Hey!
I suppose if you're reading this, you've seen Randi's message (if not, take a look at it). I do confess I'm frustrated with how this has worked out, and that includes my poor performance. But I think we can help Randi to fix this problem. That means we have work to do, and responsibilities to carry out.
What I've sent to Randi as a default time for the bake sale is this: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM on Monday, November 19th. If anyone has any problems with this, please respond as soon as possible, because we need to get an e-mail to Bob and Mr. Vose (the center director) as soon as possible. That means, preferably, today (November 7th) or tomorrow. We have less than two weeks to get this thing planned and sent out, and we need to have it ready very quickly.
If stuff isn't planned, we will probably have to postpone it. We would rather not do that.
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This seems to be a common trend in the past few months: apathy. Nobody cares enough to do what we're talking about. We keep saying "Contact us if you can't come," and "We all have responsibilities." Etc. I'm disappointed at the lack of enthusiasm, and I don't know if it's because school is rough, or life is rough, or both. Listen: we're here as a band, and that means we need to work together. That means we need to talk to each other, communicate, and perform our respective responsibilities. That means we need to set up and take stuff down (if you like to talk with your friends, you can have them follow you while you take stuff down).
If you're having a rough day/week/month, I'm absolutely fine with giving you a break for even a few weeks. If you have homework, tell us and I'll let you do your homework. I understand life gets in the way sometimes, and some things are more important than the band. Just tell me or Jason, or both, and we'll pray for you. Or have someone pray for you. Or have the whole band pray for you. This involves a certain level of vulnerability. And sure, some things should only be girl to girl and guy to guy, but we need to be able to help each other with a great majority of junk in our lives.
That's the other part of being in a band: we're friends. We need to look out for each other. That involves both helping each other and talking to each other, but also communicating and accepting responsibilities. If you don't think you can do that, then I'm going to ask you to take a break from the band and work on your walk with God (which is so much more important than the band). This stuff is necessary if this band is going to work.
Worship is a lifestyle, not just music we play. If we're good with the music-worship, but are apathetic and irresponsible, we're not worshiping God with our lives. We can read Bible verses in worship, but if we are focused on problems, stresses, and messed up relationships instead of God we're not really worshiping. We lead people in worship, therefore we should be leaders and good examples. Nobody's perfect, and I don't ever expect you to be perfect--that's not what I'm saying at all. Nor am I saying have a stress-free life. I'm saying we can work with each other and help each other out.
One more thing: I'm included in all this. I've become more aware of it recently, though, and I know it needs to change. It might take a little while, but I believe we can grow. So think about this, pray about it, and we'll talk about it Saturday.
God bless,
Daniel
