PDYM Lunch

Hey, just a little promotion. I am hosting an area wide youth pastors lunch at Lakeside on May 3rd. If you are a youth Leader an are reading this you should come. If you don't live near Lakeside, check out www.pdymcommunity.com for a location near you!

Youth Ministry Volunteers

Just had a great meeting with my Youth Ministry Volunteer Staff. THese are a bunch of wonderful people! We haven't met for a few months due to bad scheduling and my lack of administrative skills, but this was a great reunion!

I learned a bunch of stuff, but one highlight is this: Volunteers WANT to help! Sometimes I feel like I am asking too much if I ask them to be there early, stay late, clean something up or spend extra time at home prepping something becasue I realize this is not their full time job...BUT they signed up to HELP when they signed up to volunteer. They just need to be asked most of the time!

Sounds like an easy learning, but I guess I have just gotten used to apathetic people who do a job, not becasue they like it, but becasue they feel they need to do it...

I need to keep learning!

Welcome to the Hood!

I was driving down I-94 and was just about to exit at 9 Mile when 3 speeding cop cars with lights on came tearing around me, then proceeded to join a 4th Cop already stopped with another car on the side of the road--right in front of the exit.

Then I preceeded to have a front row ticket to "Cops-Detroit" as 3 cops jumped out of their squad car right in front of me with guns drawn. One cop even had an assult rifle set on the other car and finally a man emerged from the car with hands raised. I have never seen something like this before!

Now it just makes me curious beyond belief as to what was going on--I mean what on earth would make these cops take this guy on with 3 guns and an assult rifle?

Welcome to my hood!

Fantasy Baseball

Being in Detroit, I became a quick Baseball fan about June of last year (Once the Tigers started showing they were for real!)

SO naturally I am now in a Fantasy Baseball league now--But Oh man can this eat my time...Researching stats, getting online at the right time to set my lineup and check my scores each night...And unlike football, this happens EVERY DAY!!!

I may have to quit my job if I am gonna stay pace with the college guys I am playing with!!!