Worship Ministries by Pastor Jeffrey Meinz, Director of Worship Ministries

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1 Life Beneath the Cross Volume XII, Issue 3 May/June, 2017 Of Greater Value Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Luke 12:27 Rev. Douglas P. Brauner Senior Pastor, Director of Service Ministries In This Issue: Worship Ministries Page 2-3 Music at Holy Cross Page 3 History of Hymns Page 3 Food Pantry Stats Page 3 DCE Dan s Commentary Page 4 Bible Study Survey Page 4 Adult Education Page 5 Lifetree Cafe Page 5 Meet our DCE Intern Page 6 Interest Groups Page 6 Children s Ministries Page 7 Vacation Bible School Page 7 Service Ministries Page 8 Community Garden Page 8 Honduras Mission Page 9 LWML Page 9 Authors Among Us Page 9 Aurora s Space Page 10 Young at Heart Page 10 Never Alone Page 10 Time for Nominations Page 10 Lutheran Family Services Page 10 Lutheran Valley Retreat Page 10 M ay Day has already come and gone as you read this article. Yet, it s April 27 as I pound out this newsletter article. The pundits are predicting snowy precipitation for this weekend. UGH!!! This might be the end of my daffodils and tulips. Double UGH!!! F lowers are important to us, evidenced by the floor space they consume in our favorite grocery store. Whether we give and receive flowers on May Day or Mother s Day, they have a way of lifting our spirits. Even seeing these flowers at the grocery store can cheer us as we prepare to go to war with our fellow shoppers. esus goes so far as to tell us that the lilies of the field, symbolic J of all flowers, are more beautiful than Solomon in his glorious garb. If you ve ever hiked Black Powder Pass outside of Breckenridge in July, you know what I m talking about. No structure created by human hands compares to these flowers. et, Jesus goes on to say: Y B ut if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! Luke 12:28 A s you watch the flowers fill creation with their pleasing petals, may these flowers remind you that God cares deeply for you. You have greater worth than thousands of pansies, petunias and poppies. It is for you that Christ died. And it is for you that he lives. Pastor Doug

2 Worship Ministries by Pastor Jeffrey Meinz, Director of Worship Ministries Given and Shed for You... ince being at Holy Cross S Lutheran Church for almost 12 years, I ve heard from a variety of different people that It s impossible to do communion at all three services. Fine. No problem. I never really pursued it. It didn t affect me that much anyway. Or so I thought. hen I went to Seminary. I T had a full 10-week class on The Lord s Supper. During that class my professor, and the Holy Spirit, repeatedly revealed to me how important Communion is and what a benefit it is to God s people. Now that I ve served in the role of Director of Worship Ministry for a full year, the question regarding communion every service, every Sunday is still running through my mind regularly. hould we? Can we? Is it S logistically possible? Is there enough time? Are there enough funds in the budget? Can we consistently find enough volunteers to serve Communion? These are all valid questions, worthy of discussion and research. any of you remember M Palm Sunday on April 9. We offered First Communion to 26 fifth graders. We needed to distribute Communion at all three services. It went fine. No problems. I considered offering Communion on Easter Sunday at all four worship services. That would be impossible, right? We d never be able to distribute The Lord s Supper to almost 1,400 people while singing the hymns, reading the Scriptures, confessing our sins, hearing the words of forgiveness, and preaching a sermon. Impossible. Yet, it happened! Holy Cross Lutheran Church offered Communion at all four worship services and Easter Sunday was a wonderful celebration! ou might be wondering what Y a person receives or benefits when they receive Communion. The Small Catechism says, These words, Given and shed for you for the forgiveness of sins, show us that in the Sacrament forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation are given us through these words. For where there is forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation. Forgiveness. Life. Salvation. All good things that I desire and need more of daily in my life! cripture never speaks to how S often Communion should be distributed. Holy Cross isn t sinning when we distribute Communion every other Sunday. But I m still asking