Thursday, August 30, 2007

Bicycle Commuting


I managed to ride to and from work twice this week: Tuesday and Wednesday. I made it without difficulty, except for the hill that starts at Broadway and Pantano and climbs Broadway eastbound to Sarnoff. I usually make it halfway up and have to walk the second half. Tuesday evening I drove Tyler to band rehearsal, but Wednesday I did not drive at all.

Paint by the Spirit

On September 9, we begin a new 4 week study on great artists and the spiritual significance of their work. We will begin with Van Gogh, and then consider in subsequent weeks Rembrandt, Picasso, and Monet. At a later date we may consider other artists. Feel free to nominate an artist that has touched you with their work!
A video of Van Gogh's work set to "Vincent" by Don McLean
A website with a bio of Van Gogh and links to view all of his works.
An article about the spiritual significance of Van Gogh's life and works.

Sunday September 2

Look here for a description of this week's worship. Included there is a link to Psalm 24. I encourage you to read it before Sunday's worship. I think this will be a unique opportunity to form our worship around one of the Psalms. Here is the worship bulletin.

From the Save Darfur Coalition

U.S. Must Support Peacekeeping Mission

The UN has authorized a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission for Darfur. Our task now is to ensure that President Bush upholds the U.S. commitment to support this mission when the UN General Assembly meets on September 18th.

Our goal is to send 100,000 messages in the next three weeks urging the president to uphold his commitment to the peacekeeping mission.

Help us reach our goal! Click here to sign petition.

The New Sign


This is the new sign I wrote about last week. It hangs along the front of the roof of the porch in front of the church office building and faces First Street. It can be seen by people in Himmel Park and by our day school parents picking up their children.