this afternoon about 20 of my friends from church are headed out to san francisco to serve our Epic Church friends again. they have us close to 100,000 postcards/granola bars to hand out and are having 2 services on Sunday to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection. since their launch to weekly services in february, they've seen around 100 folks each week. the Lord is definitely up to something great in the city!
i'm absolutely pumped about what the Lord has in store for us as a group and me personally (and selfishly excited for a vacation...we're even celebrating my friend kristen's bday friday night at the braves vs. giants game). i can't wait to share with the blog world all about our trip when i return next tuesday morning.
please be in prayer for our time in san fran: for the folks we meet, those who've been invited already, those debating on whether to attend one of the services or not, the Epic Church staff, and those who attend an Easter service on Sunday, that the Lord will be glorified throughout our entire trip.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
braving a northeast winter
well, i survived my little trek to new england during the middle of winter...not only did i survive but i totally enjoyed my experience and time w/ the holloways. i enjoyed seeing beautiful snow covered cities (including the big apple) from 30,000 ft before landing in snowy hartford. not since my one trip to colorado in the winter of '99 have i ever seen so much snow at one time. but the large amount of snow did not prevent us from exploring connecticut as if a gilmore, western mass and boston. i'll let the pictures tell the story of all i saw...
whether in small town connecticut, the town that inspired stars hollow home of the gilmore girls
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or big city boston, such a beautiful city while covered in snow
or pretending like i'm shopping for an ivy league college, harvard or yale, yale or harvard?!!
whether in small town connecticut, the town that inspired stars hollow home of the gilmore girls
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or big city boston, such a beautiful city while covered in snow
or pretending like i'm shopping for an ivy league college, harvard or yale, yale or harvard?!!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Epic Church, the San Francisco Treat
this post is about 3 weeks late, please forgive me, better late than never right?!
well, the trip to san francisco was phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal! we arrived late wed night so our adventures didn't really kick off until thursday. here's a breakdown of our days in the city
thursday: the morning our group headed to the pilgreen's to staple 11,000 granola bars to their postcards. it was great to start the trip by getting some time w/ the pilgreen's and the other epic church staff. once we finished stapling, the entire group headed to lunch at this yummy place right across from at&t park, the home of the world series champion giants. after lunch we broke into groups and did some prayer walking around the neighborhood before we met back up to go pass out some granola bars at various train stops during evening rush hour. that night we had free for dinner and free time so some of us headed to at&t park for game 1 of the nlds, braves vs giants
friday: we met early to break into groups and pass out granola bars at various train stops during the morning rush hour. we then headed out to san francisco state university to engage with some college students through an organization that epic church has made a connection. that afternoon we headed back towards mission bay and did some more prayer walking on another side of at&t park. for dinner, the entire group as well as the pilgreen's, lees, milners and josh hamilton (all members of the launch team and staff & no, not that josh hamilton of the texas rangers) went to a yummy pizza place. game 2 of braves vs giants had just reached the 9th inning tied when dinner ended so a few of us knew exactly where we were headed...at&t park! we were able to get into the free bullpen area behind right field for the final innings of the game. as a braves fan, i was stoked to be in there for ankiel's home run & the braves' one and only victory!
saturday: the staff at epic church had organized for our group to volunteer on their behalf at fleet week which is a huge event on the bay. we all worked there for the majority of the day though a few of us endured the agony of the tide's first loss. we then headed back towards our area of the city which due to all the traffic from fleet week, we were forced to walk a pretty sizable distance rather than catch a bus or trolley. that morning on our way to the marina we did experience an old-fashioned trolley ride...so fun to partake in a true san francisco tourist attraction. that night a small group of us found a tasty chinese restaurant in chinatown which was some delicious food. (and that's coming from a person who likes chinese food but doesn't rank it at the top of her ethnic food list)
sunday: epic church's first preview service started at 11am so we had to meet all the staff & launch team at the w hotel at 5:45 am for set-up. since the church is renting space, every week they have a service all of their stuff must be brought into the hotel, set-up and then when the service is over break everything down & load it back in the trailer. the staff was incredibly prepared with how and where they wanted everything to go. the service was incredible...the worship room was packed full & i truly felt the presence of the Holy Spirit amongst our gathering. 132 san franciscans came to the service, at least 1 person wanted to accept Christ, and several more wanted to join the launch team. we finished breaking down & loading up the trailer around 2pm so our group headed across the street for lunch. after lunch, 6 of us headed out to explore parts of the city we had yet to see: painted ladies(aka full house houses) and golden gate bridge. such beautiful places especially since we made it to the bridge around sunset!
if you want to know more about epic church, check out their website here: http://www.epicsf.com/
i'm going to stop writing & post some pictures from the week now...
well, the trip to san francisco was phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal! we arrived late wed night so our adventures didn't really kick off until thursday. here's a breakdown of our days in the city
thursday: the morning our group headed to the pilgreen's to staple 11,000 granola bars to their postcards. it was great to start the trip by getting some time w/ the pilgreen's and the other epic church staff. once we finished stapling, the entire group headed to lunch at this yummy place right across from at&t park, the home of the world series champion giants. after lunch we broke into groups and did some prayer walking around the neighborhood before we met back up to go pass out some granola bars at various train stops during evening rush hour. that night we had free for dinner and free time so some of us headed to at&t park for game 1 of the nlds, braves vs giants
friday: we met early to break into groups and pass out granola bars at various train stops during the morning rush hour. we then headed out to san francisco state university to engage with some college students through an organization that epic church has made a connection. that afternoon we headed back towards mission bay and did some more prayer walking on another side of at&t park. for dinner, the entire group as well as the pilgreen's, lees, milners and josh hamilton (all members of the launch team and staff & no, not that josh hamilton of the texas rangers) went to a yummy pizza place. game 2 of braves vs giants had just reached the 9th inning tied when dinner ended so a few of us knew exactly where we were headed...at&t park! we were able to get into the free bullpen area behind right field for the final innings of the game. as a braves fan, i was stoked to be in there for ankiel's home run & the braves' one and only victory!
saturday: the staff at epic church had organized for our group to volunteer on their behalf at fleet week which is a huge event on the bay. we all worked there for the majority of the day though a few of us endured the agony of the tide's first loss. we then headed back towards our area of the city which due to all the traffic from fleet week, we were forced to walk a pretty sizable distance rather than catch a bus or trolley. that morning on our way to the marina we did experience an old-fashioned trolley ride...so fun to partake in a true san francisco tourist attraction. that night a small group of us found a tasty chinese restaurant in chinatown which was some delicious food. (and that's coming from a person who likes chinese food but doesn't rank it at the top of her ethnic food list)
sunday: epic church's first preview service started at 11am so we had to meet all the staff & launch team at the w hotel at 5:45 am for set-up. since the church is renting space, every week they have a service all of their stuff must be brought into the hotel, set-up and then when the service is over break everything down & load it back in the trailer. the staff was incredibly prepared with how and where they wanted everything to go. the service was incredible...the worship room was packed full & i truly felt the presence of the Holy Spirit amongst our gathering. 132 san franciscans came to the service, at least 1 person wanted to accept Christ, and several more wanted to join the launch team. we finished breaking down & loading up the trailer around 2pm so our group headed across the street for lunch. after lunch, 6 of us headed out to explore parts of the city we had yet to see: painted ladies(aka full house houses) and golden gate bridge. such beautiful places especially since we made it to the bridge around sunset!
if you want to know more about epic church, check out their website here: http://www.epicsf.com/
i'm going to stop writing & post some pictures from the week now...
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