the question, Is it beneficial of offer Communion every service, every Sunday? In fact, 500 years ago, during the time of the Reformation, The Lord s Supper was the center of the worship service and everything else was built around the Sacrament of the Altar. Yes, Communion was offered every Sunday. Plus, Jesus encourages us to receive His Body and Blood often. or all of these reasons, while F I m still praying and seeking godly wisdom about this topic, I m going to begin scheduling Communion more often in worship. To begin, Holy Cross is going to celebrate Communion at all three services on festival Sunday s (Pentecost, Confirmation, Holy Trinity, All Saint s Day, etc.). Furthermore, instead of not offering Communion at any of the services on 5 th Sundays, we ll begin to offer Communion at all three of the services on 5 th Sundays. I know and believe in faith that God will deeply and abundantly bless us at Holy Cross Lutheran Church as we continue to faithfully receive His true Body and true Blood, forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation! Pastor Jeffrey Meinz We are really excited to offer Holy Communion more often. That means we need more people to help prepare and clean up the sacraments. If you can help, please contact Sue Umland. 2

3 Worship Ministries (Continued) Pastor Jeffrey Meinz, Director of Worship Ministries Music at Holy Cross Debbie Koster and Deb Schrank would like to start a Children s Tone Chime Choir here at Holy Cross. Children would need to read music. This group is geared towards older students up through high school. Woodwinds will also be starting up again this summer. Please contact Deb at hcls@holycrosscs.org if you are interested in playing in the woodwind ensemble or the children s tone chime choir. History of Hymns By Jess McDowell We continue our celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by looking at the hymns of Martin Luther. Luther s day. Luther improved on the stanza and added several of his own before publishing it in 1524 in the Erfurt Enchiridion. Come Holy Ghost, God and Lord LSB 497, LW 154, TLH 224 Text: German 15th century, Martin Luther, , published 1524 Tune: Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbuchlein, Erfur, 1524 Tune Title: Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, 15th century melody Text copyright 1941 Concordia Publishing House, Tune Public Domain; Luke 11:13, 1 Cor. 12:13, John 16:13-14, 2 Tim. 1:14, Acts 2:4 The translation is a composite and was prepared for The Lutheran Hymnal. It is based on Catherine Winkworth s Lyra Germanica, First Series, Catherine was born in London in Her early life was spent in the neighborhood of Manchester. She then moved with her family to Clifton, near Bristol. She died suddenly of heart disease at Monnetier in Savoy in This hymn of Martin Luther first appeared in Eyn Anchiridion oder Handbuchlein, Erfurt, 1524 entitled, Der Gesang Veni Sancte Spiritus, but in the Wittenberg Gesangbuch, 1531 the words, Improved by Dr. Mart. Luther were added to that title. As the title infers, the basis for this hymn is a medieval antiphon Veni Sancte Spiritus. The tune, Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, is found in two 15th century manuscripts now in the Munich library. It was an old German stanza that was a free metrical version of the antiphon in use in Winkworth translated many German works into English. Her work Lyra Germanica, First Series, 1855 contained the translations of 103 hymns from the Chevalier Bunsen s Gesung und Gebetbuch, The TLH contains about 75 of her translations from this and other works. She is the foremost in rank and popularity of modern translations from German to English. Her translations are the most widely used of any from that language. They have had more to do with the modern revival of the English use of German hymns than the versions of any other writers. 3 Food Pantry Statistics February Total Adults (18-59) Total Seniors Total Children Total Recipients Average # of families/day Pounds of food distributed Avg lbs distributed/day Average lbs per person , Food Donations Holy Cross members 695 Non-members 0 Schlotzsky s 97 Panera 137 Care & Share 2,767 Gold Wing Motorcycle Club 138 Less Spoilage/Donations elsewhere (40) Total Donations 3,794 Food Purchases Care & Share (4,168 lbs) King Soopers/Others (200) Sam s Club (116) Total food purchased Total lbs of food received $2, $2,810 8,278 The Bread of Life Food Pantry was open 11 days during February.

