Hans Grim

We recently took a new volley of headshots.  Can you help us decide which one best represents her?

Here are some pictures of my kids hunting for eggs at Ridglea UMC.

During Spring Break 2010 my 2 eldest kids went and spent most of the week with my parents at their camp site at Lake Whitney. 

Mary and I joined them for Friday night Fajitas and marsh mellows by the campfire.

Earlier that day the kids flew kites.  Max let one go so high it unraveled all the way and blew far away.  Max cried and cried about loosing that kite.  I’m glad he’s sentimental like me.

We had a great time!  Here are some pictures from that day:

I spent the first part of my spring break on the road with my good friend Jonathan Hill performing a concert in the metropolis of Boone, Iowa.  As usual leaving town presents me with the problem of finding a suitable replacement for my 3 Sunday worship services.

Danny and Allison filled in for me at the first, a student of mine covered the 11 o’clock service, but I was racking my brain to think of someone who could cover the contemporary service I lead every Sunday afternoon in Mansfield – and then it hit me – Wouldn’t it be cool if I could lead the music from the road – live via the internet.

And that’s just what I did!

Jonathan and I tested the quality out the week before and sound quality is actually pretty high on Skype.  Video may jump  little, but the audio is pretty good!  The range of frequencies is fairly rich – considering.

So after the meet and great at Boone, Iowa – I snuck off to the sanctuary of the church there and used their WiFi and my laptop to Skype in to the Mansfield worship service.  I sat through the opening set played by the musician’s Sheila was able to find to cover for me and then it was time for the special music and they put me up on the big screen and fed my audio through the board.

I sang the special music into a tiny web camera suction cupped to the grand piano and to my delight – applause erupted from my laptop.

It was one of the cooler things I’ve ever done with my laptop and I real treat.

Everyone said it worked really well.

Check out the video from my side.  (forgive me – I’m sight reading this piece from my laptop screen)