Website back online

If you’ve been trying to access the Powerpoint Edinburgh website over the last few days and been getting nothing more than an error message our humblest apologies.

All is well now, having pointed our resident Powerpoint geeks in the general direction of the problem.

For those who are interested: it would appear that there was a web cache overflow redirect subflux on the DNS proxy, which was fixed once the A NAME and MX record parity check variables were resynchronized using a Turing/Fender binary algorithm.

Or something …

March

Powerpoint March will be on 14th March… I’ve amended it below!

Now might be another good time to plug 14th September; that’s quite soon. It also happens to be the first Powerpoint of 07/08… did I mention it would be worth coming along?

Final Final Dates for This Year

Hello everyone. By now, you will be literally champing at the bit (watever that means) to get yourself along to St. Thomas’ Church on the Glasgow Road, Edinburgh to worship God, listen to some top notch preaching and play some seemingly meaningless games (to which there’s almost always a tenous link…). Contrary to anything I have told you before, here are the dates for this year’s Powerpoint. The theme has been decided and – I have to say – I think it’s a good ‘un. Prepare yourselves this year to be challenged, inspired and enthused….

The first Powerpoint this year is in only 4 short weeks!!! (well actually, they’re going to be weeks of normal length, but you get my drift). Those of you, like myself who had bought tickets to go and see Richard Hawley live are going to have to find someone to give your tickets away to because Friday 14th September at 7.30pm in St Thomas’, we will be rocking out to the sweet sound of the Holy Spirit (not the Hawley Spirit… see what I did there?). The fabulous Louis Palau is speaking, so come prepared to be challenged and inspired and bring friends who need the same.

I thoroughly recommend you get yourselves on Bebo – or whatever other social networking site(s) you’re on – and invite your friends…. Go on it’s not hard to do these days and it’s what the internet was invented for; well that and identity theft.

I digress …

Other dates for this year (get your pen and paper ready – or turn your printers on)

Friday 14th September

Friday 12th October

Friday 9th November

Friday 14th December

Friday 11th January

Friday 8th February

Friday 14th March

Friday 11th April

Summer end of year Praise event: Friday 13th June

You may want to alert your youth leaders to this site and indeed your friends, just so as everyone is kept in the loop. Feel free to leave comments and ask if you need any more info. Flyers are currently being printed as we speak and should be issued in the next couple of weeks… won’t that be a treat?

Because the Others Won’t Answer

Time to meet the “worship leader”…

Name

Neil, but call me Neebs (or Neil, whichever you are more comfortable with)

Age/Date of Birth

I’m 25, is that old? I guess age is relative, so I’ll say, NO…

Job

Senior Research Executive at a business and social research agency, specialising in financial services, tourism and education… any clearer???

Family Status

Milk with no sugar

Favourite Bible passage

You will know the truth and the truth will set you free

Length of time involved in Powerpoint

I have been doing it for 4 years now (I think)… 07/08 will be my fifth…

Role in Powerpoint

“Worship leader” I believe is the term we use these days. It’s one I struggle with as I feel that the Holy Spirit is the worship leader of Powerpoint; but hey, it’s all semantics and let’s be honest, everyone knows what I mean I think. Also, worship facilitator doesn’t have the same ring to it. Some people use the term “lead worshipper”, to be honest I think this is just as bad. But what do I know?

Why and how did you get involved in Powerpoint?

My good lady wife, before taking up that role, signed me up as the drummer; the first month there I played bass and then I continued to play bass for two years. Someone else was supposed to do my role but pulled out at the last minute and so I got thrown in at the deep end. It’s been a great journey and I absolutely love it.

What’s your most embarrassing moment?

It’s a long story… a very long story… a very long embarrassing story; but basically it goes like this…
(***some text missing***) but apparently they didn’t mind too much as it didn’t belong to them

If you could highlight one memorable moment from Powerpoint in your time involved, what would it be?

Well, there are two. The first is my first time leading worship when I was so nervous, felt better after the first song and then was terrified again as I realised people expected me to say something…. The other was in either March or April this year (I forget which) and we were singing a particular song – looking out, seeing so many people worshipping God was immensley humbling; I felt my knees starting to give in as I became desperate to bow, knowing I was in the presence of the Lord.

Oh, but then again, the glow sticks at Christmas were good; it’s just a shame I’m not keen on Carols…

What interesting hobbies, talents or skills do you have that the Powerpoint community will not have been privy to?

The sheer magnitude of trivia I hold within my head is exemplary; did you know that Tom Selleck was originally cast to play Indiana Jones? Do you know who Tom Selleck is? I do… Also, here’s one for you; the average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs in it. Also, Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear pants… I could go on…

What would you most like to do before you die?

Live

If you were an object, what would you be and why?

Money… because it’s nice to feel wanted

What’s your biggest fear?

Failure… well that and being trapped in a small cylindrical tower with no food and only an evil monkey with a penchant for throwing half eaten nuts at me for company

Favourite movie?

The Big Lebowski (Hiiiiioooooooooooooo)

Favourite cheese?

Appelwood smoked…. mmmmmmmmmmm

Don’t interrupt me when…

shhhhhhhhh, I’m thinking

Please interrupt me when….

I’m on my own… I get so lonely (and bored)

Favourite place you have ever visited?

Guyaquil, Ecuador