Weekly Rundown

• Thought we had a great kick-off to our COMMITTED series.  (Check out the cool graphic for the series at www.rockbridge.cc ). 


• It's been great to back in the normal routine this week after 2 weeks out-of-town.


• Calhoun's Inquirer's Lunch this week was great.  I co-led it with Carll and it was great to see so many people connecting.


• Our staff is really getting exposed to a lot of stuff right now through conferences, visits to other churches, CDs and books -- we must keep stretching ourselves to grow and learn!! (Being a church "nerd" I love it!)


• We have two new staff members arriving soon:
  
  
  
  • Brian Holt is coming in from Ohio to lead our technical/production ministry.  We are so excited about him getting here to lead all things audio, visual, & lighting as well as build ministry teams in those areas.
  
  
  • Carla Bray will be moving from Shaw Industries to serve as our Executive Assistant (mainly that means she is my assistant).
  
  
  • This coincides will an effort in our church to really work harder and smarter at connecting people into groups and serving as well as handling the pastoral care needs of our people.  Gail Waters will be transitioning to focus more exclusively in those areas in our Connections Department.
  
  
  
  


• How many departments do we have and how is our church structured?  (Good question!)
  
  
  
  • Worship/Arts Department: all things with music, worship services, bands, singers, technical areas, etc.
  
  
  • Multi-site: this is our outreach effort to reproduce additional Rock Bridge Campuses and/or plant new churches
  
  
  • Generational Ministry: basically birth through high school ministry
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Connections & Operations: focus on helping connect people into the life of the church through serving and small groups; includes Host Team and following up with the dozens of decisions, prayer requests, and first-time guests we handle each week.  This department also deals with finances, facilities, and other administrative areas of the church's operation.
  
  
  
  


• Progress on the Stage 123 Building is unbelievable!!  Can't wait to open that building up!!


• I'm heading down to Mountainlake Church (Cumming, GA) next week for lunch with Shawn Lovejoy.  I've always wanted to meet Shawn in person as he is someone I've looked to a lot (from a distance) for inspiration, ideas, and insights into ministry.


• Beth is out-of-town for a few days this week at a conference in Atlanta.  Whenever she is gone, I'm reminded of how boring I would be without her.  (Why does someone's absence make us appreciate their presence so much more?)


• Can't wait for Part 2 of COMMITTED ... we'll be talking about what men want :)