New Wine in an Old WIne Skin
As many of you have heard, I have a new phone. It is a “Droid” - a so called “smart phone”. The problem I am having is that my “Droid” is smarter than I am. I have decided that I either need to go back to school and get a degree in computer engineering, or I need to find a time machine that lets me go back to being under the age of 14 so I can use my new phone.
I find myself in a similar place as I work to write my first BLOG. Where do I start? What do I say? Is there a right way and wrong way to write a blog? The folks I have talked with who are over a “certain age” ask me, “What’s a blog and why do you need to write one?” Those who are under that age look at me and ask, “What’s the big deal? You just write what you think and post it.”
Our church is in much the same place as we look at all the changes we have been through and the new ways we are “doing church”. The much loved old facility has been torn down and we are heading towards our new facility that will have a new church within a building that will provide over 90 units of affordable senior housing. In the mean time we are in our converted doctor’s offices and learning that we can still be a church in a very meaningful way. We have helped launch a music and arts conservatory in our space; fed over thirty people on Thanksgiving who had no place to go and share the day; begun a two day a week program called “Play Time/ Mommy & Me”; and soon we will open our computer lab so people can learn both basic computer skills, but also work on Rosetta Stone to learn both English and Spanish.
And there is that new email site I learned about that lets us send out email newsletters, event announcements, and surveys that we want to use to stay in touch and improve who we are as a church. And, oh yeah, there is this cool website that has translation capabilities, a way for us to post audios of sermons (if I can figure it all out), and soon we will have online classes in personal spirituality. Career planning, and other courses you can do at your own leisure.
We are doing all this for one reason - to help you in your spiritual journey. As our Mission Statement says, We are “Building God’s kingdom one person, one family, and one community at a time.” I am glad to have you as a partner in this mission and on this journey.
Now how do I sign off on a blog?????
Don