While my wife and father celebrated their birthdays week, I was involved in a few events. Tuesday at lunch I joined a pro-single payer health care reform protest - in front of the Humana insurance company headquarters (whose missive to Medicare enrollees triggered the Obama administration "gag order," which starred as a villain in Michael Moore's "Sicko," whom several people at work do or have worked for, and whose Toastmasters clubs we've worked with) - led by the Mad as Hell Doctor, who were driving their bus (far below) from Oregon. I missed the nighttime 2nd Street bridge walk that made even more of the TV news.
Tuesday I also picked a sign I'd ordered for the joint Crescent Hill-James Lees-Covenant Community English as a foreign language and Wednesday morning planted it in the front yard of the James Lees-Covenant church property.
This week U.S. Congregational Life Survey co-lead research Cynthia W. was at our office and this week the grant treated us to lunch. We had salad and sandwiches - and then cookies and ice cream. Below are Cynthia, Christy, and Becki.
So did Jack and Joelle (below).
Cynthia (again, below) came up with an elaborate activity in honor of Jack's birthday, which we'll celebrate next week (when Cynthia will be back home in the Albany (NY) area). She blindfolded Jack and asked him to get the flavors of the top five-selling Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavors, which she fed him - and then ask him to guess the top seller too. Jack wasn't that familiar with Ben and Jerry's jargon, and so we let him describe them. You'll have to ask me if you want to know his quip at the end of it all . . .
This week U.S. Congregational Life Survey co-lead research Cynthia W. was at our office and this week the grant treated us to lunch. We had salad and sandwiches - and then cookies and ice cream. Below are Cynthia, Christy, and Becki.
Ida and Gail (below) dipped in too.
So did Jack and Joelle (below).
Cynthia (again, below) came up with an elaborate activity in honor of Jack's birthday, which we'll celebrate next week (when Cynthia will be back home in the Albany (NY) area). She blindfolded Jack and asked him to get the flavors of the top five-selling Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavors, which she fed him - and then ask him to guess the top seller too. Jack wasn't that familiar with Ben and Jerry's jargon, and so we let him describe them. You'll have to ask me if you want to know his quip at the end of it all . . .
Thursday night a joint event at my church that I'd help set up between the Mid-KY Presbytery's multicultural ministries team (that I'm part of) and the presbytery's Latino and African American commissions occurred. I was the MC but sat at a table and had a small group discussion with Betty Meadows (the general presbyter and a member of our team) and Norma (another team members) (below).
Rodger and Ann (below) - from the African American and Latino commissions, respectively - were also at our table.
Rodger and Ann (below) - from the African American and Latino commissions, respectively - were also at our table.
-- Perry
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