SxSW and church stuff

I’m volunteering at my church this year again for SxSW. I’ll admit I’m not overly familiar with many of the bands playing there. Since Leah and I are (planning on) volunteering Friday night, I’m listening to My Brightest Diamond and Clare & the Reasons and I really like (most of) what I hear.
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Footprints

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IMG_0828, originally uploaded by evso.

I need another weekend already. I’ve been to two memorial services in three weeks. Yesterday’s service was very sweet and moving. One of the choir members sang one [...]

odds and ends

Sunday afternoon at church, I walked into the Sr. High classroom to start preparing for youth. One of the kids was in there with the youth choir director, listening to a slow, ponderous song on the stereo. I saw the kid had a sheet music with “Ave Maria” as the title, and I [...]

That would be Season for Caring

I referred to the Statesman’s holiday campaign as Season of Giving, but it’s actually Season for Caring. The family from my church is the one whose last name begins with M*. If you click on the above link, you can see the video they filmed during church. I’m glad to say that [...]

Restful Thanksgiving weekend

After the other crazy-busy weekends I have had this month, I was so happy not to have much planned for the long weekend. I finally watched the DVD of Talk to Me that I’d had out from Netflix for half a month. Saturday was yucky weather-wise, so I spent the whole day at [...]

Distracting

At church on Sunday, someone was filming the refugee family from our church – I believe it was for the upcoming Season of Giving article. Anyway, I felt awkward in church, wondering if I was on camera.
I don’t know how the people who attend the ginormous churches like Promiseland and Riverbend do it. [...]

Documentary night!

C and I have planned to see For the Bible Tells Me So tonight; it’s showing for a limited time at the Dobie. My pastor sent out a church-wide email last Friday encouraging us all to see it, otherwise I don’t know that I would have heard about the film while it was still [...]

Where I’ll be this weekend

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moranch06 007, originally uploaded by evso.

We’re heading out to Mo Ranch this evening. Looks like this will be a great weekend, weatherwise. I’ve been looking forward to the retreat for a while now, [...]

Season of Giving

Just found out on Sunday that the refugee family at our church is going to be included in the Statesman’s annual Season of Giving campaign. So get ready to give, y’all!
Yes, I know if it is only October, and the Season of Giving doesn’t happen until December. I do hope that the press [...]

Longest. Memorial service. Ever.

This weekend I attended a memorial service for a pleasant fellow who had attended my old church. Going to the service reminded me of all the reasons I don’t attend that church anymore. The service included a sermon, 5 remembrances, a Psalter, at least two really long prayers, and communion (among all the [...]