Yesterday was a whirlwind day. I started at 6:30 a.m. headed to Bowie for a meeting with Noah Kaye pastor of CCF a Mennonite church in Greenbelt and soon to be financial partner with SRC. We had a very good meeting and I was on the road again. I got back to PAG at 9:30 for a meeting with Matt and Laurie Boyer, my team pastor and his wife. We met until noon, got lunch, then met till 2:15. I said goodbye to them and headed to my 2:30 meeting with Keith Edwards (church planting director) and Rev. Peter Joudry a financial consultant. They looked over my budget, and my projected income and informed me that I was way ahead of every other church plant in the potomac district about to start and currently operating. That's good news...kinda (bad news for everyone else, as we still have a $2500.00 gap per month). We began working on an event for potential donors which you'll hear more about later. Then Keith invited me to the Orioles game as an encouragement and recreation activity. I called Corie, and with her permission, I attended and had a great time. The O's beat the Twins. They hit 5 homeruns. Nick Markakis hit 3 homeruns in a row. (The only Oriole rookie to ever do that.) It was a great game, and I was very thankful to go. I got home at 10:30, lay my head down upon my pillow, and another day in the books. Where does the time go?
--Ben
4 comments:
"I called Corie, and with her permission,", and don't you for-gittt it.
You don't say much about the meetings themselves. Hopefully they went as well as the ballgame.
Yes,
I figured the contents of the meetings may bore readers. Noah's meeting included talk about family, work, taking time off. His church is entering the budget season, and he'll be presenting his proposal in 3 weeks.
Matt's meeting involved planning of the Grand Opening, how services will be, ideas on Video projects, and team building.
Keith and Peter met with me to look at our finances. Peter is a financial consultant. They were pleased with our budget, and the steps I had taken in fund raising. They said that we were much further ahead than anyone in the district. And they helped me plan to continue building the partnership, and develop a fundraising event for the fall with potentially big donors.
So that's all. I just realized, I hit 3 homeruns yesterday just like Nick Markakis
sounds like a pretty active day! Glad to hear that you are getting some time to relax as well as work.
I can't believe you were at that game! I wish I could have been there myself. I read all about it on-line the next day and watched the highlights. That Adam Louwen (sp?) is really coming along here at the end of the season. We've got some good young talent. Let's hope they don't trade 'em away in the offseason!
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