program for the next MarksBrothers Meeting

As a program for the next MarksBrother, I would like to demonstrate
Blogging. As a part of the demonstration, I would like to have each member
create a blog for his statement of fath.  We can then create a web page with
links to all the testimonials as our witness to Christ.

This will take some courage since your views are now visible to the entire
world.

I will demonstrate how to delete the blog afterword for those who are
uncomfortable.

To do this I will invite all with laptops and wireless capability to bring
them

I will also get a wireless router and connect to the church web access in
the office and cable it into the Fellowship hall.(this will be a temporary
connection).

Finally I would like to discuss the MarksBrothers group and the connection
required to the Methodist Church and your feelings on if we should implement
those requirements.

The next meeting is on April the 13th at the Fellowship hall at 6:30 PM.

I would appreciate your involvement.  I have given Paul a book on BLOGS
expressing the importance that they may represent.

David L. Farnsworth

Agenda for April 13th Meeting:

Meal provided by Dave Farnsworth
Cake provided by Jim Jackson??

Speaker: David Farnsworth- to speak on Blogging with a demonstration. Please bring laptops if available. Paul invited. There will be a wireless router available to connect to the internet.
Business Meeting:
Review of March 9th meeting

Treasures Report

Old business:

pancake breakfasts
- need project contact
- need to plan and assignments for April 16th support of Sunrise service
(Dave Farnsworth volunteered to help, Your help would be appreciated).

Revitalization effort
- How are we doing

TMM Family Services
- Discuss how to proceed with support

Speakers for future Meetings
- Jim Jackson Report
- Other Possibilities

New Business:

Motion By Secretary: Move to affiliate with National Methodist Men, and adopt the national’s suggested bylaws to place St. Marks in compliance with directive to have a Methodist Men’s group. Rev. Paul Caseman invited to discuss.

Planning for the May 11th Meeting

Speaker:
To provide meal:
To provide cake :

(please submit new business items via email (farnswd@comcast.net, via comment to the web site, or by mail:dave Farnsworth, 1500 W. Dutton St, Tucson, Az 85704)

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Blogging for Christ

Blogging for Christ

Many Christians are reluctant to enter into conversation on the internet. It is a risky business. Yet Christ said take up your cross and follow me. He also said, go out and spread the good word. How can we complain about the risk of identity theft when Christ went to the certainty of death on the cross.

It is important that we do as Christ says. Christ is speaking to each of us and we all hear a slightly different message. It is through exploring each others messages that we can hope to get a fuller understanding of the complete message while still on earth. I am to impatient to wait for the fuller understanding after we die. Besides, there may be something we need to do here and now.

I am not one who believes that all religious views are equal. The Christian view is correct and all others are in error. But there is hope for all men (and women too), and each contains a valuable piece of the greater meaning that we need to understand. And I am not saying that my view is a perfect vision of Christianity but that I strive for that understanding. I am just saying that I need your help in achieving that understanding, and that not any religious view will do.

There is a truth and a light and it is just out of our grasp. Risk reaching out to others to find the puzzle pieces so we can together gain a more perfect understanding.

Kinder-Desert-Garden

I have accepted the role of coordinator for the Nash Kinder-Desert-Garden. The garden was designed by St. Mark’s Clay. I have the design, which I will bring to the meeting Thursday. Rusty Farley, the Nash Principle, would like us to finish the garden by planting the remaining 10 to 12 plants remaining on the design. In addition, she would like signs with the plant names to be purchased and put in place.

She would like us to do the planting Saturday, March 25^th. This is the same day as our pancake breakfast, so we were hoping to do it in the afternoon. Rusty says she plans to be at our pancake breakfast.

Agenda for March 9th Meeting:

The St Mark's Marks Brothers will meet Thursday, March 9th at the fellowship hall
Agenda:
Meal provided by Dave McGiffin
Cake provided by Jim Jackson??

Speaker: None

Business Meeting:
Review of Feb 9th meeting

Treasures Report

Old business:

pancake breakfasts
- need project contact
- need to plan and assignments for March 25^th
- need to arrange for youth support and job assignments.

Revitalization effort
- How are we doing

TMM Family Services
- Disuss how to proceed with support
- Report by members who attended meeting at TMM

Speakers for future Meetings
- Jim Jackson Report
- Other Possibilities

New Business:

Motion By Secretary: Move to affiliate with National Methodist Men, and adopt the national’s suggested bylaws to place St. Marks in compliance with directive to have a Methodist Men’s group.

Motion by the secretary to make the Nash garden’s an ongoing Marks Brothers project. (With David Farnsworth as project contact).

Motion to Make member home repairs an ongoing project with Ron Hill As project contact.


Planning for the April 14^th Meeting

Speaker:
To provide meal:
To provide cake :

(please submit new business items via email (farnswd@comcast.net , via comment to the web site, or by mail:dave Farnsworth, 1500 W. Dutton St, Tucson, Az 85704)

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