4 The Holy Spirit gives us the an s ommentary on ducation By DCE Dan Hampton Director of Growth Ministries BUILD ARM As we talked and discussed, Holy Cross Lutheran Church a simple theme or vision developed for how we see Growth Ministry encouraging those who hunger. Simply put, Growth Ministries seek to build a solid Biblical knowledge, to arm God s people for His ministry. seeks to encourage those who hunger to be nourished by God. Our ministries are currently aligned around this key mission. As a good Lutheran, I often ask the question, What does this mean? Hunger is all around us, people are hungry physically (which is why we purposefully offer a food pantry to the community), emotionally (which results in many of our care and counseling ministries), and spiritually. The desire of Holy Cross is to meet the needs of the people in the church and those of our community. Over the last several months the Growth Ministry Team, which includes myself, Nicki as our Children s Ministry Coordinator, Pam Pagel as our Growth Team Administrator, and Aurora Bostwick as our DCE Intern; have been wrestling with how we can encourage those who hunger to be nourished by God spiritually in our growth ministries. Growth Ministries at Holy Cross include everything associated with Christian Education in the church. Holy Cross Growth Ministries seek to build a solid Biblical foundation, to arm God s people for His ministry. What does this mean? The Bible is the foundation of our lives in Christ. It is the very Word of God. It is often easy to pull key passages or ideas from the Bible without digging into the narrative of Scripture. If His Word is truly going to be the foundation of our Christian lives, then we must have a SOLID understanding of what is contained throughout the entirety of His Word. Therefore, the first focus area of all Growth Ministries at Holy Cross is to bring about a SOLID BIBLICAL FOUNDATION for all participants. God s Word is powerful and we trust the Holy Spirit to work through the Word to change hearts and minds. 4 guidance and ability to live a life holy to God. Ephesians 4:11-12 says these are the gifts that Christ gave to the church: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. It is our desire that through any Growth Ministry event or activity, we aim to ARM you for ministry. It is the job of the church to train you and then send you out to boldly share the Gospel through the life you daily live. BIBLE STUDY SURVEY DCE Dan recently conducted a survey of our members. Thank you to everyone who responded. Below is a snapshot of results of one of the questions. Who took the survey? 2.24% Age % Age % Age % Age % Age % Age % Age 60 or older What Bible study topic most interests you? 54.1% Specific book of Bible 29.0% World religions 27.3% History of the Church 24.0% Marriage enrichment 23.0% Sharing the faith 22.4% Women s studies 22.4% Apologetics 21.3% Overview of the Bible 20.8% Living as God s stewards 20.2% Prayer If you would like to see the full results, please contact DCE Dan at DanH@HolyCrossCS.org

5 Adult Education DCE Dan Hampton, Director of Growth Ministries Sunday Adult Classes 9:30 A.M. Fruit of the Spirit The fruit of the Spirit is Thursday Breakfast Bible Studies Village Inn Bible Breakfast (for men & women, Austin Bluffs & Academy) 6 am. Discussion of the Scripture lessons for the upcoming Sunday. Leader, Pastor Brauner. love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, patience, gentleness and self control. In this nine-week study, we will dig into each of the fruits of the Spirit while learning to grow in the likeness of Christ. Leaders, Pastor Jeffrey Meinz & Pastor Doug Brauner; Hiller Hall 9:30 and 11:00 A.M. Exile to Christ is an overview of the history between the Jewish Exile from Israel in 586 A.D. through the Gospels. Between the Old Testament and the New Testament, roughly 400 years of world changing history occurs. An understanding of these important historical events provides a solid foundation for thoughtful analysis of the world into which Jesus Christ was born. Leader, DCE Dan Hampton; Room :00 A.M. The Gospel of Mark This ongoing Bible study of the Gospel of Mark has a small group format. Leaders, Wayne & Lisa Gayler; Room 120 Women s Bible Breakfast 6 am. Open Door Café, Rocky Mountain Calvary Church, 4285 N. Academy Blvd. Study: Leader, Connie Bond. Wade s Cafe Men s Bible Breakfast is having a year-long study on the prophet, Isaiah using the People s Bible Commentary at 6 am. Leader, Matthew Grunenwald. Coming June 4 The Lutheran Difference We will look at the various Lutheran synods as well as how Lutherans differ from other Christian denominations. Leader, Ed Ingraham Upcoming Films in Lifetree Café We re having great discussions in Lifetree Café! We gather in Room 120 every Monday and Tuesday from 11:45 am to 12:45 pm for a film and interesting conversation. Stop in, have a snack, and enjoy! May 8,9 Embracing Change May 15,16 What s Wrong Right With You? May 22,23 Mormons: What do they really believe? May 30 Curing healthcare. Practical help for an ailing nation June 5,6 The Church and Gays. One pastor s dilemma Spanish Lifetree Café is every Tuesday in the Fireside Room during English speaking Lifetree. Join us for stimulating conversation to feed your soul. 5

