Picture UPdate

So this is going to have some cool pictures around the UP just to show you what is going on at the UP. First Picture is of the window my faculty sponsor restored at the UP. Here's the window

















Here is a photo of my Boss Duane and Andrea, just goofin.


Duane and I frequent 80's night every Thursday, we hang out a lot. I tell a lot of stories, he tells me to shut up. We work well together, he's kinda like that cool big brother that you wish you didnt have cause he a cool jerk (oximoron)

Andrea is my Stained glass art teacher, and we are going to be working on some cool windows together over my spring break. Im excited to do new construction.

Here is one of the awesome windows we are going to work on. Lastly, the construction of the Coffee house is comming along swimmingly, and we have been able to get into our sound and lighting mezanine. We will be a fully functioning concert venue, and its going to look amazing. Well thats all for now.-- leave me a message -- Lois, we have to meet sometime.

Take Care all!
In Him,
Reed

Oh-- almost forgot, This weekend I am going to Jubilee, a conference put on by the CCO for College students. Its kinda like a church retreat, but thousands of kids come, and there are bands and session where we talk to professionals about working in different fields. Supposedly it is suposed to be amazing. Im very excited to do this, I just want to talk to the worship leaders and the bands because thats what I do for my church and youth group. So keep Jubille in your prayers for me, and I hope its as great as everyone has said it has been in the past.

This week's work

Well this past weekend was very uplifting. Like I posted before, our volunteer day was a success, but our volunteer meeting for the GROUP (the specialized volunteer core) was not as successful. We have heard that people were interested, but they just didn’t show up for the meeting. Oh well, we try again and keep praying.

The rest of the weekend was great but tiring. I met some amazing people this weekend and was able to talk with them for hours as they (very respectfully) asked questions about my faith, where I worked, what I did at the UP, about my life, everything. It was so nice and refreshing to talk with new people about this stuff. It was equally as refreshing to question others and to listen to their stories, their walks in life and their walk in faith. It was quite an interesting evening. I loved it. I’m still beaming from this weekend.

Sunday came and I was back at the UP for church a the Open Door where we talked about the budget and what the Open Door should look like, what our mission and vision are for the church and how we wish to keep connected to people. It is nice to be apart of the planning, building, and growing of a church. There are so many mission oppertunities, and I am personaly excited to get people involved. Pittsburgh is in need of a volunteering community dedicated to helping their neighbors in the city.

I encourage you all to find places to volunteer in your own community. There are always organizations that are looking for people who are willing and able to help with little mundane tasks, all the way up to helping organize their financial records and doing taxes. Everyone’s strengths can be used and strengthened in volunteer work.

Well, its time to finish up my speech for the Union Project. There is still a lot of research to be done on how to engage the public and interest them in volunteering. I can only hope that this Blog will get you interested in volunteering in your own community.

With Love
In Him,
Reed