Another very spiritual sunday

I must be getting really spiritual. Once again, I went to church twice in one day. First to Connect church where pastor Phil Harris preached really well. He prayed for me later. He sensed that "I was on a Merry go round that i just could not get off", which is true. He also told me that there was like a black umbrella over my head and now it would be removed. I felt really good afterwords.

I went to Holy Trinity again in the evening. I met Rolly Hill there as well as the Clark family. I did not do anything special for Anzac day.

No work friday

It was cold and raining when I woke up today. I was not feeling well and so I decided to stay home. I got a long way with my studies in Adobe Illustrator. I had dinner at Hungry Jacks later and watched a Top gear video "The Winter Olympics" in the evening. I got an email from my mother informing me that today would have been her 60th wedding anniversary.

Another quite but fun Wednesday

I spent most of today working on learning Adobe Illustrator CS4. I am working through the book slowly. I have got up to the part where I can create my own illustrations. It is slow but it is fun.

In the evening the Shiraz group met at Trevor Clark's house for a pool night. Only six of us were there but it was fun. It was the first time in years that I have played pool. It was a good night.

Church - twice in one day again

Hebrews 12:12-13 "Therefore strengthen the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated but may be healed".

That was read out at church in the evening at Holy Trinity. I feel that it is relevant to my present situation. At Connect Church, the word for the year is "Strength---God wants to strengthen you.."

Interesting..............!

Easter Monday

I had a pretty quiet Easter generally speaking. I did not go to church on Good Friday. I did go to Connect Church on Sunday morning and I also went to Holy Trinity in the evening. I met the Furness's there and it was a great service. I did not go and watch the Easter Parade this morning as I usually do. Instead i stayed home and continued my studies in Adobe Illustrator.

Easter Saturday

The last couple of days have been busy. I purchased a book from Dymocks titled Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Classroom in a book. It is a teaching book for Adobe Illustrator CS4. I have worked my way through the first two chapters and already I am excited. I can see the potential this program has, so I must learn it thoroughly.  It looks like being a quite Easter generally, but I can take the time to learn some new stuff.

Apology in order

I wish to open this particular post by offering an apology to Pastor Gordon Lingard who was Pastor of the Vineyard Church in Bendigo from 1999 to 2007. Pastor Gordon left Bendigo to take up a position in Geelong at the beginning of 2007 and was replaced by Pastor Phil Watson. Sadly, the church closed down in November 2008.

In my blog entry of the 9th of November 2008, I recorded what I thought I had heard said in the church meeting that morning…it transpires that these statements were inaccurately recorded and are untrue….and were not in fact targeted towards Pastor Lingard personally. Also any claims made have not been substantiated and are therefore under serious scrutiny.

At this point I would like to offer an unequivocal apology to Pastor Lingard regarding my blog entries of November 2008, which I have now withdrawn. I regret having caused him and his family some grief, which was never my intention.

First Sunday in April

Last night we had a 60th birthday bash for Peter Wilding at the house of Kevin and Jenny Furness out at Strathfieldsaye. I almost did not make it, but that is another story. There were a few new faces there, but it was a good night over all.

This morning, I did not end up going to Connect Church as Peter Lawrence was not going, so I stayed home. I went to Holy Trinity in the evening, which was pretty nice. I met Gordon Dunster from my TAFE days there.

The Furness's had invited me but they had a previous engagement.

I had visited the Computer Expo in the afternoon where I bought a copy of Adobe Illustrator. It was a good day overall.