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Highlights of 1997 |
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| Nov
13 - Nov18 |
International
School Bangkok, Bangkok, THAILAND |
Storytelling |
| Nov
18 - Dec 13 |
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Schools, Orphanages, Churches, Sunday Schools, Kathamadu, Pokera, Tansen, Butwal, NEPAL |
Storytelling,
Teaching string figures |
| Sunset
in the Himalayas |
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Highlights
of 1998 |
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| Feb.
10, 11, 13 1998 |
Alaska
Children's Services, McLaughlin Secondary School (Incarcerated Youth) Anchorage, AK |
Storytelling
String teaching |
| March
23 - April 3 |
Dillingham, Portage Creek, Ekwok, New Stuyahok, Koliganek, Twin
Hills, Togiak, Manokotak, Aleknaglk, and Clark's Point Alaska |
Storytelling, School Visits, Churches |
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Highlights
of 1999 |
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Jan. 1999 |
Victory
Christian School Sacramento, CA |
Storytelling |
| March
17 - 25 |
Alaska
Children's Services, McLaughlin Secondary School (Incarcerated Youth) Anchorage, AK |
Storytelling,
Teaching String Figures Research |
May 1 - 10 |
Chaing Mai
International School, Chaing Mai, Guest House, Bangkok, THAILAND |
Storytelling Teaching
String Figures |
| May 10
- June 16 |
Schools, Orphanages,
Churches, Tutorial Groups, Leprosy Hospitals, TB Hospitals, Drug Treatment Centers, Market
squares, Kathmandu, Pokera, Surkhet, Jumla, NEPAL |
Teaching Storytelling
Teaching String Figures |
| Leprosy Hospital
Surkhet, Nepal |
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Using string for mobility training as
physical therapist looks on. |
| July
29 |
VBS Program-Christ
the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Tulsa |
Final Family
Performance |
| August
3-13 |
Camp AmeriKids A
camp for HIV infected inner city children. Carmel NY |
Storytelling -
String Figures |
| August
30-Sept 3 |
Bristow Baptist
Church, Bristow, OK |
Story, String |
| Oct
10 |
St. Andrews
Catholic Church, Moore, OK |
Family Picnic
entertainment |
| Oct
24 |
First Baptist
Church, Chushing, OK |
Evening Service |
| Dec
5 |
Turnagain Methodist
Church, Anchorage, AK |
Morning Youth,
Children's Time |
| Dec
6 |
Sand Lake
Elementary, Anchorage, AK |
Storytelling |
| Dec
12 |
Eek Church, Eek, AK |
Morning Service |
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Highlights
of 2000 |
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| Jan
11 |
Holy Family
Catholic Church Women' Group, Lawton, OK |
Missions
talk, Storytelling |
| Mark Sherman and Will Wirt on
Navajo Reservation |
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Making what they
learned in String figures |
| Feb
1 |
Navajo Reservation,
Many Farms Elem, Rough Rock Community School, Monument Valley |
Collecting String
figures |
| Mar
5 |
Squatty Pines
Festival, Tyler, TX |
Sacred Tales
Featured Teller |
| May
12 |
Monte Cassino
Middle School, Tulsa, OK |
String and Story |
| June
2,3,4 |
Sunfest,
Bartlesville, OK |
Featured Teller |
| June 4 |
"Hands of
Love" Deaf Church, Tulsa, OK |
String figures for
Witnessing |
| June
11 |
Anchor Church of
God, Anchorage, AK |
String figures for
Witnessing |
| June
12 |
Alaska Children's
Services, Anchorage, AK |
Storytelling and
String |
| June21 |
Henderson Christian
Church, Henderson, TX |
String figures for
Witnessing |
 Dave on Mongolian TV in a Nobalman's
outfit. |
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Left Dave is teaching Marta, a missionary from the US string tricks to
use with the orphans she works with. The fact that she is blind doesn't affect her ability
to be great at string stuff. |
| August
1-Sept 19 |
Ulaanbaatar,
Gobi Desert, Lake Khovsgol, Work with the Siberian reindeer herders, Teach at
Mission Conf. Etc. MONGOLIA (Check out the Mongolia page.) |
Storytelling,
String, Teaching, Annual Conference, Research |
| Can
you tell that Dave was at this Gher for Tea? Tea is Chinese tea, Yak milk and salt with
some mutton fat cut up in it. The people were very
hospitable and loved the string tricks. |
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| Sept 30 |
Church of the Servant, OKC |
Outreach conference. |
| October 29 |
First Christian Church, Claremore, OK |
Morning and evening |
| December 6 |
Southwood Bible Church, Tulsa, Ok |
String and Youth Ministry |
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Highlights
of 2001 |
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| February 4 |
Pentecostal Church, Dorchester, Dorset, UK |
Evening Church Service |
| Feb 5,6,7,9,11 |
St Osmunds, Dorchester, UK |
Religious Education classes. |
| Feb 5 |
