urbanlifeonline.com

It's here! Check it out: www.urbanlifeonline.com

UrbanLife in September

Several of you have pointed out that this blog is out-of-date! It's easy to miss the tech-wave and find yourself soaked in the sand and washed up on the beach. I'm using a surfing image because that's what life is sometimes like--you ride the wave the best you can and then swim back out and wait for the next wave. I've been working on the urbanlife website the past month and have found myself more washed out than riding high. I never realized how fast or much technology has passed me by! So what might take some just a few days to complete has taken me, well, over a month. (Hold your applause please!)
Things move at a different pace in the church for lots of reasons, oftentimes bound by resources of time and money. I was reminded yesterday by the good saint Rev. Wally Chappell that we are only 80 generations away from Jesus and look how far the church has, and has not, come. (I'm guessing he is defining a generation as 25 years). Hopefully within this generation I can get this website going.
The site should launch this week but there are still some technical glitches that have to be worked through...but at least we are going live. I'm excited by the opportunities the website will give us for ongoing communication and interaction.
Until then, don't forget that UrbanLife meets on Sunday mornings at 9:45 am in our new location--the 2nd floor of 1925 San Jacinto. When the website is live (probably by this weekend) you can see more of our events and activities -- www.urbanlifeonline.com

UrbanLife in July

(Reminder: Kathryn's personal blog has moved: www.nowyouarehere.blogspot.com)

Join UrbanLife for one of these events in July!

Sunday, July 13th, 9:45, Dickerson Chapel
topic: Sue Keever, "I Know This Much is True" (the 10 life lessons Sue has learned, along with discussion from the class about what we know to be true)

lunch: 12:15 Lunch at Strongs Everyday Tavern
2816 Fairmont (uptown)

Sunday, July 27th, 9:45, Dickerson Chapel
topic: Victor Vines, M.D. "Stem CellsDon't Leave Home Without Them"
lunch: 12:15 Lunch at Chip's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
4501 Cole Ave.

RSVP for lunch to ryan.fiedler.jones@gmail.com

Oops -- Gave you the wrong address for my new blog

Blame it on sleep deprivation...my new blog is at www.nowyouarehere.blogspot.com

My blog is moving!

Hello Blog World...I've created a new blog called, "You Were There and Now You are Here." This blog will be my place to write about life and give updates of our amazing little man! It will be more personal, so to speak. This blog will remain active. It will be incorporated into the new UrbanLife website which is under construction. This blog will become more focused on UrbanLife and include weekly devotionals that I will be writing.

So go to my new blog and check it out...(still under development)...
www.nowyouarethere.blogspot.com

For those of you who are subscribers to my blog, you can enter your email address and subscribe to the new blog also. I know you won't want to miss a picture of the little man!

My first post on this new blog is all about this week...which is my return-to-work week.

Ethan's first church service

I'm not sure where the time has gone since my last blog post on May 29th except that my time has been with Ethan. We have been venturing out this June...going on walks with our friend Joe (who is moving to Austin...born 3 weeks after Ethan), making our first outing to First Church (to celebrate Wendy's birthday), getting Ethan's first vaccinations (the toughest scream to hear), and mall-walking at NorthPark. We attended church today at Grace United Methodist Church in East Dallas. It was Rev. Dr. Diana Holbert's first Sunday as senior pastor. It was Ethan's first church service, and, he received a blessing at the rail during communion. It's strange--the words to the hymns hit me on a whole new level now.

Ethan Ross First Days

Troy made this great video of fun times from the first 6 weeks of Ethan's life!