Category: YSP
This afternoon, Orin was a panelist on a webinar put on by http://www.rebuildmychurch.org on the topic of summer youth ministry – ideas, camps, programs, etc. It was a good discussion, with lots of great ideas and insights. Here’s the video of the webinar if you want to see what you missed live:
Orin mentioned by name two camps: http://youthsingpraise.com and http://youngneighbors.org – check them out for quality ministry programs over the summer! Thanks to our hosts for the good work!
All, here’s a video of the Youth Sing Praise camp Orin helps with (and Shannon has in the past too). 2011 was a great year – enjoy the remarks on the program, the spirituality, the rehearsals and the show, from staff, ministers and youth alike!
Also, it’s a rare chance to see Orin in a ill-fated goatee experiment.
Well, it’s that time of year again. Time for me to select my top Oddblog posts for each month of 2010. In a few of the months, it was difficult to pick just one, so I didn’t. Feel free to praise me, disagree, or offer your own list. Happy reading!!
JANUARY
While we didn’t blog much in January, this post about how my wife was vowing to update the “Cerneka Family Adventures” blog on more of a regular basis DID produce a funny picture of two of our kids, Madeleine and Noah.
http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5311
FEBRUARY
Summoning a bit of inexplicable post-Olympic Canadian pride, this post finds us offering our rendition of “Oh, Canada!”, the national anthem for our friends to the north
http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5683
MARCH
During the 2009 National Catholic Youth Conference, which had taken place four months before, Oddwalk had a number of cool liturgical and performance opportunities. The following posts are from two of those moments. “These Are the Chords…” is from when we played a warm-up concert for a Concurrent Session which featured Fr. Tony Ricard. “Bless the Lord, My Soul” is from one of the two daily Masses we played for.
“These Are the Chords…”: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5711
“Bless the Lord, My Soul”: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5743
APRIL
So…there was only one post in April. Sadly, it was a post about how we hadn’t posted in a while. Enjoy!!
http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5777
MAY
During this month, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows (where Orin works) sponsored a retreat led by well-known speaker and author, Joyce Rupp. The following video was shown during that retreat.
http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5818
JUNE
In June, the Cernekas headed to the Smokey Mountains for a family vacation. We’re not sure what prompted Noah in this moment. Was it the Holy Spirit? Boredom? Cabin (literally) fever? You decide!
http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5888
JULY
Each year, during the last week of June, The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows sponsors a Christian music/theater camp called Youth Sing Praise. While I have helped with it in the past, Orin and his wife Erin get to help ever year. Here is a song from last year’s production of “Moses”.
http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=5914
AUGUST
Picking this month’s post was kind of difficult. On one hand, if I’m thinking with the Oddwalk part of my brain, I would have to choose the release of “Failure”, our collection of NCYC theme song entries which were not selected. If I’m thinking with the personal side of my brain, I would no doubt choose the post about Madeleine’s first day of Kindergarten. I decided to include both posts here. I’m sure I will get in trouble for this.
“Failure”: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6093
Kindergarten: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6159
SEPTEMBER
Chris Weber is an Iowa-based friend of Oddwalk and recent winner of a bet with Shannon concerning the outcome of the Insight Bowl. (Shannon and his Mizzou tigers lost). Chris alerted his twitter followers to this pic, suggesting that it demanded a caption contest. We decided to oblige him.
http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6260
OCTOBER
This month gave us a great example of what love and sacrifice are all about. The man featured in this story is a former neighbor of Orin and Erin.
http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6346
NOVEMBER
Two of Oddwalk’s performances in November were featured in news articles. The first comes from our appearance at the Junior High Youth Rally for the Charleston Diocese in South Carolina. The second comes from a concert we did at Holy Childhood Catholic Church in Mascoutah, IL.
Charleston: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6449
Mascoutah: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6472
DECEMBER
This month found us in New Orleans, LA for the National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry. While there was some amount of work involved, this was mostly a chance to catch up with friends and take advantage of some cool performance opportunities. The following posts feature Orin and I (and my family in one video) dancing, being hams, and playing music.
GregCast and Flash Mob: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6511
Exhibit Hall Stage and YM Extravaganza: http://oddwalkministries.com/oddblog/?p=6541
YouWhoDoThru!
A friend of ours just posted at his blog a method of improvised prayer that he and Orin have been using for years, “You Who Do Thru”. He’s got a pdf of his own over there, here’s a jpg Orin created and has used at YSP a few times.
Many folks feel they can’t improvise prayer – especially public prayer – very well – hopefully this structure makes that a little more easy to do.
Enjoy!
No, not the show we did a couple years ago (written by Rory Cooney)… Orin misplaced his binder earier today and had the honor of eating a dollop of sourcream without his hands to get it back. The video is on facebook now, so I don’t think we can embed it here just yet, but maybe you can see it on Orin’s profile or the Oddwalk fan page, or at this link.
More updates later!
With Shannon on a family vacation, and Orin starting on Youth Sing Praise at the Shrine, posts here will be a little slim for a while.
Not that you’ll notice the difference.
Keep us all in prayer please!
As reported on the Oddblog, Youth Sing Praise at the Shrine this summer performed “Jesus Christ Superstar.” The Cerneka Clan was in attendance, and young Noah and Madeleine have been infatuated with the show ever since. Here, recorded just today, is Noah’s version of the main theme of the show – happy listening!
A couple more pics as Orin continues his recovery following YSP:
Group photo of all participants and staff
The Christmas Angel (Paula), Santa Claus (Randy) and "Orin-eezer" Scrooge (Simon) visit the youth on Christmas half-eve (June 24) to judge a talent contest
As we mentioned in the last post, Orin is busy this week with the Youth Sing Praise production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Shrine. The Shrine staff does a nice job of keeping a daily photo album, and already have a couple of days worth of pictures posted on their website. You can find them here.
Here are a few samples:
Oddwalk friend, Marianne Cline, get's into the YSP spirit.
YSP Staff veterans Cindy Graham (left) and Melissa Cuddy (right) make newcomer, Anne Marie Cribbin feel welcome.
Orin, part of the Theatrical Team this year, runs teens through a rehearsal
If you live in the St. Louis/Belleville area, don’t miss YSP’s performance of Jesus Christ Superstar this Saturday, 7pm at the Shrine Ampitheatre. For more information, click here.
Hey everyone, Orin’s got a busy 10 days coming up at the Shrine’s annual Youth Sing Praise. This year’s production is “Jesus Christ Superstar” and is not to be missed. Saturday, June 27, 7pm, Shrine Amphitheater. A couple friends of Oddwalk are on staff this year – well, heck, they’re all our friends, but we wanted to point out Anne Marie Cribbin and faithful Oddblog reader and commenter Marianne Cline (and we mustn’t forget Orin’s wife Erin!) as extra-special. : )
Shannon and fam are out camping, so updates may be a little thin for a while, but Orin will try to update during the weeks rehearsals, prayers, etc. and I’m sure Shannon will have an Aiden update or two. Wish us luck, and pray for a successful week!
