I tagged along with our Youth Director, Charlie, and four of our Junior High youth to a rescue mission in Dothan, Alabama today. Our kids served lunch to a small group of homeless men and cleaned the kitchen and dining room and washed the dishes afterwards.
One 11 year old girl in our group said that she wants to go back next Saturday, apparently forgetting that next weekend our youth are going on a trip to the beach. Or maybe she didn't forget....
One highlight for us all was meeting one of the staff of the mission Mercy Zgambo and her three year old daughter Grace. These two are very aptly named. Mercy is a native of Malawi. How she ended up working at a homeless shelter in Dothan, Alabama, I do not know. I am sure there was some grace involved.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Conference
I leave tomorrow morning for Savannah as our church's lay delegate to the South Georgia Annual Conference. This will be my first Annual Conference. I have been to several district conferences.
I look forward to seeing how things work at this level of the church.
One thing that I am very excited about is the morning of service on Tuesday. Every delegate at the conference will spend the morning working on various service/mission projects in the Savannah Community. There were probably 25-30 different projects to choose from. I see this as a great opportunity for the Savannah community to witness first-hand the open hearts and willing hands of the United Methodist Church.
I look forward to seeing how things work at this level of the church.
One thing that I am very excited about is the morning of service on Tuesday. Every delegate at the conference will spend the morning working on various service/mission projects in the Savannah Community. There were probably 25-30 different projects to choose from. I see this as a great opportunity for the Savannah community to witness first-hand the open hearts and willing hands of the United Methodist Church.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Press Corps(e)
The number of journalists killed in Iraq is greater than the number killed in any other war in U.S. history. That includes the two WW's. The number of deaths to members of the press is somewhere between 66 and 127 depending on the source.
There are several reasonable explanations for the large number of deaths among the press:
1. There are probably more reporters on-site in Iraq than there have ever been in any other war.
2. The reporters are "imbedded" with the troops.
3. The nature of the attacks. They do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
One thing is for sure: the soldiers are not the only heroes putting their life on the line in this silly war. The journalists are literally dying to tell us the story. It is a shame that so few of us are listening.
There are several reasonable explanations for the large number of deaths among the press:
1. There are probably more reporters on-site in Iraq than there have ever been in any other war.
2. The reporters are "imbedded" with the troops.
3. The nature of the attacks. They do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
One thing is for sure: the soldiers are not the only heroes putting their life on the line in this silly war. The journalists are literally dying to tell us the story. It is a shame that so few of us are listening.
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