http://blog.terranovachurch.org The weblog of Terra Nova Church's cast of characters Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:22:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It will be pushed live sometime on October 1st, but it may take up to 24 hours to propagate throughout the internet. Just be patient and come back in a bit. http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/10/01/are-you-trying-to-find-the-new-site/ A quick update on the new site. It is largely done from the program and design standpoint. Scott Womer and I have been working overtime and then some to get all the content up and edited. There is still a fair amount of new content to upload since this site ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/09/27/new-website-launch-is-still-set-for-100108/ We had a great day Sunday as we turned our attention to what E. Benjamin Skinner calls "A Crime So Monstrous". Yesterday's Abolition Event continued Terra Nova's commitment to:: 1. Reflecting Christ by demonstrating His heart for compassion and justice.  2.  Lifting our collective voice as an Abolition church to both ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/09/22/abolition-event-wrap-up/ A couple of posts down from here is a lengthy entry about our Abolition Event this weekend with E. Benjamin Skinner. This event is getting some great press. A couple of local Newspapers picked it up, and a great piece just aired on NPR.  Here's the Link to the NPR story ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/09/19/terra-nova-npr-abolition/ If you have not already heard, Terra Nova is getting a brand new website that is a huge improvement over the current site which started out great, but has been retrofitted so many times that it has become a mess. We could have spent 10's of thousands of dollars on ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/09/18/new-website-under-construction-right-now/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 14, 2008 www.terranovachurch.org Journalist To Share Firsthand Experience of the Modern-Day Slave Trade E. Benjamin Skinner, author of A Crime So Monstrous, to speak at Terra Nova Church Troy, N.Y. – You may have thought that slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, but the slave trade is ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/09/15/abolition-event-ben-skinner-at-terra-nova/ This past sunday September 7th, Terra Nova became a multi-service church and things went surprisingly well. One could have expected all sorts of snags and bugs to work out, but that did not happen! If you were there at the 10AM service, you noticed fewer rows of chairs both up ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/09/09/two-services-at-terra-report-on-the-first-week/ WHAT IS POIEMA AND WHY SHOULD I BE A PART OF IT? This is a great question! There are so many things to do, to spend your time on, and when you make a choice to do one thing, you are also choosing not to do a whole slew of ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/09/07/poiema-fall-kick-off-party/ This friday night (august 29th) from 5-9, the Terra Nova Gallery will be filled up with new art and live music and a ton of people. There is a steady stream of people in and out of the gallery every month during TROY NIGHT OUT. This month, we feature Thea ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/08/24/troy-night-out-400-block-galleries/   "For in You the orphan finds mercy". (Hosea 14:3)   This is Hernan, Giovani, and Jonathan playing Matchbox cars at Casa de Ninos.  Giovani is making snow (more impressive on video than a still shot!)   I look at this picture and long to go all the way back there just to see and ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/08/21/gerri-sherry-on-casa-de-ninos/ This morning, I found out relatively last minute that I would need to preach. My father ( a pastor in Maine) was supposed to preach, but some medical issues unfortunately caused him to need to back out sunday morning. He felt terrible about doing so, but he'll be back some ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/08/17/10-questions-to-diagnose-your-spiritual-health/ It's hard to believe that the current website launched way back in the summer of 2005. Before we had a church, we had a website. Since then, the site has been tweaked, stretched, retrofitted, maneuvered, mangled, adjusted, added to, subtracted from  . . .  you get the point. Some of ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/08/05/new-website-in-the-works-for-terra-nova/ One of Terra Nova's regulars . . . Jessie Nietzel asked us to put out a last minute call for volunteers with a project she works with. See below for full info. Skye Farm Camp is looking for volunteers! Skye Farm Camp is a children's summer camp run by the United Methodist ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/08/01/camp-volunteers-needed/ This past sunday night, the Catalyst Road Trip Vanagon arrived in Troy (technically it was monday morning). These guys have been traveling around the country in their 82 Volkwagon Vanagon Camper. Read the post from their blog HERE. http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/07/16/catalyst-road-trip-vanagon-terra-nova/ see photos of Phil Tomkins summer HERE. I am having a pretty amazing summer I wanted to let you all know about.  As some of you have heard, God has led me to Waxhaw,  North Carolina this summer to intern with the engineering department at Jaars.  Jaars is a division of Wycliffe Bible Translators, which provides ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/07/10/philip-tomkins-on-summer-missions/ All summer long, Rockin' on the River is bringing bands to Troy for outdoor concerts on a temp stage set up in the parking lot in between Ryan's Wake pub and the Silver Bridge over the Hudson. Come and enjoy free concerts by the river every wednesday at 5PM. Yet ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/06/24/rockin-on-the-river-free-concerts-just-behind-rev-hall/ Sarah and Steve Juman are connected to a family struggling to take care of a new born baby named Hayden Savickas who came 4 months earlier than expected.  Hayden is at a hospital almost two hours away.  Hayden's Mom can stay near by, but Hayden's Dad is working and commuting ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/06/23/benefit-yard-sale-this-weekend/ Recently, on two separate occasions, a group from Terra Nova Kids spent time with residents of the Terrace at the Eddy as we began to build a bridge between the children of Terra and our senior neighbors right here in Troy. The residents genuinely enjoyed making puppets with the help ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/06/15/building-a-bridge-in-troy-terra-nova-kids/ Dan Williams has been interning at Terra Nova while studying to be a pastor. Read about his summer plans below:: "Lea and I will be taking advantage of another summer off from our normal routine to once again serve the Lord through camping ministry. This summer we'll be heading up to ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/06/01/dan-lea-williams-gone-for-the-summer/ Our little corner of Troy has been at the center of current and future development in the capital region. Roman Jaquez, local film maker and member of Terra Nova produced this short documentary as a competition piece for a film competition sponsored by the Times Union News. Watch Roman's video ... http://blog.terranovachurch.org/2008/05/20/400-block-a-new-short-documentary-about-our-block-in-troy/