Some Updates

Hey guys,

Well its been a crazy few days and I've not really had time to catch up on the blog ... so here goes! I've decided to separate this out a little, so hopefully it will make more sense. 

The wedding over the weekend was awesome (see the blog above and some pics)

Sunday morning I was up at 6:00 and at church by 6:45! I will never again complain about having to be in Tiptree by 9:30!!! (... Sunday afternoon ... I was asleep!). They have three services on a Sunday morning (some pics above ... I didn't get a chance to take a photo of the church "in full flight" with the everyone dressed in robes but I'm sure you can imagine!). A traditional service at 8:00, a contemporary service at 9:15 followed by another traditional at 11:00. I'll try and blog some more observations of the church (ought to say the Church generally in the US) in the next few days ... I'm still reflecting!

This morning I went over to the HQ of Campus Crusade for Christ (see above) and the then this afternoon / evening I spent at an Alpha course run by the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Centre. This was very cool. About 110 guys in a facility outside Orlando all with alcohol and/or drug addictions. We spent some time setting up and then ate. When the "meeting" started we had about 45 minutes of worship, then watched a short version of Nicky Gumbels talk on prayer. I then joined one of the discussion groups (9 of us in all). Overall, there were 7 groups all about the same size. It was a really great evening and amazing and humbling to see members of the church sowing so much time, effort and money in to these guys. I didn't take any photos as it didn't seem right at the time, but it will be a lasting memory.