VBS DAY!

So I am so excited! I received my VBS material today. I am using Standard Publishing's Inside out and Upside down on Mainstreet.
It looks so good. I'll post more when I get a longer chance to look at it!

Week of Prayer

We have started our week of prayer here at EBC. We have had a pretty good turn out so far, small but passionate groups of people who have a heart to see the will of God being done in their church and their city.
If you are from EBC or just from Saskatoon, please come check out our prayer time this week. They are at 7:15 am, 12:15 noon, and 7:15 pm. They are for 30 minutes.
If you are a mom with little ones not yet in school, I would be more than happy to hold a baby during the lunch hour prayer. Just leave a message on this blog or Facebook me to let me know that you need my baby holding services!

¹² In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. (Eph 3:12)

Technology dependant part II

Ok, so my computer crashed late last week and that kept me a bit behind and a bit bored at my desk for Thursday (Friday is my day off) and Monday as my new computer was getting ready for its new home.
So since Tuesday I have had my new computer and I feel just as silly sitting at my desk staring at it as I did when I didn't have a computer. I have this big beautiful looking Mac sitting on my desk now and I am just learning the differences between a PC and a Mac. Right now I feel like it is taking me twice as long to figure things out and that I am not nearly as productive as I should be. Oh well, it will only take me a few days and a lot of playing around to figure out some of the silly little differences.

I do like that my Iphone syncs really nicely with the ical. Over all it will be wonderful, it will just take me a little while to stop looking for the close screen x on the right.

Feel free to send any pointers my way :)

Technology dependent

Here I am sitting at my desk without a computer, because mine was not behaving itself, with little to do. What do you do at work without a computer? I pulled out my phone to check my emails, Facebook, and twitter just to keep up with the world, I ran errands, and cleaned my Sunday school rooms.

Now I guess I wait.

My new computer is suppose to be ready this afternoon.

What would you do if you didn't have your computer at work for a day?

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Location:Taylor St E,Saskatoon,Canada

faith is good

I have a lot of faith in my volunteers . I just know that they are going to show up, come prepared and be happy. I wish that I could take credit for this, but I really can't . The intrim children's ministry director did a wonderful job showing them importance of volunteering, the changes that they make in the lives of children and I am guessing that the volunteers feel appreciated and blessed. I have been at EBC for two months already and I haven't had a single no show. Boy, that is just unheard of.

So, now my job is to find out from my volunteers what they think of their volunteer positions, what they like and don't like. I need to talk to Carie, who put many of these volunteers into their positions, to see what she did to encourage them, train them and/or value them. And I am going to have to implement those practices in the other volunteer areas that I over see.

I need to not take for granted that my morning people are faithful. I need to learn from that and try to encourage all areas to have the same faithful feel.

I can't believe it is Saturday night at 7:30 and I am not worried about who is going to show up. My volunteers rock.

Playgroup

Every Thursday morning we have a parent supervised playgroup. I think it is pretty fun. We have about 50 children and 30 parents who all come for 1-2 hours and play. We have climbers, wiggle cars, a rice table, costumes and even a bouncer. Of course we have coffee and tea for the parents and juice for the kids. It really is a good program. I love seeing the different groups of people talking and hanging out. Each week it seems like we have people who have been for the first time.

I am looking to add to this program. I am wondering what type of events or programs would be beneficial for young parents. If you are a parent or are in ministry to young families please share any ideas you might have to better my program.

My prayer for this program is that every lady who comes on a regular basis will be intentional at inviting someone from the community.

Making friends up and down the hall

Ok, so here is the thought of the day. How do you make friends up and down the hall of an office. I have to say that I love my job, I also really like the people that I work with, but I am really lonely. I am surrounded by super nice people, whom I have known for 2 months now and really don't feel a strong friendship with any of them.

True I work mainly with introverts, when I am an extrovert. So my overly excited invites for coffee or my constant attempt at starting conversations tend to scare people off than build friendships.

My office is also all the way in the corner of the church, not near most of the of the other offices, so distance can play into the problem a bit.

We are all rather busy here at the church, which does not allow for tons of social time, so that plays into the situation a bit as well.

And I'm the new one, and they are not, so they already have social groups within the office and the church, when I just don't.

So, does my lack of office friendship affect my work? No, the opposite actually. I am very productive sitting all alone in my quiet lonely area. Does it affect the way I view my job? No, I still very much love my job and the people I work with. So what does it affect? Why do work friendships matter? I'm not sure. It affects my mood. But a mood can be changed, controlled and managed.

I will not let this affect my job or my feelings toward my job.

But if anyone has any tried and true ideas on making friends as an adult, or being an extrovert in an introvert's world. Let me know.