Scott’s Obituary – Oregonian
For those of you who haven’t read this yet, here is the “obituary”-like write-up on Scott in last Sunday’s Oregonian.
CLICK HERE for the article.
I hope you are all doing well!!!
Scott’s Memorial Service Video
For those who weren’t there… here was the video that represented Scott’s life.
Enjoy!
This video was made by Kent Factora.
Scotty & Paxton
Janet just emailed me this picture. It was in Holly’s collection of pictures from our family beach vacation a couple of months ago and Janet thought I should have it.
Scott ALWAYS loved on my kids. Brian and I have explained to Chance that we won’t be seeing Uncle Scott around anymore because he’s hanging out with Jesus now. Chance said, “Can Jesus send Uncle Scott back to play cars with me?” I said, “Not for awhile… but someday soon, we can go play cars with Uncle Scott AND Jesus.” Chance: ”But I like Uncle Scott.” Me: “I know, honey… everyone likes Uncle Scott.”
Not only did Scott leave a lasting affect on his friends… but he left an amazing lasting impression on our kids.
I’m so glad Janet sent this. Paxton won’t ever get to know Scott in this life, but he’ll have this picture to know Scott loved him too.
Scott Resnick’s Memorial Service Needs
Okay everyone… Y’all wanted to help. We need some help.
- We would like some idea of how many ARE baking cookies for the Memorial Service. Please contact Janet Fraser if you are doing this.
- We need help folding programs Friday at 1pm at Sunset. We’ll need middle school age or older for this project. Also contact Janet for this. CANCEL THIS. The printer is going to take care of all of this.
- We need someone awesomely creative to think through some kind of scrapbook thing for the memorial service. We’ll need someone to provide a signature book for people attending and then would love to have paper people could write memories on, which would eventually end up in a scrapbook for the family. If you’re up for this… contact me. Let’s chat. DONE!!!
You guys have been and CONTINUE to be amazing in all of this.
Thank you SO much.
Resnick’s: Skills Inventory Sheet
Hi All…
We’re still getting the hang of all this and updating our process as we go along.
William asked me to post this:
Good Morning Everyone,
My apologies if this email runs a little long.
I have been delightfully overwhelmed by the responses to Jenni Clayville’s website call for volunteers to assist the Resnick family with their household projects. I believe I’ve gotten close to 30 responses-and they keep coming. As I keep getting response after response, my thinking and my strategy have changed about the best way to organize this project. Bear with me, I’ll explain and then I’m going to ask you to respond to a few questions.As responses kept coming in, I was first struck by the depth of the sympathy and compassion for Holly and the kids. It is also obvious the Scott was a man who loved the Lord and who was loved himself by many. In the email responses I kept receiving, I noticed that all of you volunteers had a wide pool of talents – one that begged to be inventoried.
I also had this realization. The depth of the pain that I, we all, felt this past week for Holly, Kiel, Reilly, Ireland and Kelton’s loss – well, in a big church like Sunset or the community around us- every week, someone is going through the same pain, the same loss, and the same need for help. I wondered if there was a way to form this into something larger than what we originally envisioned. Keep that in mind going forward. You’ll see some questions below asking if you’d be willing to take this to a larger level.
So back to our project at hand:
What caused me to rethink my original concept of “self-organizing” this project was the realization that we had to take into account the family’s need for privacy. The worst thing in the world would be a constant parade of individuals taking the initiative and calling Holly to coordinate projects. So, after talking with Aaron Soule, we’re approaching it this way: We’re going to choose a weekend day, get Holly and the family out of the house for the day and sweep through and knock out as many pre-identified projects as we can. We’ll still be doing the yard work regularly and still do handyman projects when they pop up.Skill Inventory
I’d like to take and keep an inventory of your skills. Please take a moment and fill out the questions below. Yes, you’ve already given me some of them, but please take a moment and resend this information in the format below.
· Reply to this email
· Go into the cells below
· Then, complete the skill inventory
· If you have trouble doing that with your email program, I’ve included a spreadsheet that you should be able to open, save and then send back to me.I’m working on this project always mindful of two things:
· That this is a marathon, not a sprint. Holly and her family will need this help after the initial outpouring is over and receding into memory.
· I don’t want to over communicate, over email, and overwhelm you volunteers – and burn you out. If I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of not communicating to you.Thanks again for stepping forward in Holly’s time of need – God Bless,
Please email to William with “Resnick Household Projects” in the subject line and he will send you the Skills Inventory Form.
