Weekly Rundown (9.14.08)

• The local church is the hope of the world! (That statement still rocks my world.)


• More spiritual warfare on me this week than anytime I can remember (I'll be teaching a little on this subject this weekend ... I guess I needed some personal experience).


• Week 2 of being multi-site and multi-venue went well again.  Stage 123 continues to be an incredible environment on Sunday mornings and throughout the week.


• Freeing up seats to allow for growth works.


• Video venue can and does work.


• Multi-site can and does work.


• I keep catching our staff hanging out in the Stage's Cafe ... I catch them because I am hanging over there a lot myself :)


• Baptism celebration tonight was awesome!!  The number of people who decided to get baptized DOUBLED in about a week.


• I will NEVER get tired of looking into someone's eyes as they are about to baptized and seeing the passion that only comes from the the life-changing, life-giving power of Christ!!  AWESOME!!


• Our staff does a great job empowering volunteers.  Here's a few examples: baptism food (we feed ~1000 people), set-up and clean-up is totally done by volunteers; Stage 123 and Wink cafes are totally run by volunteers; Stage 123 and Calhoun Host Teams are run by volunteers.  When the church works ... the church works (i.e. -- the church is the hope of the world!)


• Great meeting this past Tuesday to set up a network of care in our church.  We have a team of 50+ people who will provide meals, make phone calls, do hospital visits, send cards, and collect care packages to minister to people in need.  (If you are interested, email carla@rockbridge.cc)


• We are doing a staff 24-hour working retreat starting tomorrow night.  Can't wait to get some goals laid-out, systems refined, and BIG prayers prayed with our team!! Pray for us.


• Lots of disappointed Dawg fans today at church ... hey a win in the SEC is a win!! One week at at time.


• Sleeping late tomorrow!