Sunday, August 17, 2003

August 17, 2003


5:27 PM Here’s the Legacy Campaign prayer request for today: “Praise God that nothing is impossible with him (Luke 1:37).”

Yesterday AM I met with a group of leaders for The Legacy Campaign. We toured the building, discussed the project in depth, and then gave the leaders a chance to make advance commitments to the campaign. We’ll announce the total of advance commitments in early September. It looks like we’ll need to raise $1.6 million to completely pay for the renovation project. We’ll be asking every family in the church to make a commitment to The Legacy Campaign on Sunday, September 28, to be given in full by Thanksgiving 2005.

Went for a 36-mile bike ride earlier today—north on Austin, past the Kennedy Expressway, to the North Branch Trail. On the trail I passed several large groups gathered for picnics. I heard someone speaking Spanish at one site, and what I think was Polish at another site further up the trail. The latter gathering drew several thousand people for some sort of enormous outdoor celebration complete with booths, a stage, musical acts, and lots of food.

Total miles ridden so far this year: 2336.

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