At least I’m not the only one who’s been getting a little annoyed by the “helper” kids at VBS. Tonight I think every leader had to raise their voice at least once. And these are mild mannered church folk. But they don’t want to see their church disrespected. If these street kids would just get it through their heads that they need to behave in the sanctuary the adults would get off their case. But that just isn’t happening. They’re talking, not even whispering, in the sanctuary when the rest of the program is going on. At the end of the night when kids were asked if they wanted to pray up front in the mic one of them came up and prayed for some rappers. They have a total lack of respect for authority. What really pisses me off is the way they treat Pastor Wendy, who has absolutely poured herself into these kids and they have been treating her like crap.
It sucks when you realize that it’s these people that Jesus wants you to get through to, because you just want to give up on them. It would be so much easier. Selfishly you almost start thinking that they deserve eternal damnation. Hey, if they don’t want to listen it’s their own fault. But that’s not true. It’s our responsibility as members of the body to share this message with everyone, even people who have a total lack of respect.
I’m going to be meeting with Nicole on Friday to talk about what devotionals we are going to be doing for the youth program. Hopefully she’ll be able to attend the trip to Six Flags on July 6, but she’s got a crazy work schedule this summer. If the kids at VBS are any indication I’m going to need all the help I can get.
These last two days I’ve been helping out at my church with their Vacation Bible School program. It’s a little different than most that I’ve been apart of. First of all, it’s at night so that parents who work can volunteer. Second, each day is much shorter than the average VBS that I’ve been involved with – only 2 hours and 15 minutes. Both of these things have been easy enough to get used to.
Sometimes it’s all about keeping up with the Joneses. In this case, it’s all about keeping up with the Schwartzes. As of today my blog is now “fully integrated” (whatever that means) with the rest of my website. To many of you this is, I’m sure, the best news you’ve received all day. To others it is news that I actually have a “rest of my website” at all. In any case, I hope you enjoy the addition. EDIT: The preceding is referring to my old blog, which was on Xanga, from where this post was originally posted.
So here’s your daily housing update. Scott and I have decided to live on campus, and we’re going to be roommates. We’re attempting to switch out of McCollum Hall and into Rogers Hall. Supposedly there’s a waiting list even for Rogers, but that seems unlikely since I’ve never met anyone who really wanted to live there (it’s kind of a pit). But if you would pray that we’d get into there I would appreciate it.
I’ve got a little something to show you. It’s a movie by Allen Lill of Salley 502 (always in Salley 501’s shadow) showing Andy Larkin’s infamous dart catch. Enjoy!
Another piece of the dream died today. Team Win is now a mere twosome. Sweet Joe left on Saturday. Today Will also bowed out. Now it is only Scott and I who remain, and I’m not sure if even we will be living together come the fall. You see, I don’t want to live in McCollum if I don’t know the other three guys I’m living with. It’s not like a freshman dorm where you might get roommates who aren’t ever there (therefore doing their craziness elsewhere). People move into McCollum to make it their home. They come home and they stay home. I will be Scottie’s roommate if we live in a double somewhere else. I have been told that Rogers might be a possibility (though it is a grad student dorm). I would even be willing to live in a single (though I don’t know what Scott would do then). I’m going to call tomorrow to see just what the story is. I am almost positive that I will be living on campus; now it’s just a question of where.
Bad news all around today. First, FSU’s National Championship trophies have been stolen! You can read all about it by clicking here. This story broke on Thursday but I didn’t hear of it until today (haven’t been watching SportsCenter). What kills me is that there were no security cameras near the trophy case. Come on!
The second bit of bad news is a little more personal. I talked to Joe Chandler today, and he told me that he will not be living with me this year. I knew this was a possibility, but it just sucks for it to be a reality. His first choice was to live with Team Win in McCollum. However, his second choice was to live with his roommates from the previous year if housing didn’t cooperate. Housing didn’t cooperate, so he’ll be staying put. I’m sad. He is my idol after all.