Dorchester United Church, UK |
Girls brigade |
| Feb 7 |
Piddle Valley School, Dorset, UK |
Two assemblies |
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Mums and Toddlers |
| Feb 7 |
Dorchester United Church, UK |
Mums and Toddlers |
| Feb 9 |
Dorchester Baptist Church, UK |
Dorford Youth Group |
| Youth Group |
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| Feb 11 |
Dorchester Family Church, UK |
Junior Church |
| Feb 11 |
Dorchester YMCA |
DFC Youth Cell |
| Feb 12 |
HM Prison - The Berne, Portland, Dorchester, UK |
KAIROS Unit Storytelling |
| Feb 14 |
Dammers First School, Dorchester, UK |
Assembly |
| Feb 15 |
St Mary's Catholic School, Dorchester, UK |
2 Assemblies |
| Feb 15 |
Thomas Hardye Secondary School, Dorchester, UK |
Christian Union |
| Feb 16 |
Swanmead Community School, Somerset, UK |
Assemblies |
| Feb 16 |
Weymouth, Dorset, UK |
Youth Group |
| Feb 17 |
Dorchester United Church, Dorset, UK |
Storytelling Workshop |
| Feb 18 |
Vineyard's Church, Bornemouth, UK |
Junior Church |
| March 7 |
Alaska Gateway School District, Tetlin,
Alaska |
Community concert |
| March 4 |
First Christian Church, Norman, OK |
Global Ministries Day |
| March 9 - 21 |
Lower Kuskokwim School District, Eek Alaska |
Sunday Service |
| April
24 - 27 |
String Figure Intensive, Lawton, OK |
Instructing a disciple from Texas in string. |
| May
14- 21 |
Methodist Outreach Center, Presidio, TX |
Mission Trip |
| May 18 |
Redford School, Redford TX |
String program at school |
| May 20 |
Albergue Casa Hogar De Chihuahua, Ojinaga, Chih.
Mexico |
String fun at the Orphanage |
| July 22 |
Central Church of Christ, Wichita, KS |
Morning Program |
| July 27,28 |
United Methodist District Office, OKC, OK |
Lay Speakers Training |
| Sept. 3 |
City Dump, Reynosa, Mexico (The Church of the
Pigs) |
Working with Homeless Kids |
| September 3 |
"IGLESIA" INTERNACIONAL LA NUEVA
ESPERANZA, Reynosa, Mexico |
Evening Service |
| September 3 |
Lighthouse Church, Weslaco, TX |
Evening Service |
| October 5 - November 13 |
16 Methodist Churches in Latvia and Churches and
schools in Finland, Estonia and Germany |
String and Story |
| November 16 |
Spring Valley Bible Church, Lawton, OK |
Kid's Kamp |
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If you
want a program for your church, community or country please contact me. |
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2002
Highlights |
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| Feb 7 |
Redemption Church, (For Incarcerated Men),
Lawton, OK |
String Program |
| Feb 24 |
Good Shepard Presbyterian Church Chili Cookoff,
Bartlesville, OK |
String Program |
| March 21 |
Utqiagvik Presbyterian Church Youth, Barrow, AK |
String Program |
| March 24 |
Utqiagvik Presbyterian Church, Barrow, AK |
Children's time |
| March 24 |
Calvary Bible Baptist Church Youth, Barrow, AK |
Afternoon Youth Group |
| April 17 |
Cushing Methodist Church Youth, Cushing, OK |
String Program |
| May 21 |
Goodwill Industries, Lawton, OK |
Awareness training for staff. |
| July 9 |
St. John's Luthren Women, Lawton, OK |
Mission Program |
| August 3 - 11 |
Corozal, Belize, Central America |
Mission Trip |
| October |
Namaqualand, South Africa |
Mission Trip |
| November 13 |
Family Night, Mountain Christian Church,
Joppa, MD |
Evening program. |
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2003
Highlights |
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| February 9 |
Sallisaw, OK |
Youth Group |
| February 12 |
First Assembly of God, Aubrey, TX |
Youth Group |
| Feb. 21, 22 |
St. Luke's Methodist, OKC, OK |
Children's Ministries of
America, Rotation Model Workshop. |
| March 10 |
First Baptist Church, Hobart,
OK |
Basketball Awards Evening |
| March 16 |
Wichita, KS |
Youth Group |
| April 1 |
St. John's Catholic Church,
Whapeton, ND |
Lenten Supper
Speaker |
| April 3 |
St. John's School, Whapeton, ND |
String Workshops |
| April 3 |
Bethel Luthren Church,
Whapeton, ND |
Mothers and Others Dinner
Speaker |
| April 13 |
Grace Community Church, Tyler,
TX |
Jr. High SS |
| April 14 |
Grace Community School, Tyler,
TX |
String Workshops with 4th and
5th grades. |
| April 24, 25, 26 |
Children's Ministries of
America Rotation Model Workshop, St. James Presbyterian Church,
Littleton, CO |
Rotation Sunday School
Conference Presenter |
| May 14 |
First Baptist Church,
McAlester, OK |
Youth Group String workshop |
| May 18 |
Church of the Servant, Oklahoma
City, OK |
Missions Sunday, String
Programs for Children and Youth. |
| June 13 |
Camp Ray Bird, South Bend, IN |
String training for Counselors |
| July 25 |
Camp Impact, AoG Summer Camp,
Oklahoma Christian College, Norman, OK |
String Program |
| July 30 -
September 3 |
Namaqualand, South Africa
(5,500 children reached.)
