Beware of cameras
posted by thespiderman @ 8:41 AM
Back from a crazy week in California
I spent the past 7 days in California with Marty, the middle school youth leader from Messiah, and had a great time, but I sure am glad to be back home. I flew to Sacramento for a youth worker's conference, but arrived a couple of days early. Marty and I drove down to Dinuba where we spent two nights with our friends from Gleanings for the Hungry. We spent an entire day and night tearing apart a bathroom and laundry room for them and we then installed two new counter tops, 4 new sinks, 2 new light bars and a new mirror. We had to redo all of the plumbing below the sinks and then make everything look pretty before we left. The project went great and we pray it will be a tremendous blessing to all of the youth that serve at Gleanings in the future.
On Thursday afternoon we drove back to Sacramento for the start of our conference. During the 5 day conference we heard plenty of great speakers and got some super ideas to bring back to our ministries at Messiah. We also ate tons of candy, got lots of free stuff and had a chance to visit Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger's office at the state capitol. I think riding a magical unicorn while eating cotton candy and wearing a fake moustache was the highlight of my trip.
Our flight was delayed on the way home, so we spent an extra night on the road (in Denver) before making it home. It was a tiring trip, but one that will help both of us as we continue to share the message of God's love to all of the youth and families we serve in Lincoln.
posted by thespiderman @ 1:23 PM
Gotta cut back...
It's finally getting to me. With the love of technology that I have, it's easy for me to want to help out others around the church with their problems. I love the feeling of being able rescue someone who is stuck in the mire of a lost printer connection or a computer that just won't connect to an email account. It must be the closest thing I can do to be a true superhero, like Spiderman or the Flash. I'm Computer Man!
Well, just like in the comics, superheroes sometimes need to retire and pass on their capes to others. Spiderman has done it. Superman and Batman have done it. It's time for Computer Man to do that too. I've been spending less and less time on the youth ministry I'm called to do, and more and more time fixing technology and plotting and planning for future technology expansion within the church. It's time to step down and let some other superheroes take over.
We've recently hired Dave Porath and Jordan Bergland as part-time technology assistants here at Messiah. They are both very gifted and talented in the areas of technology. I'm passing my webshooters on to them. I wouldn't do that unless I had complete confidence in their abilities and talents. They already have done some great things in the AV room and will continue to do great things throughout our building.
If the internet is slow, your computer won't print, you need to get a DVD player working or your cat is stuck in a tree and needs rescuing, please contact Dave or Jordan (the new Computer Man and Megabyte Boy). If they have some problems or need some input on how things are wired around here, I would be happy to assist them with the occassional need. I would humbly ask that you respect my need to retire from the computer superhero business and allow me to put my full energy and abilities into youth ministry, which is my calling and my love.
posted by thespiderman @ 9:10 AM
