Father-Daughter Summit

Howdy Men. 

What a great time of year!  Baseball is in the air.  Winter will soon behind us, even a Houston winter where it dips down to 50.   There is a lot of activity coming up at CLPC during this time of Lent and hopefully you all are in involved in a small group of some type.

I wanted to pass along information about the Father-Daughter Summit that Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church is hosting on March 6th.   Click here to see the website   I have never attended one of these and unfortunately will be stuck across the pond on March 6th.   But I encourage you men with daughters to try it out.

Apparently there is another Father-Daughter Summit being hosted in the Woodlands in April, according to this web site --> Woodlands Father Daughter Summit info  I got a chuckle out of this one being advertised as 'Houstons first Father-Daughter Summit'.  I guess they don't count the one at Memorial Drive that will happen six weeks earlier, and the term "Houstons second Father-Daughter Summit" just doesn't sound as good.  I hope to make Houstons Second Summit... but it will be the weekend after Nancy's next masectomy, so I doubt it.

You guys have a great week!
Josh

Special Project and Thank You Mike Cole

Sunday morning mens group had the pleasure of having Mike Cole visit us this morning.  Mike is a big kahuna in the Presbytery - not his official title, but close enough.  It was an interesting discussion.  The big take aways I got, and you are encouraged to leave comments with yours, was that this is not easy.   To get men in the church we, as men, have to:

1) Get out of the church and do something - almost anything helps

2) Get involved and assert yourself.

This sounds easy, but it isn't.  Kind of like exercising 30 minutes a day, eat all your vegetables, and don't lose your temper sounds easy too - but it isn't.   At least not for me.   I think it is easy for Lee Swindler, but he seems to like vegetables, and running.

Mike also made mention to:

- Memorial Drive's Mens Life program --> http://www.mdpc.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=44110  . Mark Christensen and I have both been in contact with Brett Hurst from MDPC about this program and have attended it a few times.  Great program, but definitely requires more than two of us to pull off at CLPC.  It is very similar to what University Baptist started a few years ago here in Clear Lake with the mens fraternity (http://www.mensfraternity.com).  

- book by Reggie McNeal called Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church

Thank you to Vic and his continued leadership during the Sunday morning discussion.  Always engaging and I encourage you to attend.  Sunday AM, 10:15 - upstairs in L209.  Don't worry about being on time.

Special Project - Although we are skipping Carpenter Hands Ministry in February, we do have the need for a special project on Saturday morning.   Rachel Jenkins is moving into a new home in Brookwood and needs a few extra hands to help hang mirrors, set up shelves, etc.. No heavy lifting required - she was smart and hired movers.    Please drop Lee Swindler (l_ktech@yahoo.com) or myself an e-mail (Josh_Stras@yahoo.com)  if you are interested in helping out a few hours.  


Have a blessed week.
Josh 

Thank you Art for another great Manly Movie Night

The men of CLPC had another great manly movie night this past Sunday.   Big thank you to Art for hosting and swinging by Kirby meat market and picking up 40 filets.   The night turned out to be more of a steakfest!  We had over 30 (I think) show up for great food, great fellowship, and a great movie - Grand Torino.

The Mens Sunday AM Sunday School class started this a year or so ago and it has turned out to be a great success.   We only do this on the 5th Sunday of the month, and there are four a year.   The next event will be the last Sunday in May.   Vic Hirsch will be hosting it at his home on the water.  We will also be creating Chili teams for a chili-cook off and the movie will be Hoosiers.   Should be a great time again.

Please note: The next manly service day will be the 2nd Saturday in March.   We are skipping February since CLPC will be having our annual mission blitz on February 20th.   I hope that everyone will participate in this great event.  More details will be coming out about Mission Blitz 2010.  If you are interested in forming a manly mission blitz team for the day - please see Lee.








You can tell who the smart guys are.  They are the ones that claimed the comfortable TV watching spots early and ate there.   They were also closest to the rest room.  









You can also easily spot the new guys because they weren't certain what type of refreshments to bring.  We were very happy to see many new faces, including men that several of us had not met before.  All were welcomed!

As you can see, we can really pack'em in.  We were all just happy that Art hosted us inside this time.  Last time Art hosted a movie night, we set up an outside projector and it was very cold.  We also eliminated the 'manly' environment when several of us broke down and put on coats/jackets provided by Art's wonderful wife.