Ok…
Ready… Set… GO!
Scott Resnick Memorial Fund
The Scott Resnick Memorial Fund has been set up.
You can participate in contributing financially to the Resnick Family at any and all US Banks.
Letter From James Kimsey
I received this from James Kimsey this morning, who FROM Portland, flew down to Medford to attend Daylon Harrington’s Memorial Service.
This brought me to tears. I asked him if I could share it with all of you, and he said, “Absolutely!” Here is a great example of the hope I was writing about yesterday.
I hope when you read this, you will feel as blessed as I did when I read it:
Jenni,
I just wanted to pass you a note that I just sent to Holly. I felt as though there was a need to at least pass this onto a couple of people…although I can’t even fully put into words what I felt yesterday.
Holly,
I went to Daylon Harrington’s memorial yesterday. You should know what an amazing family they have. I got to meet Daylon’s family for the first time then. I was absolutely amazed by the strength of God that radiated from them. Gary Harrington, (Daylon’s father), is the most amazing man. Daylon is so much a son of him. At first site of Gary, I felt like the very presence of God was so full in him. He laughed, he joked, but most importantly, what he cared about so deeply and passionately, was seeing the huge works of God being played out only through the death of his son. He presented almost an excitement, that was unimaginable, and screamed out joy for what God has done and will do as a result. Daylon is, like I said, almost an exact copy of his Dad. From the short time I had met him, Daylon IS that same glimmer of God.
He gave me a loving hug, which I know, really was for you.
In so many ways, I sat there, seeing Daylon’s so incredibly long and fullfilling 25 year life, and seeing the similarities between Scott and Daylon. If I hadn’t known better, I would say these two men are brothers. They share the same passion and zest for life; although, more importantly, they share an example of Christ’s life. As the Pastor reminded, Christ also had what seemed a short life, yet he managed to save the world in that amount of time.
I can’t explain fully what I felt yesterday, but I know it was God, and I know he is already beginning to do wondrous things.
I really hope you will be able to meet the Harringtons someday soon! One cannot help but be filled with God’s presence in the arms of this family.
I’m not sure why, but I thought I needed to tell you about what a wonderful celebration it was yesterday. There was lots of sadness, yet an overwhelming sense of celebration.
I love you very much, I love your kids very much, and God loves you even more. I will pray for you, but even more I will be praying that God uses this, and uses this to the full. I will pray, expecting fully that NOW the world can be changed.
Love,
James
God Bless you all!
Compelled…
In this indescribable time of shock, mourning and pain… God has given me unexplainable glimpses of hope. For that… I am thankful.
I see HOPE in my family and friends. I see it in perfect strangers reaching out to one another, forming a community of purpose. I see it in the hundreds of emails, facebook notes, blog comments pouring in… all wanting to help Holly in some way. I see it in Erin and how’s she’s dropped EVERYTHING to be there for Holly. I see it in Janet and how’s she’s dropped everthing to be there for Erin. I see it in Holly when she holds her children, smiles at them and whispers love in their ear… past her own grief.
I see hope.
Most recently… I’ve seen it from Chris Marshall. He’s written a song that was never intended to be released. But since Scott’s tragic accident, a new path has been made.
100% of the proceeds go to Holly and her family.
What a creative way to use his gifts and talents to help Holly.
Know that I am passing on your notes/emails to her.
Basketball and OCD
Brian finally went over to Holly’s with me yesterday. We’ve been pretty busy prepping for our move this weekend (it’s our last one for three years… don’t worry) and trying to keep things somewhat normal for our two babies at home, so Brian had been holding the fort down at home while I was helping tend to Holly, Erin and the kiddos.
Brian played basketball with Reilly and Ireland all morning, while Chance played with Kiel and Kelton.
Alli and I went to help organize Holly’s downstairs closet so she… well… more her current house guests, could easily navigate around in there, as well as have more storage space. It also gave us… well… more me, a good excuse to finally get in there and exercise my OCD skills. Holly knows I’ve been just WAITING to get my hands on that closet for years. In normal circumstances, she would NEVER have let me touch that closet… but since we didn’t ask her permission… all’s well that ends well. Or something like that.
I will not post “before” pictures, but here are some afters of Allison and my handiwork.
