Weekend Fragments

Sorry for the black out I suffered a coup de ta by the tyranny of the urgent. To bring you back up to speed here are a few fragments...

1. Did you hear that 18,000 attended last Saturday's Blue/White game at Penn State? Keep in mind the Blue/White game is an intra-squad scrimmage with free admission and that it was raining all day Saturday. I figure if 18,000 are willing to watch a scrimmage game in the rain, then it's another reason we don't need to cancel services due to a few inches of snow.

2. Easter Sunday - What a great day! I was thrilled with all the participants who helped pull the whole day together. Dee Miller did a wonderful job with the continental breakfast, the ushers did a tremendous job getting all 1,856 of the people seated, the worship teams/choir/musicians were good, the greeters did a great job welcoming all the visitors, we had just enough parking, we had seats to spare... all around it was a great team effort and a wonderful celebration.

3. Projector Roulette - Notice anything different with the Auditorium screens lately? We've been playing projector roulette. I admire Tim Reedy's patience; I'd be pulling my hair out by now. First the left projector started fading and we limped with it through the Christmas season. After having it for four weeks, the technicians couldn't conclusively identify the problem. We reinstalled since a limping projector is better than no projector. Then Plan B (replacing the projectors with existing projectors in other parts of the building) was implemented only to discover that their throw distance didn't match, rendering them unusable without physical changes that had other complications. So we went to Plan C, purchasing a replacement projector. The one dillema when you have two projectors is whether to replace both simultaneously; we decided to be frugal and just replace the one which was installed in time for Easter. Now, as luck would have it, the right projector is fading.

4. It's been awhile since there's been any news about the property across the street. Officially, there's been nothing to report; we've been consumed first by Christmas planning followed closely by Easter. As Pastor Scott announced yesterday, we will be forming a Concept Development Team in the coming weeks to get moving on the property once again.

5. Now that I've weathered the coup de ta of the past month, hopefully I'll be able to resume blogging with some frequency. I've been pitching in as a Receptionist the past several weeks as we wanted to have a Receptioninst from 8:30-5 each business day. I've pitched in while we worked on the long-term staffing plan.