Doug Pagitt: July 2008 Archives

The week between legs was spent in New Orleans with my sons Taylor and Ruben. We toured the town, took a road trip to Mississippi and rented wave runners in Biloxi. We ate the fine and fatty foods of New Orleans and took in the scene on Bourbon Street. We met up with our friends the Bachmans and they toured us around their city. I also reconnected with April who I knew when she was in high school and I worked at Wooddale.
To sum it up, we had a great time and it was the best being with my boys.

We are back in the saddle of our steel horse and our first two shows of the third leg went great. The first show was in New Orleans at Sojourn Community - they were fabulous hosts. The show had good energy and the space was terrific. The space was reminiscent of the first space we had for Solomon's Porch - upper floor of an old building, exposed brick and a loft feel. The folks of Sojourn we great hosts.

Saturday's show was in Birmingham, Alabama. It was one of the best shows yet. The good people of Disciples Fellowship and Journey Church hosted us. We were in the Disciples building which is set-up somewhat like a theater, so it work well for the show with the lighting and all.

Both shows were well received by the audiences and seemed to be an encouragement to all involved. I remain amazed at how gracious people are in hosting us and how much good comes from the face to face engagements around the show.

If you have a chance to come and join us here is our remaining schedule. Details can be found under the Tour Schedule section on the right side of this page.

Monday July 28: Nashville, TN
St. Bartholomew's Church 6:30pm

Tuesday July 29: Charlotte, NC
Portico Church/Johnston Memorial Presbyterian Church

Wednesday July 30: Raleigh/Durham, NC
Emmaus Way/New Community Church

Thursday July 31: Washington D.C./Baltimore, MD
Wesley Seminary/American University

Friday August 1: New York, NY
Marble Collegiate Church

Saturday August 2: Pittsburgh, PA
Hot Metal Bridge

Sunday August 3: Grand Rapids, MI
Fellowship Covenant Church

Monday August 4: Indianapolis, IN
Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church

In an effort with Relevant.com we have launched a site called ReThink Christianity (www.RethinkChristianity.com).

The site is designed to be interactive with posts and videos.
Each week we will have a new question that we are looking for a written or video response to.
We will have a "video confession booth" at each of our shows, so if you are at the show shoot your video there.

The site has just launched and needs your videos. Head on over and give us a response to this weeks question "Why do you think that so many people are questioning the traditional ways of doing church?"

Due to an unforeseen emergency the shows in Austin - Saturday, July 19 and Houston - Sunday, July 20 have been postponed.

If and when shows can be rescheduled we will post the information here.

The shows of leg 3 - East Coast starting July 25 in New Orleans will keep with their schedule dates. We are very much looking forward to the shows.

Links to the dates can be found in the column to the right under Tour Dates.

EAST COAST Dates

Friday July 25: New Orleans, LO
Sojourn Community Church

Saturday July 26: Birmingham, AL
Disciples Fellowship FREE

Sunday July 27: Atlanta, GA
The B-Complex

Monday July 28: Nashville, TN
St. Bartholomew's Church 6:30pm

Tuesday July 29: Charlotte, NC
Portico Church/Johnston Memorial Presbyterian Church

Wednesday July 30: Raleigh/Durham, NC
Emmaus Way/New Community Church

Thursday July 31: Washington D.C./Baltimore, MD
Wesley Seminary/American University

Friday August 1: New York, NY
Marble Collegiate Church

Saturday August 2: Pittsburgh, PA
Hot Metal Bridge

Sunday August 3: Grand Rapids, MI
Fellowship Covenant Church

Monday August 4: Indianapolis, IN
Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church

Tomorrow, Friday, at 4:45 PM Central Time we will hold a drawing for the "door prizes" from the West coast leg of the tour.
Prizes include a Nano preloaded with reading and writing from our books, and a load of TNIV items including The Bible Experience.
Tune in live tomorrow.

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