Weekly Rundown (2.22.09)

• Nothing broken on my body = successful ski trip for me :)


• Seriously, hanging out with our students and some incredible adult volunteers was awesome! Not to mention 5" of fresh snow AND I made it down a "Black Diamond" slope without falling!


• I'm pumped about our new series, Stimulus (love the graphic!!) which starts next week ... (read Nehemiah 1 and get ready!!).


• I'm going to miss "date day" with Beth tomorrow since I'm at a conference near Atlanta ... we'll have to make it up!!


• I feel like God is really asking to pray for some "intangible" things that are big.  It's weird because the things I'm sensing from God are things that I can't put my arms around, don't know what it looks like, but I do know I'm supposed to pray for them.  Things like an unleashing of God's power, a "drawing" of lost, hurting, & broken people to RBCC, a "quickening" or awakening of Christ and for Christ, and for God to be glorified through us.


• It is real easy for a church or church leader to become all about the church or themselves.  We must stay focused on Jesus and must continually remind ourselves that we exist for His glory and His glory alone.


• Some important dates coming up: VISION SUNDAY on March 15th and DISCIPLE NOW for 6th-12th grades on March 20-22.


• I'm really thinking about how do we spread the Gospel of Jesus to more people.  What can we do that we are not doing?  When do we start a third campus?  Should we do more "advertising"?  The one thing I know we MUST do is to PRAY for God's Gospel to spread and bear fruit as Paul writes in Colossians 1.


• I have a confession to make: I got a ticket in downtown Dalton running the red lights that never change.  I know it was wrong but if I didn't run it I'd still be sitting there and would have missed the ski trip and church today and not eaten or gone to the bathroom in about 5 days!