starbucks X 3



i don't think i can have too many days like today. here's a run-through:

8:00 roll into the office - do devotions and finish a book on worship
-make some calls
fill out paperwork

10:00 Adam and Felicia come by for Felicia's moms group - i play with adam for a little bit

10:15 - Dan Watt, the head of church planting for my denomination comes by
-we head out - he wants to videotape around the church so we walk up to robson while he tapes different people and buildings
-we have coffee at the busiest starbucks in vancouver
-he sets up his video camera and tapes an interview with me on first@night - i don't actually know what the video is for
-he asks me to speak in december to some church planting trainers from various denominations in bc on the gospel and post-modernism

11:00 - back to the office, work on job descriptions for the various positions associated with first@night

12:00 - dim sum with felicia and adam

1:30 (back at the office now)- bruce kuhn drops by - bruce is a broadway actor who now has a full-time ministry travelling all over north america with a one man dramatic piece which is the re-telling of the gospel of luke - it is very very good
-bruce is the current artist in residence at regent
-i have booked bruce to perform at first@night in january
-we went over some of the logistics that he needs for the performance
-headed to a (different) starbucks and chatted about life

2:30-back at the office
-stare at my computer screen for about 5 minutes and try to figure out where and who i am
-work some more on the job descriptions
answer e-mails
make phone calls

3:00 - renee calls - she can meet

3:30 - we meet at the THIRD different starbucks for me today
-go over her position as refreshment coordinator for fan (first@night)

4:30-walk home
-play with adam and realize i could not have a day like today everyday

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