We did this just in time for Kelton’s Birthday party today. Erin said she found the streamers for decorating quite easily. SCORE!!! Seriously, that just about made my day.
After Alli’s eye surgery… I’m thinking we should start a business doing this together. Special thanks to Brian & Kiel for going to Target to get that large plastic storage unit and the little blue containers on the shelf. As Chance would sing: ”What’s gonna work… TEAM WORK!”
Holly did come down for a bit to give us some snuggles. She’s so amazingly strong, and I know it’s because of everyone’s unceasing prayers.
Please keep praying… this is not so much a sprint, but a marathon.
Resnick Memorial Service Cookies
Here is yet another way to help, dear friends…
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- Bake homemade cookies (no store bought)
- While they are baking pray for the Resnick family
- Variety is good, and we expect a lot of people will participate, so a couple dozen is probably a good amount.
- Label them for the Resnick service and deliver them to the freezer at Sunset Thu or Fri June 4/5.
- Please put them in a disposable storage container.
Resnick Family Needs: Update #1
I am amazed by the outpour of emails and comments I’ve received from everyone. This is EXACTLY how the church is supposed to be. We’ve had people from ALL over respond to help in this. Even complete strangers (at least strangers to the Resnick Family) from Australia have contributed in the most generous ways.
Thank you… Thank you… a million times… Thank YOU!
As time continues to move forward, we’ve begun to notice more needs for Holly and the kids. I will continue to post them here for anyone who may be able to help in those specific areas.
Today, we have two somewhat immediate needs:
- SMALL UPRIGHT FREEZER - CHECK! Taken care of. We need more space. There is SO much food coming in, we’re having to give it away. I had to cancel today’s scheduled meal person due to the amount of food already in their house. If you are not already on the meal schedule and would like to contribute in this way, please contact me and I will assign you to a specific date so we don’t overwhelm the Resnick’s with a food tsunami. Your meals are ABSOLUTELY appreciated.
- MOTORHOME TO BORROW - CHECK!!! Taken care of. We need one that sleeps 5/6 that could be parked at Scott’s parents house and be “home” to his brothers when they are here. We would need it next Thursday to Sunday-ish next week (June 4th to June 7th).
If you’re new to these updates, you can CLICK HERE for all the past Resnick Family Updates.
For specific ways to help, CLICK HERE!
Again… thank you. I feel so privileged to be a part of this community.
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KDRV News Story on Daylon Harrington
Scott Resnick’s Memorial Service
Scott’s Memorial Service time has been set.
June 6th @ 1pm
Sunset Presbyterian Church
14986 NW Cornell Road
Portland, OR 97229
Daylon Harrington: The Other Pilot
For more information and updates on Daylon Harrington, the other pilot, I thought I’d provide some link love:
Click here for the local Medford new story: KTVL News 10
Click here for: Tobin Shackleford’s Blog – a very close friend of Daylon’s. CLICK HERE for the link to his post about Daylon.
Keep praying.
The Resnick Family: How You Can Help
People are incredible in crisis.
Scott & Holly’s friends have AMAZINGLY helped me fill the Resnick’s FIRST MONTHS worth of lunches and dinners AS WELL AS scheduled weekly “Household Needs” runs at Target within the first 24 hours. Saying “Thank you” doesn’t seem even close to being enough right now.
I realized in the chaos of this crisis, many of you are left wondering what really happened, how’s Holly, how’s the kids, etc. So, here’s the info/update.
*Scott Resnick was piloting the Lancair IV late Friday night on his way to his uncle’s funeral in the state of Arizona when something went terribly wrong and the plane went down. Scott had another pilot friend, **Daylon Harrington (age 25) on board. Both did not survive. Of course, Holly and the children are devastated. Holly’s best friend, Erin, is staying at her house and taking care of her EVERY need. Holly has barely left her room since she heard the news and time is standing still for her. She’s completely heart-broken but she is SO strong. She doesn’t even know how strong she is. Though she is not really responding to any messages, she IS reading everyone’s encouraging and loving emails and Facebook messages.
I know many of you want to help. Below, I am listing out different opportunities we can all get involved and who to contact for those opportunities.
