Weekly Rundown

I felt like a Methodist circuit riding preacher today (except I didn't preach and I drove a truck).  I went to down to Canton then back up to Calhoun then on up to Dalton.  I heard my good friend Gary Lamb and then our Calhoun Campus Pastor, Carll Converse, preach AND while in my car I listened to two podcast messages!  I got my fill of good preaching today.

• I love visiting other churches!  It gives me a fresh perspective and new ideas.  I visited Revolution Church in Canton.  Great service.  The group of people that sat next to me smelled like alcohol, cheap mouth wash, and cigarette smoke ... I LOVE IT THAT THERE ARE CHURCHES WHERE ANYONE & EVERYONE IS WELCOME and can HEAR ABOUT JESUS!


• Carll and Aaron both did great jobs teaching today in Calhoun & Dalton.  I love doing ministry with those two guys!!


• Drove past Lake Allatoona today ... still very low.  Glad we had some good rain today.


• I feel like we're in a 'gut check/boot camp' phase in our church staff right now.  We're doing some reorganization and asking some tough questions as we grow as a staff.  We had a very tough staff meeting two weeks ago, tightened the screws, made some needed improvements, but I still feel like we've got some work to do.  The big challenge facing us as a staff is that as the church grows, we must grow in our ability to lead it ... we're really being stretched right now.


• Alfred Turley starts as our Connections Pastor in about 2 weeks!


• I'm a political junkie right now.  Beth can't stand it ... I told her it's only once every four years!


• I'm ready to hit the slopes ... I'm sure they'll hit me back but I can't wait to ski :)