Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Less Than A Month Away...
Wow! Here it comes!
Bruce "Charlie" Johnson and I just spoke on the phone and are excited about the time we are going to have together. Right now we are polishing the schedule and preparing to share our plan for growth with you. It's going to be exciting!
Here are a few things you will want to plan for:
1. Please plan to be here at 3:00 Wednesday afternoon. This will allow time for you to make the trip to Willmar from the airport in Minneapolis, or wherever you may be coming from. Also, for those that are closer, it may allow you time to check into your hotel before coming over to the church. Once you arrive here at the church on Wednesday, you will stay here until about 8:30 p.m. We will start off with a time of acquanting ourselves with each other, discuss some ministry thoughts, have a "family style" supper at the church, and you will also watch Bruce and I do two chapel services for different aged children that evening.
2. The Next Step workshop is a time of active learning. There will be some lecture times, but there will also be a lot of time working on stage presentation, movement, character, timing, etc. The highlight of our time together is our Sunday morning Kids Church presentation. We present two Kids Church services (9:00 and 10:45). These services last approximately and hour and 20 minutes. When I say "we present" I mean YOU! We will work together on writing and performing material during our workshop. We may use that in the Sunday morning services. Some of the material presented in Kids Church may be one of the routines that you are bringing to work on with us. For many of us, this is a very fun time ministering along with other clowns. If you are not able to be with us for the Sunday morning due to your personal ministry commitments, we understand. Please let me know in advance of the workshop beginning so that I may avoid any awkwardness with the other attendees. I'd just like to know "up front." Thanks.
3. I will be picking up Bruce at the airport on Tuesday. He will be flying out once again on Monday. If you need to fly into Minneapolis, and will be arriving and leaving at a time that somewhat coincides with Bruce's transportation plans, know that I'm willing to pick you up and have you ride along with us. Just let me know.
Looking forward to having you here in less than a month!
Randy
