Daves Daily

Vineyard Camp 2008

2008-06-21T15:55:00.000-04:00

Just returned from a week at Vineyard Middle School Camp. I was an amazing week of hanging out with some cool middle schoolers. Also got to meet some new to me Vineyard Youth Pastors.

The leaders were amazing, the students were great. At a new camp so we did have to work through a few bugs. But the Lord showed up and that is the bottom line.

Summer Reading Club

2008-06-06T14:05:00.000-04:00

Thinking about joining Mark Lee's Summer Reading Club.

Last 2 books that I have read are:

Herioc Conservatism by Michael Gerson
The Great Awakening by Jim Wallis

Friday Stuff

2008-05-30T11:10:00.000-04:00

Finishing tweaking the writing I refered to yesterday. I did finish and am now in the process of editing it before submitting.

Ohterwise enjoying the beautiful day and weather and listening to The Dennis Miller Show.

Idea's

2008-05-29T10:07:00.000-04:00

I have a couple of writing idea projects I have been putting off for awhile. Thinking that this would be a great time to dive into them.

WOW a long time

2008-05-27T22:36:00.000-04:00

Wow it has been a long time since I have posted. July of last year to be exact. Things are well.

I am in remission and doing well I am actually not on any treatment as of right now and it looks like I may be off treatment for at least another month. I feel good and things are going well.

I won't promise but I will try to be more regular.

Chuggin Along

2007-07-11T15:22:00.000-04:00

Well treatment #3 was this week and all seems to be going well. No side effects yet and I even ate some Chipotle so that has to go into the positive side.

I am working a few hours a week but am not being allowed by doctors and work to attend our annual middle school camp next week. That is a bit of a bummer but I understand why, with my recent stay in the hospital again for pneumonia I can't take any chance. They are letting me help out in some of the planning and checking over things. And they are using my brain seeing how most of the stuff I do is just up there and I just do it from habit and routine over the years.

Keep praying for the treatments and that I will not have anymore bouts with pneumonia or any viruses.

Blessings to all have have sent me encouragement through email, mail and phone calls.

Good Bean Time Yesterday

2007-06-14T11:18:00.000-04:00

Had a good time out with one of our longtime key leaders, Roger Edwards yesterday at a cool Italian Buffet. We had a great time of chatting about personal stuff and our season of mission trips we are in right now.

I saw my team ( I was not allowed to go this year due to current medical issues) off from the airport Sunday and have kept in touch by phone with the leaders during the trip. The high schoolers leave this week and a Costa Rica Team next week.

It was good to hand and talk youth ministry with Roger for the afternoon.

Finally an Update

2007-06-14T11:16:00.000-04:00

Just a quick update for the blog just to let you know where things are with me with all that has bee going on this has a times fallen by the wayside.

As a wrote in a previous post I thought I had gotten bit by a spider which turned out to be something else so I will start back so we can see how I got to the alleged spider bite.

As many of you know I spent I week in the hospital (most of it in ICU) with pneumonia, after recovering at home for a month or so and returning to work with the middle school ministry at Vineyard Church of Columbus were I work. I can down with a painful sore which I though was a spider bite. I turned out to be a very bad staph infection that you can only get in the hospital (that is encouraging.)

After returning to the hospital and getting that all cleared up. I again returned to work after a time off to recover.

In March I was re-admitted to the hospital with pneumonia again for another week. This time an infectious disease doctors were brought in because I was running a very high fever that they could not get down with standard anti-biotic's. They also wanted to see why I was contracting pneumonia so often.

Through the course of the test and stuff the put me through they discovered a spot on my sixth rib which they biopsy and it tested positive. On the CAT SCAN in November this spot was not there.

This meant more testing and a bone marrow test which revealed that I am battling multiply myloma a plasma cancer.

I am currently under going chemo treatments and doing well. The Lord has been good to me and has blessed me even in this difficult time. He has placed people in my path to encourage and lift me up, survivors and prayer warriors. He has also giving me opportunity to share His blessings and good grass to those who don’t know him yet.

I am spending a lot of time at home now reading, listening to the Lord, doing devotions and spending time with the girls while they are out of school for the summer.

Also I have been blessed with a lot of friends who come and take me to lunch or coffee on occasion too.

You can contact me if you wish by email davemcpeek@gmail.com

Blessings and I will update better I hope and pray.

Updates soon

2007-06-10T21:09:00.000-04:00

I will update this blog soon. Much too tell.

More Snow....

2007-02-17T19:06:00.000-05:00

More snow today on top of the foot last week about 3 inches today, boy I am already tired of the snow.

Not feeeling well today, I think I got bit by a spide rin the last week or so. Tried to see a doctor today bit the doctor who was doing the Saturday hours today din't think he could help me so I did not go to see him.

The problem is the bite area is very very sore and hurts and mkes it hard to sitdown. I also don't feel well and it all seems to point to me to a spider bit, but what do I know I am not a doctor...

The Day After

2007-02-14T20:32:00.000-05:00

After the Blizzard okay snow and ice storm yesterday we had no Middle School or High School events. Actually I didn't even venture out today. I was feeeling a bit under the weather and just took the whole day off.

Next week we are going to go to the Young Adult ministries (Joshua House) Ash Wednesday service should be sweet.

Revamp

2007-02-13T19:11:00.001-05:00

Revamped the blog will add the blogroll later....

National Youth Ministry Conference

2007-02-13T18:53:00.000-05:00

Just returned from the National Youth Ministry Conference in Indianapolis put on by SImply Youth Ministry and Group Magazine. It is possible the best Youth Ministry Conference I have attended in my 20 plus years of youth ministry.