6 Meet Our New DCE Intern I am pleased to announce that Bradley Asmus has been assigned to serve with us as our DCE Intern for the year. We are excited for the enthusiasm and passion he will bring to our ministry here at Holy Cross. I'd like to ask the congregation to welcome him by collecting some items to stock his pantry with. He is a lover of all food, and he does like to eat, so providing him with some groceries will go a long way to kick-start his time with us. Watch the bulletin for details. Recently I was able to chat with Bradley to learn a little more about him. His thoughts and answers are below: Where is home for you? Home for me is in Plymouth, Minnesota where I was born and raised all my life. Plymouth is a suburb of the Twin Cities and continues to grow. I would also argue that Camp Luther of North-east Wisconsin is my second home. It has a special place in my heart where I grew in my faith the past two summers. What do you like to do in your free time? Well, I love volleyball and being in the woods. I love to hike, play board games, swim, play cards, make puzzles, plunk around on the piano, absolutely love to sing, and be with people. Talking with people, or even just spending time getting to know people is so much fun and amazing! I enjoy watching movies, writing poems, playing Axis & Allies, and typing on my typewriter. Favorite movie/book? My favorite movies are A Beautiful Mind Dead Poet's Society Shawshank Redemption Patch Adams Good Will Hunting My favorite books are Bible Out Of the Night by Jan Valtin, A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks Favorite food/restaurant? Perkins (variety), Chipotle (Mexican burritos), Peeking Garden (Chinese), and Origami (authentic Japanese) are some great restaurants. I love most foods, but nothing beats the following: Fish Fry, Jalapeño Poppers, Cherries, and fresh crisp grapes! What are you most looking forward to as you prepare to join us at Holy Cross? I am looking forward to a few things, and the main one is working in a church as an intern. I am so excited to work with youth, children, and families in a fashion that I (God willing) will be doing for a career. It will 6 be fantastic to immerse myself into doing things as a church worker would. Please keep Bradley in your prayers as he finishes his studies at Concordia St. Paul before joining us this summer. Interest Groups Lovely Ladies Coloring Party! Thursdays, 12:30 3 pm, Hiller Hall. Adults only. Bring your coloring book, supplies, non-messy snacks and drinks with lids and a friend! If you have questions, LovelyLadiesColoringParty@gmail.com. Scrapbooking Third Saturday of each month, 10 am 5 pm, Fireside Room. Come for the entire day or any time you d like. Call Marcy in the office for more info. Hiking A group hikes every Saturday when the weather allows. Contact Alan Thielke for more info. Geocaching Contact Rich Brunnworth for more info.

7 Children s Ministries by Nicki Evelyn Join us in Rome! Vacation Bible School June 12-16, 9 am to 12 noon For all children age 3 through Fifth Grade You ll explore the caves of the Underground Church, meet the Apostle Paul, create cool Bible-times projects, experience thrilling real-life dramas, play high-energy games, sample tasty Mediterranean snacks, and hear unforgettable music! Registration is now open for children and volunteers. You may register online by following the link on our website, or pick up a form at the church. We have exciting new positions available this year so come and check it out! Questions? Contact Nicki at or nickie@holycrosscs.org. The VBS Giving Tree will be set up through June 11th at the attendance table across from the mailboxes. We rely on your donations to make this annual event a great success! We are also looking for a few special items Do you have old blankets that you want to get rid of? If they look like they could have been around 2000 years ago, we would love to have them for our ROME VBS! We would love to borrow E-Z Up canopies to help create our Marketplace. Please bring them to the Ministry Center by May 28th. Do you have animals? Bring your chickens, goats, pigs etc... to make our Marketplace come alive!. By Deb Schrank, Director May 26th will bring another school year to a close. This school year has been filled with God s blessings with registration reaching 64 children! Registration is underway for the new school year beginning August 7, We offer preschool for children age 2 and a half and potty trained, through Junior Kindergarten (age 5 but not in public kindergarten). We also serve elementary students, Kindergarten through 5th grade, from Madison Elementary with after school care. God s blessings are also evident in the spiritual growth of our kiddos. It is wonderful to hear them pray and they usually know all the answers during Bible time and at chapel! They have learned a lot about Jesus and His love. God s blessings continue as we will retain most of our staff. We do have a few positions available 7 if you are early childhood teacher qualified and would like to apply. You can pick up an application in the church office. Thank you for your prayer support for our school as we look forward to more blessings from our good God.

