After getting a bit frustrated at the churches that I’ve attended in Fort Collins thus far, I sought out a church that would offer some biblical expository preaching.  Faith Evangelical Free Church on Shields Ave was what I ended up settling on.  I thought it was going to be 30-40 minutes by bike away so I left around 9:50 am to make it for 10:30. It ended up being 20 minutes, not too shabby.

The service was better than the other two weekends.  The pastor actually had a Fallen Condition Focus (something that shows that we need Christ) and a Redemptive Solution somewhat.  The passage he preached on, Acts 13-14, is pretty hard to preach towards non-Christians, but there could have been more of that.

After church I went to Panera Bread with Sean and Nancy and their 2 kids.  That place is going up in my mind more and more.  Pretty good service at this location.  They actually put the butter and cups out at the counter.  They didn’t use little vibrating pagers, but instead they called you by name when your food was ready.

I spent the rest of the afternoon biking all around town.  I stopped at REI (sweetness) and picked up a midweight fleece and some Tech Wash and TX-Direct to wash my jackets.  I also now have a membership with REI which means I can now buy from their online store too….. uh oh (sheepish smile).

The bike riding took me to a city park and past a couple golf courses (including the one where we went last week).  I stopped in at the south location of Lee’s Cyclery and chatted with Peter about biking and stuff.  This dude races year-round.  I watched some of the Tour de France on the TV for about 45 mins and caught up a bit with my Tour news.  Although during the broadcast there wasn’t really even a mention of Lance.  Graham Watson’s blog helped me catch up a bit on the happs though.

After going to a bike shop and watching the Tour, somehow I ended up at CSU where there were Criterium races happening at the CSU loop.  It was a set of races for all ages, ranging from little kids to licensed track racers.  Dang.  If I had known that it was happening, I would have put $5 in and demo’d a bike for the day to participate in the race.  Good to know for the future.

But yeah, little kids were racing against each other, and then they gradually moved to even CSU racing team riders.  There was one race for messengers and other single speeds.  It was a neat thing to see after riding all day and watching some of the professional racing of the Tour.

Here goes the rest of the week and the final stretch of courses.  I think I’m getting a bit tired from the classroom learning, showing just how long it has been since I’ve been out of school now (which doesn’t feel long still).