Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Possible Wednesday Service Day
Schedule could be
1pm orientation
2pm
12 in childrens program
4 in youth program
10 flyering (purchase gun)
9 cleaning church (purchase supplies)
6pm
12 servers (those who flyered)
23 flyering
7pm
4 to lead youth program
this is a draft & optional, but this might be some great ways to partner in ministry.
Reminder - what to bring
A few things I think you need to remember to take with you:
- music - Durufle Requiem
- concert dress - whatever you wore for the Samford Durufle performance will work
- work clothes for our Wednesday service event
- ONE suitcase and a Backpack - the plan is for you to take public transportation (subway/bus) from the airport to the David Dean House (in groups) - so you need to pack with that in mind
Getting excited!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The basics of Carnegie Hall
Just so you know, here is the scope of the Carnegie Hall experience:
- We perform the Durufle Requiem on Saturday, May 28
- we are doing this under auspices of Mid-America productions
- A total of 195 choristers on the stage of Carnegie Hall
- Dale Reynolds, a Samford graduate, performing her last concert with the Alabama Symphony Chorus
- Birmingham Choirs represented:
- Samford University A Cappella Choir and University Chorale,
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus,
- Mountain Brook Jr. League Choral Group
- Other Choirs:
- Whippany Park High School, New Jersey
- White Plains High School, New York
- Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, Pennsylvania
- This will be my second time on the stage of Carnegie Hall with Mid-America productions - the first was with a chorus of 156 representing UAB, South Highland Presbyterian, Birmingham Concert Chorale, and Hueytown High School performing Mozart's "Solemn Vespers"
A Samford Contact at Carnegie Hall
An invitation for you: Amy has said she would be happy to host any of our students at the Link Up hour-long concerts on Thursday, May 26 at 10:15 or 11:45 a.m.
Amy graduated from Samford in 2000 alumna who Her voice teacher was Sherrie Lawhon. Her father, Gary Strickland, was a member of the 1975 Samford Graffiti mission team.
If you are interested in attending one of these concerts on Thursday while we are in New York, please contact Claude Rhea.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Why Graffiti?
Some of you may be wondering why we are headed to do some "service" work for the Graffiti Church and staying in the David Dean House. Claude Rhea, the senior advancement officer for the School of the Arts, just crafted an email giving the answer to this question. See his email below - I've added "headings" to make it easier to read:
Philip,
I am excited our Samford student singers will be serving at Graffiti Church and lodging at the David Dean House. Samford connections and history abound at both of these special places.
How Samford is Connected to the Graffiti Church:
In 1975, a missions team of Samford students spent Jan Term in New York City helping to start a fledgling store-front church in a crime-ridden Lower East Side neighborhood. Part of their work was painting a wall next to a basketball court for community kids. It became clear that solid color was not an option for this paint job, since local "artists" would immediately embellish it with spray cans at nightfall.
Art majors Joe Godfrey and Dick Bodenhammer suggested that the wall be adorned with colorful graffiti sharing biblical themes. So our Samford mission team went to work in the freezing cold on this artistic endeavor. The wall remained for several years and inspired the church to call itself "Graffiti." I will always remember the report the missions team delivered upon their return to campus.
A unique ministry to New York City:
Thirty-six years later, Graffiti Church occupies a prominent place in a neighborhood that now houses a growing population of affluent young professionals. The Church serves the spiritual and practical needs of their diverse community and has started six congregations across Manhattan. With this mission, our present Samford students will write a new, redemptive chapter in the story of this remarkable outreach to New York City.
After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Southern Baptists across the nation dispatched disaster relief teams to New York City for over one year. Many of these same teams are now serving across Alabama in the areas devastated by the tornadoes. Volunteer relief teams helped to feed recovery workers at Ground Zero, comfort those who had lost jobs and loved ones, and counsel traumatized children. The children's counseling ministry was housed at Graffiti Church for several years. Individually and through their churches, Baptists also gave several million dollars to help the people of New York through "Enduring Hope."
How is Samford connected to the David Dean House?
Dr. David Dean, who served as head of the Metro New York Baptist Association, wisely requested that part of these funds be used to purchase a place where future volunteers could stay economically while ministering in the City. I was privileged to serve on the committee of the North American Mission Board that approved the purchase and refurbishment of what is now the David Dean House, named in honor of a visionary servant leader. The building was previously a church, a theater and a funeral home!
Dr. Terry Robertson, who leads our Baptist family in the state of New York, is a Samford alumnus. He plans to visit with our students at some point during their mission. His wife Elizabeth, who sang with me in the A Cappella Choir, will be joining him. They greatly look forward to meeting our students and hearing them sing.
I, too, look forward to a marvelous experience of ministry, music and mirth with you and our students in New York City!
Blessings!
Claude
Philip,
I am excited our Samford student singers will be serving at Graffiti Church and lodging at the David Dean House. Samford connections and history abound at both of these special places.
How Samford is Connected to the Graffiti Church:
In 1975, a missions team of Samford students spent Jan Term in New York City helping to start a fledgling store-front church in a crime-ridden Lower East Side neighborhood. Part of their work was painting a wall next to a basketball court for community kids. It became clear that solid color was not an option for this paint job, since local "artists" would immediately embellish it with spray cans at nightfall.
Art majors Joe Godfrey and Dick Bodenhammer suggested that the wall be adorned with colorful graffiti sharing biblical themes. So our Samford mission team went to work in the freezing cold on this artistic endeavor. The wall remained for several years and inspired the church to call itself "Graffiti." I will always remember the report the missions team delivered upon their return to campus.