8 Service Ministries Pastor Doug Brauner, Director of Service Ministries Caring Ministries Bread of Life Food Pantry Open Monday and Tuesday from 1 4 pm and Saturday from 9 12 for those in 80909, 80915, and If you are a member who needs food, please call the office or visit the food pantry during pantry hours. You do not need to live in those zip codes to use the Pantry. Counseling Holy Cross has a Christian counselor who ministers to members in need. The fees are based on a sliding scale, and her phone number is on the back of the weekly bulletin. Stephen Ministry Are you going through a tough time in your life and just need someone to listen. There may be a Stephen Minister just for you. Talk to Pastor Doug. Four-week Callers If you have been absent from Holy Cross for four weeks, you may expect a phone call from one of our caring callers. They are simply checking in with you to make sure everything is okay and to see if there is anything we can do for you. Visitation Ministry If you are going into the hospital or having outpatient surgery, our hospital visitation team would like to visit and pray with you. Our caring Lay Ministers will also visit with you and bring you Holy Communion if you have not been able to attend church because you are either temporarily or permanently homebound. Please call Marcy or Pastor Doug if you would like a visit. Prayer Ministries Bulletin or Prayer Chain Call Marcy in the church office if you would like to be listed in the bulletin for Sunday prayers or if you would like your prayer on our Prayer Chain. Prayers put on the Prayer Chain may be anonymous if you d like. Pew Cards The staff is honored to lift up pew card prayers during our Tuesday devotions. Plots Available Several plots are still available, and applications are in the book at the Ministry Center. Those new to the garden who would like a plot, pick up an application and contact Justina Enright at to schedule an orientation date. Returning gardeners, please contact Justina with your intention to return and which plots you have gardened this past year. Are You Interested in Visitation Ministry? Prayer Shawls/Squares/Bears If you would like to take a visible reminder to someone who needs prayer, you make pick up a prayer shawl or square. We even have prayer bears for children. Please record their name when you take one so our prayer team can pray for them. (Call the office if you would like to make prayer shawls.) Do you have a heart for prayer? If so, you are invited to join one of our prayer teams: Our Intercessory Prayer Team meets monthly to pray together. Everyone is welcome to join us. Our Prayer Chain prayers are by only. Call the office for more info. 8 Do you have a heart for visiting the sick or lonely? Many members of Holy Cross Lutheran Church find themselves either temporarily or permanently not able to come to church, and we want to provide visitors for them in addition to a monthly communion visit. Training is provided. If you would like to know more about serving in this valuable ministry, please talk to Alice Beverly, , or Lorrie Faunce, Hospital Visitation? We also want to provide prayer and visits for those who are in the hospital or who are having surgery. If you are specifically interested in visiting our hospitalized members, please call Marcy or one of our pastors at

9 Ministry News Honduras Mission News Child Sponsorship In addition to 75 children in Pastor Omar s church waiting to be sponsored, there are now 150 more children from three more villages ready to be sponsored. Golf anyone? Annual Gathering Coffee Our annual Honduras mission golf tournament is set for August 12. One hundred percent of the money donated (over tournament costs) goes DIRECTLY to feed the children in Honduras. Our current needs are: 1. Fundraiser (to solicit funds/ prizes) 2. Businesses to advertise by sponsoring a hole or providing items for the goodie bags. Pastor Omar sent Honduran Coffee for us to enjoy! If you would like to purchase some, it is available for sale for $8/pound in whole bean or ground. Contact Ramona Weldon. Sponsorship and golfer brochures will be at the Ministry Center soon. If you have questions or would like to help, please contact Bruce at bocks98@comcast.net or call Marcy in the church office. If you would like to sponsor a child in Honduras that our team and maybe YOU can visit, please contact Kally Handlon or Lorrie Faunce. Authors Among Us Darcia Kunkel released this debut book on April 4. This funny and entertaining book about the ups and downs of the life of a forty-something can be purchased on Amazon, or you may contact Darcia at 40andfried@gmail.com or for a signed copy ($12.) Darcia will have a book signing at Why Not Books, 5975 Academy Blvd. N, on May 6 from LWML News and Circles Leroy Neal s book Is described as one man s search For spiritual affirmation and to Understand radial Islam. Pastor Doug Says, Leroy does a masterful job combining his true story with that of his fictitious high school friend. In the process he speaks truth about the differences between followers of Christ and those of Islam. This is a must read for anyone who loves a good story with a meaningful twist. 