Weekly Rundown (9.7.08)

• Busy week but a great day as Rock Bridge turned six years old!!


• The Stage 123 kick-off was great ... great coffee, great crowds, and great work by our tech folks and host team "baristas". {BTW, they serve a "peach" smoothie in the Cafe that is unbelievable!!}


• We really need people to make the switch to the 9:30 service ... the 11:00 is close to full -- even after we opened Stage 123 ... more on this later :)


• Great service in Calhoun today -- I was there last week "live" and the "vibe" is great at RBCC Calhoun!


• During the service we showed a baptism of an 86-year old man who recently received Christ at RBCC and 2 of his grandchildren.  It was amazing to watch and pretty emotional ... but it represents what we are all about: new life in Christ!!


• Student kick-off at Stage 123 went great today.  New cafe, video games, amazing worship, great message, and exciting small groups made it a great evening. 


• Lots of things appear to be hitting on all cylinders right now -- which kind of scares me but reminds me that this is all a God-thing and we MUST stay connected to Him, get power from Him, and seek His purposes always.


• The foundation work on the new Ministry Center (Dalton campus) has begun!!!


• I have not watched as much college football this year ... yet. (I haven't even seen College Game Day on ESPN ... yet.)


• We finished up annual evaluations on our staff this past week.  While these conversations are both challenging and encouraging, I think the accountability is very healthy.  Our staff is doing great things right now and I love serving God with this team!!


• Tomorrow Beth & I are supposed to tackle a house project: moving my weight set and exercise equipment to a new room -- with heat & air!!