It's been a while since I updated. Sorry - life's busy-ness and stress have kept me from being a faithful blogger lately.
News I should have reported previously:
I am going to be commissioned towards Deacon's orders at the New England Annual Conference this year (during the Ordination Service, Saturday, June 10, 1pm at Gordon College, if memory serves correctly). My Board of Ordained Ministry interviews/examination took place February 10, and although I was quite nervous, they seemed to go well. Now it's just three more years until I can be ordained... But praise God I've made it this far!
I have been nominated as a member of the World Methodist Council for 2006-2011, and so I will be traveling to Seoul, South Korea, for the World Methodist Conference in July. Pretty exciting to be one of 500 people chosen to represent the various branches of Methodism around the globe - and a wonderful opportunity to visit a new place and learn about a different culture. It's not all-expenses-paid, though, so I'll be sending out a plea for financial support to help cover the airfare and accommodations.
Soon I will only be working two jobs instead of three. Sort of. I have loved teaching children about music and drama with the Rising Curtain Theatre & Dance Academy for the past seven months, but between the commute and my other time commitments, I have decided to let this go for the time being. That leaves the Bishop's Young Adult Initiative (a brand-new full-time, year-long volunteer program for the Rocky Mountain/Yellowstone region of the UMC that I'm in charge of), and directing the choir and a few other things at my church here in Denver. And giving piano lessons to a 6-year-old boy at my church. And occasionally singing at weddings and funerals. But those require quite a bit less time and creative energy than teaching theater to kids age 3-7 and 5-14.
I am now the proud co-parent/caretaker/owner of a rabbit. Her name is Luci, and she clearly belonged to someone before my housemate found her in our neighborhood, but no one responded to our flyers or online postings, so we have gotten permission from our landlord to keep her. She's curious, social but not particularly cuddly, litterbox-trained, and very amusing when she does her evening calisthenics.
So life has been full lately. I made it through my crazy winter travel schedule, and although I will be heading out of town a couple more times this spring, I'm looking forward to sleeping in my own bed most of the time. As always, if you're a friend who lives somewhere other than Colorado, please consider coming to visit me - every season is beautiful in the Rockies! And if you're in the area, think about coming to Highlands UMC for our performance of the Gospel of Mark on Palm Sunday - should be a really powerful experience.
