Monday, October 19, 2009

Get Moved.

I'm sort of a social media junkie. Sometimes, I get so wrapped up in discovering new online things, that I forget to check up on some of the more basic stuff I have. My computer has been acting up for the past month and conseuqently, all of my passwords and settings have been wiped repeatedly. This includes my iGoogle log-in. I've been falling back on just the classic Google. Well, today, I decided to go back to my handy-dandy, gadget-laden iGoogle and with it my wonderful YouTube gadget.

This was its offerring of the day. Get moved by it as much as I did:

Thursday, October 8, 2009

This Saturday is 1010 Community Day!



We'll be at Bouton Street Park in South Norwalk all day. Our schedule is:

10:10am - 1pm: City Park Beautification at Bouton St. Park in partnership with Robidoux Landscaping and the City of Norwalk
1pm - 2:30pm: Community Lunch at Bouton Street Park
2:30pm - 5:30pm: Neghborhood Kids Celebration at Bouton St. Park
3pm-4pm: Street Side Salon
4pm: Mayor Moccia at Bouton Street Park to proclaim October 10, 2009 "1010 Community Day in Norwalk"
All Day: Handyperson Home Projects in Bouton St neighborhood
All Day: Coat and Winter Clothes Drive to Benefit Norwalk Emergency Shelter

Come down for some or all of it. It's going to be a day of neighboring. I can't wait.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Get on Your Boots. Yeah, you.

The past three weeks have marked a really special time at Northeast Community Church. We have been working through a new message series called, "Get On Your Boots." It's been our chance to talk biblically about what it means to be the church specifically to the poor and oppressed. Now, that's just a little bit of Christian-ese to say that we have been having a conversation about getting on our boots and doing_some_work. I wish there was a way to "shout" on here without ALL CAPS. ALL CAPS always seems so angry to me, but I don't want to shout this angrily, I want to shout it excitedly. To have, for the past four weeks, been taking time each week to talk about our scriptural mandate and examples of how to connect, care and love all members of our society gets me excited. When I get excited I shout. My voice also rises to wholly unpleasant shrill ranges, but that's a whole other story.

We still have one more week this upcoming Sunday, where we will be talking about the Actualization of it all -- the idea of "a full life in the emptiest of places." If you're around, check it out. We're at West Rocks Middle School and meet at 10:30am on Sundays. Don't worry, I promise not to shout too much. ;)