9 May 10, 6 pm Hiller Hall. Cost $8/catered bbq dinner. Deadline to sign up is May 7. Cost $8. We'll vote on our mission funds distribution and officers for the upcoming term. Tell Mona Book if you have a nominee for the mission monies. Rock of Ages Salad Supper May 16, 6pm. RSVP to Susie Briggs lelandppn@aol.com or LWML National Convention Albuquerque, NM June It's not too late to register. There are several women from Holy Cross attending. More information is in the Tidings or contact Mona Book. Greeting Cards Do you need a Birthday, Get Well Card or other card? Check out the LWML Card Rack in the Ministry Center. Cards are only $.5o each. ARC Buck-a-Bag July 16 We'll hand out bags on July 9 for you to fill with your unwanted items and collect them on July 16. We receive $1 for every bag donated. This is another fund raiser mission grants. Spring Workshop The Spring Workshop scheduled for April 29th was cancelled due to the weather. Watch for a new date in June.

10 Ministry News It s Nomination Time The Board of Directors is seeking two members of the congregation to serve on the Nominating Committee for upcoming Board Positions. This committee will meet initially in late May or early June. The Nominating Committee prayerfully identifies members to be considered as candidates for various Board Positions (elections to be held at our Annual Voters Meeting in October.) If you are interested in serving, please contact Pam Meeks no later than May 15th for more information (pamelarose58@comcast.net.) On May 1, the Young at Heart meeting was held at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The catered lunch was prepared by Roger Jones, a member of Immanuel. The very interesting program was about the Navajo Code Talkers and their impact on WWII. The June meeting will be held on June 5, at Country Buffet, with no program. We welcome everyone age 55 and older for our monthly luncheon and program. For more information, contact Lyman and Carolyn Kaiser at Senior Anointing Sunday, June 4 If you are a senior and do not receive an invitation soon, please call Pam at LFS A Taste of Hope May 11, 5-8 pm Olympic Training Center Enjoy unlimited samples from 25 restaurants, live entertainment, and silent auction. To purchase tickets for this annual fundraiser, visit LFSRM.org/events or call All widows are invited to join Never Alone for our monthly breakfast on the second Saturday of each month (May 13). We meet at the Village Inn on Palmer Park and Academy at 9:30 am, share a devotion, and enjoy each other s company. For more info, contact Lorrie Faunce. Lutheran Valley Retreat offers lots of different summer camps for kids of all ages. Check out LVR.org for all the details. Holy Cross Lutheran Church 4125 Constitution Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO ; FAX ; Sunday Service Times: 8:00 A.M. - Classic Celebration (Traditional) 9:30 A.M. - Majestic Praise (Blended) 11:00 A.M. - Praise Alive (Contemporary) Children and Youth Education: 9:30 A.M. Adult Education 9:30 & 11 A.M. Childcare for 3 & younger available during Sunday services Life Beneath the Cross is published 6 times per year. 10 Aurora s Space By Aurora Bostwick, DCE Intern I have loved my time here at Holy Cross and feel so blessed to be placed in such a welcoming and supportive congregation. I have learned so much during my time here. First, I now know about weather. If I wear a coat in the morning, I usually wish I had worn just a tee-shirt by the afternoon; however, if it don t bring a coat in the morning, it is a winter storm by the afternoon. Second, I learned that red lights mean nothing to the folks here in Colorado Springs, which is understandable because if you don t run it you will be stuck sitting at it forever. Third, sometimes its hard sharing an office with three other people, but I d gladly take it over sharing an office with Jeffrey. If I am hungry, Debbie Koster will find me and will feed me. Throwing things off the roof is frowned upon no matter what Jeffrey says. Tacos will always be a better choice than pizza for a crowd. It will always be stressful watching Dan walk through door ways. I ve never known a grown man with so many rubber duckies. Even at 2 am Marcy is probably in the office and definitely knows the answer. I also can now find Honduras on a map. Thank you, I love you all.