Everyone who wants one should have ordered a worship ministry shirt by now: we've got to send off the work order so they are here by the right to life banquet! But if you have not yet, please email Cheryl Smith at the Cc above.
2nd quarter praise team schedules
Your praise team schedule is due today! Please let me know when you can serve on the praise team. This will cover April 5 through June 28. Thanks a bunch!
Choir & Orchestra
Sunday, March 29 is the last chance to join the choir and orchestra for Easter and the Right to Life Banquet. Come on out on March 29 and we'll get you involved! No tryout is needed and childcare is provided for every practice.
Remember that we will not be practicing this Sunday, March 22, because of the Warrick county spring break.
Value of the Month: Excellence
We define excellence as "doing the very best you can with what you have." Since you may be printing out your NCAA bracket today, here's a March Madness example of basketball excellence:
Indiana University. Big Red. It was the gold standard of college basketball excellence for decades: NCAA championships in 1941, 1953, 1976, 1981 and 1987. I believe they should have won the championship in 1975 and 1993, were it not for injuries to Scott May and Alan Henderson, respectively. Ask me about THAT on Sunday. I could go on and on.
But the men's basketball program has fallen on dark times in recent years, which is well documented and not something I wish to blog about. This is, after all, a blog about excellence, not mediocrity.
However, I am proud of the team this year. Although I don't see them on my 2009 bracket (and I have looked EXTREMELY hard for them on my bracket...wishing..hoping...is it wrong to even pray a little?), they have, in my opinion, "done the very best with what they have" this year. They certainly did not have the usual talented roster to make a run in the tournament, but they did something much more important: they have restored the integrity and hustle that is Indiana basketball. Watch out Fighting Illini, Boilermakers and Wildcats: the Cream & Crimson will be back someday: it will be very, very excellent.
Think about how this applies to our situation. Integrity comes first: we Hoosier fans have learned that lesson the hard way. But integrity is not the only element that creates excellence. After integrity, talent and hard work must all come together to create lasting excellence.
Phill
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