I have been giving some thought to relationships. Most of my relationships evolve around three things: family, friends, and ministry. I am recognizing a common thread in all three--relationships are fragile, and they take an investment of time. They are susceptible to tensions generated by life circumstances and differences in personalities.

Technological conveniences provided through text messaging and email, certainly add a different dimension to relationships. We invest our time and energy without ever having a face-to-face conversation. People may read our words, but they may never really know us or understand us.

TRIBE: 3 DAYS
The Tribe teens and family worship service present "3 Days," a special Easter presentation for March 23, produced by teens in our Student Ministry.

We will meet at the second hour, 10:45 a.m., in the West Campus. There will be NO 9:00 a.m. service for Tribe.

THE 605 SERVICE
The 605 service will combine with the main services in the large auditorium for Easter Sunday, March 23 at 10:45 a.m.

Awana Director, Caitlin Garrett, told us about two brothers from the neighborhood who came to AWANA. The older brother told her, “Mom said he’s not allowed to come to church, he’s too bad.” The little one promised he would be good if he could just stay. He’s a regular now.

Last Wednesday, one of our neighborhood TNT boys, made a decision to follow Christ. We love this neighborhood outreach!

Kjesti Hedges will still be a constant in the preschool, as she is staying on as Assistant Director.

A note from our new Preschool Director:
"Hi, I am Toni Smith, Pulpit Rock's new Preschool Director. I am originally from Colorado--

As Avery Lamson said, “It’s when God’s Holy Spirit comes and lives with us.” Mmm, mmm--that is good stuff!

A big THANK YOU goes out to Nancy Lamson, Bonnie Aldrich, Dawnlyn & Kassidy Pelser, Mary Hopper, Bob Springer, Tanner Smith, Logan Smith, Jared Harp, and the many parents who helped clean up afterwards. All their work and dedication made this a wonderful event!

Any leftover Bibles will be given to the Welcome Ministry to distribute.

Brian Ramsey – Russia
Brian is a junior at Colorado School of Mines and involved with the Campus Crusade ministry there. He went to Russia last summer with a group of Campus Crusade students for six and a half weeks to Krasnodar, a city of 700,000 people located on the Black Sea. The twenty students went to help ten Campus Crusade staff who are discipling some young Russian believers and training them to reach out to the students at the university there. During their time in Russia they took a Russian language class that included outings to introduce them to the culture as well.

Ultimate Frisbee turned out to be a great way to meet a lot of students. Those who wanted to work on their English were invited to a nearby campground in the mountains for a few days. Each team member was assigned a student to work with one on one. There were also opportunities to share their testimonies during a hike and around the campfire at night.

Brian learned what faith is like in another country and the importance of discipling new believers so that they will continue in their faith. He would like to go back to Russia long term.

Steve Aldrich gave us a sneak preview of the PRC Team’s time in North Africa. On Sunday, November 11 at 7:00 p.m. the rest of the team shared their experiences. Steve fell in love with North Africa. The people are so hospitable.

The team went to teach English as a foreign language which is done mostly through conversational sessions. One place they taught was at a YWAM school in a small tourist town. They also taught at a French school arranged for by the General Director of the Association of Christian Churches in North Africa. There are twenty churches in this association made up of French-speaking expatriates. They are very eager for native English speakers to teach at their school. PRC is planning to send another team there in April 2008 to work with their English teachers.