A unique ministry to New York City:
Thirty-six years later, Graffiti Church occupies a prominent place in a neighborhood that now houses a growing population of affluent young professionals. The Church serves the spiritual and practical needs of their diverse community and has started six congregations across Manhattan. With this mission, our present Samford students will write a new, redemptive chapter in the story of this remarkable outreach to New York City.
After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Southern Baptists across the nation dispatched disaster relief teams to New York City for over one year. Many of these same teams are now serving across Alabama in the areas devastated by the tornadoes. Volunteer relief teams helped to feed recovery workers at Ground Zero, comfort those who had lost jobs and loved ones, and counsel traumatized children. The children's counseling ministry was housed at Graffiti Church for several years. Individually and through their churches, Baptists also gave several million dollars to help the people of New York through "Enduring Hope."
How is Samford connected to the David Dean House?
Dr. David Dean, who served as head of the Metro New York Baptist Association, wisely requested that part of these funds be used to purchase a place where future volunteers could stay economically while ministering in the City. I was privileged to serve on the committee of the North American Mission Board that approved the purchase and refurbishment of what is now the David Dean House, named in honor of a visionary servant leader. The building was previously a church, a theater and a funeral home!
Dr. Terry Robertson, who leads our Baptist family in the state of New York, is a Samford alumnus. He plans to visit with our students at some point during their mission. His wife Elizabeth, who sang with me in the A Cappella Choir, will be joining him. They greatly look forward to meeting our students and hearing them sing.
I, too, look forward to a marvelous experience of ministry, music and mirth with you and our students in New York City!
Blessings!
Claude
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Transportation Groups
This is how we arrive in New York and how you will travel to the David Dean House. Instructions to follow.
Arriving at Grand Central Station
Kris Boyd
Amberlyn Richardson
Flight Group One
Will Collins Arrives 12:15 Delta flight 928 from Memphis
Tori Head Arrives 12:34 US Airways flight 4148 from Roanoke
Kristin Hardy Arrives 1:23 Delta flight 2076 from Orlando
Devon Arnold Arrives 1:33 US Airways flight 938 from Charlotte
Ryan Jones Arrives 1:33 US Airways flight 938 from Charlotte
Kyle Moore Arrives 1:33 US Airways flight 938 from Charlotte
Flight Group Two
Mandy Arnette Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Josh Bullock Arrives 1:59 American flight 4583 from Charlotte
Leah Doss Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Krysia Kimlin Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Hope Nolen Arrives 1:59 American flight 4583 from Charlotte
Kelsey Nolen Arrives 1:59 American flight 4583 from Charlotte
Bethany Orick Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Emily Smith Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Cara Thomas Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Byron Turk Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Flight Group Three
Laura Beth Allen Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Elizabeth Berg Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Melissa Carson Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Maggie Collins Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Chelsea Dorer Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Matt Robertson Arrives 3:15 Delta flight ?????
Flight Group Four
Russell Blackburn Arrives 3:10 AirTran flight 366 from Atlanta
Ellen Mitchell Arrives 3:10 AirTran flight 366 from Atlanta
Rachel Munn Arrives 3:10 AirTran flight 366 from Atlanta
Rebecca Rafla Arrives 3:10 AirTran flight 366 from Atlanta
Laura Wellen Arrives 2:55 Delta flight 1256 from New Orleans
Flight Group Five
Brianne Bailey Arrives 4:06 Delta flight 420 from Atlanta
Whitney Head Arrives 4:14 US Airways flight 1182 from Charlotte
Mandy Liu Arrives 4:14 US Airways flight 1182 from Charlotte
Sarah Macon Arrives 4:14 US Airways flight 1182 from Charlotte
Arriving at Grand Central Station
Kris Boyd
Amberlyn Richardson
Flight Group One
Will Collins Arrives 12:15 Delta flight 928 from Memphis
Tori Head Arrives 12:34 US Airways flight 4148 from Roanoke
Kristin Hardy Arrives 1:23 Delta flight 2076 from Orlando
Devon Arnold Arrives 1:33 US Airways flight 938 from Charlotte
Ryan Jones Arrives 1:33 US Airways flight 938 from Charlotte
Kyle Moore Arrives 1:33 US Airways flight 938 from Charlotte
Flight Group Two
Mandy Arnette Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Josh Bullock Arrives 1:59 American flight 4583 from Charlotte
Leah Doss Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Krysia Kimlin Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Hope Nolen Arrives 1:59 American flight 4583 from Charlotte
Kelsey Nolen Arrives 1:59 American flight 4583 from Charlotte
Bethany Orick Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Emily Smith Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Cara Thomas Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Byron Turk Arrives 1:59 Delta flight 1986 from Atlanta
Flight Group Three
Laura Beth Allen Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Elizabeth Berg Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Melissa Carson Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Maggie Collins Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Chelsea Dorer Arrives 2:59 Delta flight 2086 from Atlanta
Matt Robertson Arrives 3:15 Delta flight ?????
Flight Group Four
Russell Blackburn Arrives 3:10 AirTran flight 366 from Atlanta
Ellen Mitchell Arrives 3:10 AirTran flight 366 from Atlanta
Rachel Munn Arrives 3:10 AirTran flight 366 from Atlanta
Rebecca Rafla Arrives 3:10 AirTran flight 366 from Atlanta
Laura Wellen Arrives 2:55 Delta flight 1256 from New Orleans
Flight Group Five
Brianne Bailey Arrives 4:06 Delta flight 420 from Atlanta
Whitney Head Arrives 4:14 US Airways flight 1182 from Charlotte
Mandy Liu Arrives 4:14 US Airways flight 1182 from Charlotte
Sarah Macon Arrives 4:14 US Airways flight 1182 from Charlotte
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