted yesterday saying that he’s brother wasn’t doing well and asking for prayer. dave has now gone into respiratory shock and the doctors are saying there is a chance that he will not make it through the night.
please join me in praying for my friend’s brother and the whole penza family.
i remember feeling this way
once or twice in previous churches.
simulacra and simulation
i like candles in worship. nothing blatantly spiritual about them, they just help me to get into the right mindset. washington elementary school now has a no open flame policy and therefore regular candles are a “no no.” the issue i now face is whether flameless candles are just completely cheesy or not. i feel pretty lame putting out flameless candles just as a mood setter but at the same time i really do like candles in worship gatherings. of course, flameless candles are merely a simulation of the real thing and therefore it could be argued that they aren’t really going to serve the same purpose anyhow. i no for most of you this is probably not a big deal, but it’s twisting my brain in knots. any thoughts?
SIDE NOTE – here’s the itunes address for our podcast once it begins. obviously it won’t begin until our gatherings do (september 14).
september tapestry prayer email
here’s the monthly prayer email i send out to those who are praying on behalf of tapestry. if you do not receive this email and would like to please message me and i will add you to the list.