Happenins

A music conference, a ski trip to a golf course, and a little Catan.

A chronicle of the last couple days in the life of Beth and Jon.

MUSIC CONFERENCE

Friday afternoon, we got back in from our first music conference. The Wilds hosted it, and it was great. We loved the sessions, most of the people were great, and the music was incredible. I went to the conducting track. Jerry Maxwell, the music pastor at Calvary Bible Church in Columbus, OH taught 3 hours on choral techniques. I learned a ton about organization, dynamics, gestures, patterns, and teaching techniques. I took 2 pages of notes just on a choir rehearsal he directed. There is so much to learn about music. I feel a lot more like a youth pastor who does music than anything else, so this stuff was just great.

Beth went with the hymnplaying track. Faye Lopez taught her sections, and she brought home some tips on modulation, chord progression, and theory. She tried some of the new stuff out on Sunday night, and it sounded great. The Lord has really given grace in Beth's playing. She has been doing amazing.

One of the great things about the conference was the reading sessions. They hand you a stack of free music to read through. Our stack ended up being about 2 feet high by the end of the week. Great stuff for solos and duets. We are stocked up.

All in all, we had a blast. Some friends were there, but we mostly enjoyed the time together.

GOLF

Our youth group ski trip was scheduled for Yesterday, January 10th. We were planning to head to the snowy peaks of Ski Beech Mountain in Banner Elk, NC. Hah. As you guessed it, the non-winterlike conditions left the slopes looking more like a golf course than the winter wonderland we were hoping for. We rescheduled the trip for January 24th. From what the forecast says, new snow should be moving in the end of this week and through next. That should be great. The challenge went out Sunday. Anyone who can beat Pastor Jon down the mountain gets a free lunch. Anybody wanna join us ladies ski for free on Mondays!

CATAN

Beth and I found a version of Catan to play 2-players. Its awesome. We have played a couple games and so far, I think I'm in the lead. If you haven't played yet, you need to check out this post, and get in on one of the best games I've played.

Thats about it. See yah.