Doug Fields, Josh Griffin and Group magazine really put on an outstanding event. The conversational and relational aspect of the event was very welcoming. Being able to walk up to the "biggies" in the field, people how have writtn numerous books and the how to's of youth ministry was quite refreshing.

I am really looking forward to the next one.

Stop by Josh Griffin's Blog to see more highlights and video's of the event.

Happy Thanksgiving

2006-11-23T11:27:00.000-05:00

A Happy Thanksgiving to all today. May you be blessed with much turkey and good vittles to eat and plenty of football to watch!

Down But Not Out

2006-11-22T19:25:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to put up a quick post to anyone who may wander by as to why no post recently.

Well I spent the last week in the hospital, 3 plus days of which were spent in the ICU unit. I went to my doctor on Friday with aches and fever and he treated me with anti-biotic's and rest. By Sunday I was in the hospital ICU with pneumonia and very close to being put on a respirator.

I am home know continuing to recover and regain my strength. I will post more soon.

I was able to be released in time to be home and watch the Buckeyes defeat Michigan 42 - 39. I love Llllloyd Carr, he's are version of what John Cooper was to Michigan fans. May Michigan keep him for many, many years to come.

Weekend Wrap Up

2006-11-06T16:48:00.000-05:00

Attendance: Above Average
Weekend Speaker: Alen Auguste
Series: Week 2 ofWinning by Losing
Game Rating: Above Average
Volunteer Involvement: Good
Worship: Not Bad
Lesson Quality: Excellent
Length of Lesson: 25 minutes
Student Response: Over the Top 38 commitments over the weekend

Random Stuff

2006-11-04T16:16:00.000-05:00

As I said previous that i was sitting with my leg up. I turned it although I did not break it this time while up in Michigan last weekend for the Cloud 9 Vineyard Youth Retreat. What a great time great worship, Matt Massey brought some good teachings and the atmosphere and food was great a fun filled weekend.

So I did spend a lot of the week with my foot up and on crutches. I was able to have a good time going with my youngest daughter and her class to the Columbus Symphany's students preformance it was a lot of fun.

Also had a lot of fun today with my oldest daughter we went down to the local GOP headquarters and volunteered and worked the 72 hour GOTV effort. What a great time as we help to keep this country going in the right direction. We talked with a ton of folks on the phone banks met some statewide office candidates and really enjoyed being invovled in this great and important effort. Suprising that with all of the anti-republican proganda you here on the liberal dominated media a huge majority of people that I and my daughter both talked to were energized and excited about voting this tuesday and voting GOP!

Well now for a little Buckeye domination on ESPN 2 sorry my Illini friends.

Changes

2006-11-02T23:12:00.000-05:00

I promise to get back on the Weekend Wrapups, with being away to new York and Michigan which I will post more on later.

Also added web ads please feel free to click on them if you you like.

Rock Weekend Final

2006-10-02T11:46:00.000-04:00

Attendance: Above Average
Weekend Speaker: Dave McPeek
Series: Week Three of Community in the Rock Series (Laying out our plan for community and discipleship through middle school small groups)
Game Rating: Above Average
Volunteer Involvement: Good
Worship: Rocking
Lesson Quality: Good
Length of Lesson: 20 minutes
Student Response: Good

Kurt Johnson at Saddleback does a weekend wrapup each weekend and I thought it might be nice to do and take a look back at the weekend what went on in the Rock over the weekend.

We continued in our series on Community, piggy backing with the main church services too. We wanted to give our students more things to help them engage in conversation with parents about what is going on in the bigger church body.

I will try to be more faithful to updating more in consistant to providing updates.

Checkout Kurts Blog at http://www.simplykurt.blogspot.com/
Also stop by Josh Griffins blog about youth ministry too http://simplyyouthministry.blogspot.com/

Out with the old, in with the new

2005-12-31T16:22:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year to All who may wander by from time to time.....

Thoughts

2005-08-17T17:29:00.000-04:00

Spent the last two days waiting around the heart hospital waiting room. My father who is 67 had a triple by-pass surgery yesterday morning. After some scary hours when they were having trouble getting him to wake up yesterday, today he is awake and alert and moved to a private room in the heart center from the surgical recovery room.

He actually took his first walk right before I left the hospital to go to the office and catch up a bit. He was very winded but doing much better than yesterday.

Thank all of you who have kept him in your prayers and I ask you to continue to do so.

Vineyard Camp Blog

2005-08-02T14:11:00.000-04:00

Vineyard Camp is over for another year but not with out some exciting happenings. We have created a blog just for Vineyard Camp attendee's and staff. If you would like to read about this years camp go to www.vcccamp.blogspot.com for all the exciting stories.

"Knowing the Father" Vineyard Camp 2005

Vineyard Camp is 11 days away

2005-07-13T13:31:00.000-04:00

Back from Mexico and Vineyard Camp is only 11 days away. Unbelievable! If you know of someone who would like to attend tell them to get registered today we are filling up fast. Contact Sarah DeAngulo today at

Don't let a middle Schooler miss out it is going to Rock. Our theme is "Knowing The Father."

Wish List

2005-04-21T10:55:00.001-04:00

Okay I have one thing on my wish list right know and that would be some tickets to see Sir Paul McCartney at the Schott on October 22, 2005. Just thought I would post and see if anyone had access and would like to donate some to the "Send Dave to See McCartney Relief Fund" former President Bill Clinton has agreed to be the international spokesman and fund raiser for this relief effort.

Wish List

2005-04-21T10:55:00.000-04:00