Matt - good for you!! I can't wait to hear the results of the bike-a-thon!
I had to get up in front of my congregation last weekend too. I joined the outreach committee this year (3 year stint) and had to encourage the kids to add their change to the "It's only a penny" program. We have big jugs in a couple of spots at Church and collect change all year. Then at the end, the kids vote on 3 charities and the funds collected go to the winning charity. My job was to teach/remind the kids about the program and inform them of the charities they would be voting for. I wanted one of them to be the African Well Fund, but another outreach member thought it should all be local so I didn't push that. I don't know how well I did and it's really hard for me to to get up in front of people.
My pastor will be doing a sermon on Bono next fall and I plan to do a mission moment leading into the one campaign then. My stint for the "it's only a penny" was practice for this because I want to do it well when it happens.
It's wonderful to hear of your activism and a drag to hear that your migraines are still haunting you.