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A1 Closet Refashioned

In the Zone Children’s Ministry, we have restructured our entire ministry so we can become more intentional in the things that truly matter in the eternal sense. We have broken down our team to focus on Relations and Program. I fall under program (Elementary Program to be exact) and will work on developing our spiritual content of our program on both of our campuses. My focus is to look long and hard with open eyes at what is working and what is not. What matters and what is just fluff or habit. I feel God is at work in this move and is blazing a trail in effective ministry to Kids.

Spearheading the Elementary program also means I inherit lots and lots of task and materials. My first task has been to reorganize a walk-in closet and get it ready so I can keep things organized enough prepare our various Elementary programs.

A1 Closet Before

A1 (Let’s just say “in transition”)

A1 Closet After

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Good ol’ Charleston!

Pete was able to join some of the Brentwood team last week and head to South Carolina for a Multi-Site Church conference. It was an amazing trip and as always it’s taking days for him to download all of his thoughts and notes and start the expedition from notes to application. Check out some snapshots from the trip!

As we took off from SFO I looked outside the window and had a view of my hometown of Livermore!

Then moments later I had a perfect view of our new home in Brentwood/Discovery Bay!

On our long flight over the Country, Delta (yes… unfortunately not Untied ) had a cool trivia game on the little TV’s. Check out what place I was in! (It didn’t last long…)

We were in the greater Charleston area pretty much the whole time, but it did not disappoint. The downtown looked like it had come right out of the 1800’s with just a fresh coat of paint.

We went to the shrimp Boatin’ area of town and enjoyed some waterside dinning.

The Conference went great and I came away very encouraged and ready to return to my Children’s team with some new energy.

This is what they served as one of the break time snacks! “Shrimp and Grits” Only in the South………..

The BW team Pooped on the way home…
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To Twitter or Not to Twitter

Soooooo Bree and I have this ongoing tiff about the relevance and worth of a networking tool called Twitter!

On one hand you have Pete who loves and adores twitter and would label himself a full fledged TWIT! Has great friends and co-workers in which he follows on Twitter. He has it hooked up to his phone and receives each tweet like a text message.

On the other you have Bree… She hates Twitter, can’t stand Twitter, can’t get along with Twitter… (She bites…)

If you have no clue what we are talking about… then you need to go to http://www.twitter.com/ and get hooked up with an account. (Says Peter!) Or at least give it a shot and see whose side you’re on! It grows on you. 🙂

P.S. – Pete’s Twitter name is pammerman (Click Here to go to my Tweets)
P.S. 2.0 – Bree will not follow your Tweets…. (sorry)

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Not only does she sell shirts… Now she make shirts!


Bree has recently found a new addiction in a site called RedBubble. It’s a natural fit for her because it helps connect her creativity with the world of artistic media. Bree has used the site to take her art and graphic designs and make it available in many forms to the public. Check out her profile (Shown as a link on the left panel of this blog) and look into her shirts and purchasable art.

Check out a little selection of her work…
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Hosting the Family!

This last weekend we hosted my mother and brother for the first time at our Brentwood home! It was the perfect day because right around the corner from our home was a local ski show on the delta with wakeboard, barefoot, air chair, and sea doo shows! They even had a sky divers!

Ok, this lady is the world record holder for speed barefooting! She got over 100 mph in front of us.

Check out this Sky diver land in the Delta!

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Got to love Football…

Fantasy Football is officially under way! It’s that time of year when Pete is busy keeping close tab on his NFL players that give him points! As this week (week 1) started today, Pete’s heart dropped as TOM BRADY hit the ground hard in the very beginning of the game with a possible season ending injury! 11 throws in to the season… looks like that could be it for him! Pete was hopping Tom would carry his team the championships this year. Got to love football! Grrrrrrrrr