1. HOUSEKEEPING - Many have offered to help clean and do laundry, but at this time, the less people coming in and out of Holly’s home, the better. Marni Renison has arranged for a house cleaner to come to her house on a weekly basis and will be taking a collection for her to have this done. Feel free to contribute what you feel most comfortable with, but we’re suggesting at least $25. You can also email Marni (mkrenison[at]yahoo[dot]com) for how to get your contribution to her.
2. HOUSEHOLD NEEDS - We have people running to pick up household needs and specific groceries for Holly once a week. However, that can get expensive. The solution??? Gift cards! You can contribute by getting gift cards from TARGET and ALBERTSONS. If you’re having a difficult time choosing which one to go to, there is a bigger need for Target since that’s where we’ll be getting most of our weekly household items. If this is your choice of contribution, please email me at jenni[at]jenniclayville[dot]com for my mailing address.
3. ”MAN LIST” JOBS - This is where we need some men. Landscaping, Electrical Work, Appliance Work, etc. William Efird is heading this up. You can contact William (william.efird[at]lennoxind[dot]com) to get on this calendar list.
4. THE KIDS (Kiel, Reilly, Ireland & Kelton) - Leslie Burton is making a book for each of Scott & Holly’s kids and needs your help. If you could all just write even one paragraph of a great memory that you have of Scott, this will be something they can cherish in the future. Please email this to Leslie (burtons11[at]juno[dot]com)and type the word “MEMORY” in the subject line.
5. WE NEED PICTURES & VIDEO - Janet Fraser is heading up this project for the Memorial Service. If you have pictures or video of Scott, please load them HERE. The login and password are: scottresnick
Holly is one of my very closest friends and watching her go through this is just about the most devastating thing I’ve ever experienced. Holly will NEVER be the same. I know you all want to see her, but she REALLY needs time and space right now. It’s gonna be a long road ahead, so I thank you in advance for your patience, support and giving her the flexibility that she will need. Our amazing God and the community He’s provided is carrying her through this. Holly will emerge stronger than ever through your love and prayers… I have NO doubt of this. In all of this: God is STILL good and God is STILL God.
Memorial service arrangements are currently being planned. It looks like it will be at least 2 weeks out. I will let you know when the time and date is set.
On a personal note… thank you also for the loving and encouraging notes you’ve sent to me. I’m sorry if I haven’t responded, but I have close to 150 emails pouring in about Holly per day, so I’m bound to miss a few. Please be patient with me as well.
Feel free to forward this post to anyone who may want to know. If anyone wants to be added to the email update/help list, please have them email me and I will gladly include them.
Thank you again for all of your love and prayers! Holly knows… and she’s grateful.
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* Scott’s parent’s, Rudi and Shelley, just returned home from Shelley’s brother’s funeral. Shelley not only lost a son, but her brother too all in one month. (Thanks, Chris, for reminding me to put this up)
** Daylon was single. Daylon’s parents, Gary and Val, live in the Medford area and attend Trail Church. His Memorial Service is set for next Saturday at 4pm. Gary and Val do NOT have email, but they are monitoring Daylon’s Facebook page.
Worship Confessional – 05.24.09
Today has been an amazingly emotional teeter-totering day.
Most of me is still in shock about Scott, and though time feels like it’s standing still… it’s not and we have to continue moving… so we do.
As most of you know… the better part of this week has been mostly due to the Hodge Lodge and Crystal being here. Crystal was our speaker – her sermon title: “Women Don’t Look At Porn”. You can hear it HERE.
I also had Brent, Tammy and Kass help in leading worship with me. Best part of my weekend was worshiping with my good friends.
Our Sunday Setlist:
- You’ll Come – Brooke Fraser
- Meet With Me – Lamont Hiebert
- How Great Is Our God – Chris Tomlin
- By Your Side – Tenth Avenue North (special sung by Brent & Kass)
- Healer – Mike Gugliamucci
- Nothing But The Blood – Hymn-Matt Redman Version
- Lead Me To The Cross – Brooke Fraser
Brent and Kass sang “By Your Side” to wrap up Crystal’s talk… and it was so perfect!
The service went really well. We didn’t hide that we were all emotionally raw from this weekends devastating news. We were real about it… which is what made the service so great. It was obvious that all we wanted to do was worship in our hurt. God is good… even in times like these when we don’t understand what He’s doing behind the curtain.
