Tag: minneapolis

  • Metrodome Collapse Video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAyLX2hY7E0

    Whoa. That was intense!

    Act of God? Or maybe, just maybe, there is a conspiracy! I kind of think that Minnesotans will do anything to see Brett Farve never play in their stadium again.

    This makes me giggle knowing that I’m looking for sunscreen on my way to the Chargers vs. Chiefs game today.

    But the jokes on me since I have a 6:35 AM flight to Minneapolis in the morning.

    ht to Blake

  • Back to Minneapolis

    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Photo by stevelyon via Flickr (Creative Commons)

    This week I’m headed to Minneapolis for a week of meetings and team building. Since YS is a now part of YouthWorks, we get to be a part of their semi-annual gatherings where they come together to celebrate all that God is doing. I’m digging that.

    Here’s a couple of fun things I’ve been learning about YouthWorks.

    1. The missions team has more than 36,000 people registered for mission trips this summer. Most of them are middle and high schoolers.
    2. We are in the process of hiring about 350 summer staff.
    3. We have about 65 full-time, year-round staff. (Including the YS staff)
    4. YouthWorks has a foundation which gives back to the communities which host missions trips.

    This week I’m hoping to connect with some folks and figure out what people do. It should be big fun in the frozen tundra. Since I’ll be back their at least quarterly– my sidebar hope is to find some fun, funky places to explore.

    Yes, more fun than Chingy and Snoop at the Holiday Inn.

  • Off to Minneapolis

    If going to Alabama is the dirty south, does that make Minnesota the “clean north?”

    Regardless, I am missing church this morning as I begin my trip north (and east) to Minneapolis for a few days of meetings with the YouthWorks team.

    Here’s something fun about heading to the clean north. I kind of like the cold. Don’t get me wrong– I love winters in San Diego where people wear ski jackets when it hits 50 and pull their kids out of school because of a rain storm. But I’m not one of those people who hates a hard, cold winter. In fact, there is a freshness to the cold air that invigorates the soul. (That could also be the freezing of ones lungs resulting in a shot of endorphins and adrenaline, but those are little details!) I’m looking forward to a little snowstorm tonight and it getting progressively chilly in my time there this week.

    I plan on laughing and listening a lot this week. As we continue to mix our organizations together into a new organization we are finding that we share so much in common. And we definitely share the “we don’t take ourselves too seriously” quality that is a hallmark of YS. Al0ng the same lines, so much of why we are passionate about what we do lies in our story. So I am jazzed to listen and get to know people beyond the giggles and hear their hearts.

    I’ll leave you with two pictures from my iPhone– the humor is all-the-more funny now that everyone is getting to know one another.

    November 6th – I wore this to work to lighten the mood. The previous day we had been told to dress appropriately when YouthWorks came to town and to make a good first impression. This is about as opposite of YS attire as I could get. Is that enough Bibles? I love the Bibles.
    November 23rd – The YouthWorks recruiting team hung this sign on the bulletin board next to convention headquarters in Atlanta. We were all glad they were hiring for something!