freedom

HARD day at work - got a million things done - felt good to be so productive. had several e-mails and phone calls of people wanting to refer their non-christian friends to first@night. that is encouraging, except that we will sort of slow down in the summer - have maybe a couple services a month and have more social events.

had lunch with my good buddy greg laing. greg is a pastor at point grey community church. he is a fine fellow. always encouraging.

went into starbucks to see if they would put up my da vinci code publi lecture poster -THEY SAID NO!!!! i was shocked - this is the starbucks across the street fromt he church - i go in there almost everyday. they have put up my psters for other events in the past INCLUDING a former da vinci code poster.

oh well - i'm sure other starbucks will put the poster up - it looks pretty cool. one of the tag-lines for the film is "seek the truth" - i want to add in my brackets after - (keep looking)

i think we will have a large turn-out for the lecture next friday. i have e-mailed local media outlets about it.

if you are in the vancouver area you may want to come out - its at 7:00 friday june 2 at first baptist church - nelson@burrard.

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Anonymous said…
i had a similar experience for a seminar i was giving in playing off the movie de-railed. my seminar was for train enthusiasts who have had emotional hurts arising from the loss of their train sets due fire, theft or vicious girlfriends taking your trains and running over and over with their piece of sh!t geo tracker. vickki if you are ready this i hate your a$$.

better luck next time santosh.

peace

theodore nancey
5:39 PM
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