My sister, Helen, wrote me an email this morning. Here’s a quote from it:
“When difficult, seemingly pointless things happen, we have the tendency to forget that God is there. Furthermore, we sometimes believe that Jesus is the enemy — responsible for the pain we are experiencing. I’m not saying this as a self-fulfilling prophecy, but these are particularly volatile times when Satan attempts to shake our faith and what we know. It’s always best to beware of that, and to constantly fill one another with Truth.”
So much wisdom from my baby sister.
Please keep covering the Resnick Family in prayer.
How was YOUR Memorial Day Sunday?
Scott Resnick: Beloved Friend, Husband & Father
Today was one of the most devastating days I think I’ve ever experienced.
This is our good friend, Scott Resnick.
He died in a plane accident today. He was flying a small plane to Arizona for a funeral. He experienced some kind of mechanical failure and the wreckage was found a few hours later.
Scott is survived by his wife, Holly, one of my closest dearest friends, and her 4 children, Kiel, Reilly, Ireland & Kelton.
Here’s a photo of them from our annual family beach vacation we were on just a little under a month ago:
Here we are, racing down the beach together (well… Brian & Scott were racing. I was screaming and taking pictures):
I can’t even find the words to express my feelings right now. Words seem cheap. I wish you could read my heart.
My heart is heavy for my dear friend, Holly and her kids. Brian will miss Scott. Scott and Brian were JUST hanging out the other day working on our Volvo together. Holly’s life will never be the same.
Please pray. Where-ever you are in the world… PRAY fervently… passionately… constantly. Pray for peace to envelope Holly and her kids. Pray for all family and friends involved. Pray for God’s glory to shine… even in this.
Post New Years Eve Party
One thing that is a little off with us is we usually celebrate “holidays” on days that are NOT holidays.
When you’re in ministry, the reality is you’ll be WORKING on holidays. Every Easter and Christmas… that’s for sure. That’s why the last few years, we’ve taken our annual group family vacations the weekend AFTER Easter. Most of our closest friends are also in ministry, so it all just ends up working out.
New Years is no different. We celebrated a late New Years with some of our closest friends last night at our house. In the following photos, you may or may not see: Jay & Allison McKenney (Macy & Ava), Scott & Holly Resnick (Kiel, Reilly, Ireland & Kelton), Mike & Janet Fraser, and Julie Reid (it was ALSO her birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!).
BTW… I’m posting a SCHLOAD of pictures mostly so the girls can steal them off this post [click on them to enlarge]:
Paxton getting some lovin’ from Ava. He likes older women, I guess.
Ava, happy before the screaming began, with Paxton & Auntie Holly.
Julie Reid, the birthday girl, snuggling with Paxton.
Jay & Ava racing an Audi A4 on my iPhone.
McKenney’s(Jay, Ava, Macy., Allison) & Resnick’s (Holly & Scott)
Mike & Janet with Baby Paxton.
The girls: Me, Janet, Julie, Holly & Allison
Julie, the birthday girl, won the game with: Perfect, Intelligent, Haunting and Sultry. Seems fitting 
How cute are they? Ireland Resnick & Macy McKenney.
Too sweet not to post. Look at how Paxton’s feet are hanging out.
Playing Legos: Kelton Resnick & Chance
The SB’s… and my fresh new haircut.
Believe it or not, this is what we do often. It’s just RARELY caught on film. Can you see Holly’s nose? LOL!
And these pictures are for Janet. Oh the cards we drew. Funny… but not all at the same time.
And… just for kicks – here’s a look into part of our Apples to Apples game. This is a game we ALWAYS play together because our rules (or Jay McKenney’s rules) allows us to make each other laugh till everything hurts:
Thank you, friends, for coming over and playing with us. We are SO grateful to have friends like you in our lives.
Countdown till Easter Group Family Vacation… the week after Easter… or whatever.
Oh… and BTW… I did my best at “JayMcKenney-proofing” my house. Two years ago, he turned my water and internet box in the garage off. He also hung some of my wall pictures sideways, upside down and crooked. Since then, I’ve followed him around my house the last two years (when we’d have him over) so he couldn’t get away with anything.
Well… I lost track of him for a few minutes yesterday. The bad news is: he DID leave his prankster mark. The good news is: IT WAS WEAK!!! He stuffed two of our pillows under the mattress of our bed.
You can’t leave him alone for two seconds.
Oh well… I still think I’ve got him out-pranked for a lifetime. It’s called “TIN FOIL”.
Jenni on Skype: jclayville 
