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American Tour 2011

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We’ll be heading to America in just a few short weeks! Yay! Below is our general itinerary. We’ll update this as we figure out more specific plans. We can’t wait to see everyone. And eat steak.

June 17 – Arrive in San Diego – Proceed immediately to In-N-Out

June 19 – Church at Idyllwild Community Presbyterian

June 23 – Fly to Philadelphia

June 25 – Phillies Game!

June 26 – Church at Woodland Presbyterian

June 27 – Fly to Florida

June 29 – Going to Wizarding World! (It’s possible that one of us is more excited about this than the other.)

July 4 – Fireworks with the Klein Family

July 6 – Fly to Seattle

July 8-12 – Road trip from Seattle to Idyllwild with stops in Portland, Bay Area, and Santa Barbara

July 13 – Speak at Women’s Guild of Idyllwild Community Presbyterian

July 14 – Padres Game!

July 15-17 – Santa Barbara

July 17 – Church at Santa Barbara Community

July 18-30 – Idyllwild

July 30 – Fly back to Vienna

See you soon!

Auf Wiedersehen!

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It’s that time of year again. We had our annual staff dinner last night. This is the night we set aside to honor folks who’ve served at ICSV. Along with acknowledging the people who’ve served here for 5, 10, and even 20 years, this is also the time we start saying goodbye to the folks who are headed home.  I kinda hate this night.

Picnik collage

I’m going to miss these faces!

Royal Maundy Service with the Queen

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Each year at the Royal Maundy Service, the Queen of England presents “Maundy money” to select members of the church. The number of coins handed out coincides with the age of the Queen. This year being the Queen’s 85th birthday, she gave coins to 85 men and 85 women. The men and women are selected for their service to their community and church. This year our friend Hyacinth received one of the coins. You can see her in the video below. Look for the lovely lady in pink at 1:24. Several other friends from our church were in attendance to support Hyacinth and our pastor’s mother (who also received a coin this year.) You can read more about the event here: Royal Maundy Service.