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Mission Trip visiting 26
Villages churches and schools. |
| September 28 |
Singing Oaks Church of Christ,
Denton, TX |
A day of String Programs |
| October 12 |
"Redemption Church"
(Church for Convicts at the Pre-release centers in Lawton and Walters,
OK) |
Sunday Message in String |
| October 28 |
God's Kids, Konawa, OK |
After School Program |
| November 3 |
Second Baptist Church,
Okmulgee, OK |
Evening Service |
| November 8 -
December 13 |
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia,
Poland |
Mission Trip, Schools,
Churches, Sanatoriums, etc. |
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Highlights
of 2004 |
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| January 26 |
St. Vincent DePaul Parochial
School |
String Workshops |
| February 11 |
Calvary Baptist Church,
Tecumseh, OK |
String Message |
| February 17 |
Kansas City Christian Church,
Kansas City, KS |
Special Service, String
Message. |
| March 4, 5 and 6 |
Children's Ministries of
America Rotation Model Workshop, Chicago, OK |
Teaching Workshops |
| April 14 |
Lawton Christian School,
Lawton, OK |
Chapel Service |
| April 18 |
Pilot Point Church of Christ,
Aubry, TX |
A String Day at the Church |
| April 21 |
New Hope Baptist Church, Aubry,
TX |
String Workshop for Youth |
| April 23,
24 |
Children's Ministries of
America Rotation Model Workshop, Dallas, TX |
Teaching Workshops |
| June 6 |
St. Luke's Methodist
Advancement Sunday, Oklahoma City, OK |
String Program |
| June 8 |
First Assembly, Lawton, OK |
String Program |
| June 13 |
First Methodist Church,
Jacksonville, TX |
String Programs |
| June 15 |
First Methodist Church, Argyle,
TX |
Bible School, Ice Cream Social |
| June 21 |
Camp Impact, Church of Christ Regional Camp,
Edmond, Oklahoma |
String Workshops |
| June 22 -23 |
Twin Cities Area, MN |
Did not work out, will try in
Fall or Spring. |
| July 13 |
Presbyterian Urban Mission,
Oklahoma City, OK |
String Workshop |
| July 13 |
Camp Cornerstone, Church of
Christ Regional
Camp, Edmond, OK |
String Workshops |
| July24 - August
1 |
Maripa, Venezuela |
Mission Trip |
| August 5 - 23 |
Liberian Refugee Camp, Accra,
Ghana |
Mission Trip |
| September 12 |
First Presbyterian Church,
South Bend, IN |
Day of Programing |
| October 27 |
First United Methodist Church,
Andover, KS |
Evening program |
| October 31 -
November 18 |
25 school visits, 2 day
storytelling workshop, 2 church services and evangelizing at Liberian Refugee Camp, Accra,
Ghana, West Africa |
String Ministries Trip |
| December 6 |
SWAN, South West Aids Network
Christmas Dinner, Lawton, OK |
Entertainment String Stuff |
| December 15 |
After School Kids Club,
Christmas Party, St. Paul's Methodist Church, Ponca City, OK |
String Fun |
| December 23 |
Goodwill Industries, Lawton, OK |
Christmas Dinner |
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2005 |
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| January
21 |
Christ the King School, The
Village, OKC, OK |
String Workshops |
| January 30 |
Frontier Chapel, Ft Sill,
Oklahoma |
Sunday School |
| February 6 |
Singing Oaks Church of Christ,
Denton, TX |
String Ministries Workshops |
| February 19 |
Children's Programming Seminar,
St Luke's Methodist, OKC, OK |
String Ministries Workshops |
| March 5, 6 |
San Augustine, TX |
String Ministries Workshops |
| March 20 |
First United Methodist Church,
Broken Bow, OK |
Evening Worship Service |
| April 12 |
Oklahoma Christian School,
Edmond, OK |
String Workshops |
| April 14 - 16 |
Rotation
Model Sunday School Conference, Chicago, IL OOPS, I missed it
for Open Heart Surgery...5 bypasses. |
String Ministries Workshops |
| June 5 |
St. Luke's Methodist Church,
Oklahoma City, OK |
String Workshop |
| July 15 |
Wichita Church Of Christ
Wichita, KS |
VBS |
| June 27 |
Camp Impact
Norman, OK |
String Workshop |
| June 30 |
Summer Camp, Wickline UMC,
Midwest City, OK |
String Workshops |
| July 12 |
Camp Cornerstone, Norman OK |
String Workshop |
| August 9 -
September 9 |
Mongolia |
String Ministry |
| September 11 |
First Presbyterian Church
South Bend, IN |
String Workshops |
| Sept 12 - 17 |
Time available for programming in Indiana |
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2006 |
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| February |
Methodist Annual Conference,
Monrovia, Liberia, then on to Guinea in West Africa |
String Ministries |
| May |
United Missions of Nepal, Nepal |
Youth conf. |
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