Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Ron Farr Weekend

The Rev. Ron Farr was our guest on April 4-6 as he led us in a "visioning retreat" on Friday 4/4 and then a Small Group Leaders training for folks from 7 congregations on Saturday. It was a perfect weekend, except that 18 of us got sick on Sunday - apparently it was a norovirus of some sort, from the food preparation (somehow). We'll probably never know what caused it but you can bet we'll be more careful in the kitchen next time. Luckily, it gave us a humbling experience without any lingering negative side effects.
Here are some pictures of the group on Friday evening, and the small group set-up (with a rock and a feather, for our sharing time).

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Sunday April 20th - music by the Whistlepigs String Band

Our special guests this Sunday will be the Whistlepigs String Band.
They'll play some old time gospel music, no doubt. Music begins 9:45a with extended prelude time (gathering music). You won't want to miss it! Check out their website. They are:

The Whistlepigs String Band.

Not The Whistling Pigs. Not The Pig Whistles. Not The Pisslewigs. Not even The Pig Whistle Dirt Band as we were called at one show (we haven't gone back there).

We're a semi-traditional 4-piece bluegrass band featuring Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Bass and 4 voices. High, lonesome harmonies, and as one reviewer said Fred Keller & Chris Jones are terrible solozangers. That, of course, was a bad translation from Dutch. What she really said was that they are "superb lead singers."

But don't take our word for it, come here us play, buy our CDs or just listen to it here!