I’m always teasing Ben Reed, our newest staff member who graduates from Southern Seminary this December, of speaking over my head. He’s smart (and smart-alec) anyway, but his recent schooling often comes out as “greek” to me. Sometimes he talks in the form of a research paper. Today I proved it. Here’s the email he sent to my inbox today. Can you figure out what he is trying to say to me?
1. Our Fall leadership training is almost here. Let me know whether of not you can make it…please! Here are the details:
Friday, Oct 17th, 5:30-9:00 pm
Saturday, Oct 18th, 8:30-3:30 pm.
Info on the event is here.
Cost: $60, but FREE FOR YOU!
RSVP by Sunday October 5th.
2. Leslie Pigg is helping our community groups out by keeping us proactive with general “care” issues, such as when one of your group members (or someone from their family) is in the hospital (or something similar). I maybe just speak for myself, but I need help at caring for the needs of those in our group. Leslie is committed to helping me, and you, meet these needs. When your group has something like this come up, email both me ([email protected]) and Leslie ([email protected]), and she can lay out a plan for your group to exercise its God-given responsibility of caring for the sick and needy in our groups.
3. We need apprentice leaders! Just keep that on the forefront of your mind, because as we continue to grow at GCC, we will need more and more leaders. God’s got huge plans to grow this ministry…are you convinced of that?!?
4. Hope Pregnancy Centers annual banquet this year is on Tuesday, October 21st, from 6:30-8:30, at the Mass Communications Arts Building on the corner of 8th and Marion.
Twitter: Benreed
says:
I’m not sure who “your church tech guy” is, but apparently they’re not too old to understand that Macs are the best computers. One of these days, you’ll catch on. I know, it’s a little tougher for you to catch on to new things…I’ll help you out old man.
It looked perfect on my Mac Laptop, My Mac Desktop, and my iPhone. I thought all you guys were being crazy and couldn’t understand the way Ben writes things! Ron’s post even looks fine to me, well as much sense as they ever do!
I first read this on my laptop this morning and agreed the email looked gibberish and agreed Ben is crazy… now I’m on my desktop and I can read the entire email in english…
Laptop and desktop are both Macs.. weird.
When I received that email, I had to keep looking at it…thinking….am I just not getting this? Do I send an email and appear dumb? I actually sat and looked at it for over 30 minutes trying to figure it out word for word in order to look like I might possibly be on the same level…..but I gave in and sent him an email and said …this is crap. Send me English.