Weekly Rundown (6.28.09)

• Today we celebrated "God & Country" ... I always love those type of services.  America has indeed been blessed by God!
  
  
  
  • These services mean a lot to me personally because of my own military service, my brother is currently in Afghanistan, and several of my family has served in the military.
  
  
  
  


• We are really hoping to have the location for Rock Bridge Chatsworth finalized in the next week or so. It looks like we will be leasing the former Harris-Sutton Chevy dealership. It is an AMAZING location and God really gave us His favor to be able to rent it.  Nothing is finalized yet but we're very close.


• We still do not know about when we will launch this third site but it could be as early as this Fall.


• Our new small groups/discipleship pastor, Jay Ashlock, starts this week!! Great to have Jay join our team!


• My prayer "retreat" was great.  Got a ton of ideas for future message series and it was just good to spend a prolonged period of time connecting with God.  There is just something about water, nature, walking ... it is like my "antenna" gets more receptive.


• We've got a busy July full of brainstorming and strategizing sessions.  Everything from our church's budget to small groups to missions to prayer to multi-site to preaching ... this stuff fires me up because it helps us keep Christ's "body" at Rock Bridge healthy and ... hopeful make her more "beautiful."


• I'm saddened by Michael Jackson's death ... I grew up with "Just Beat It" and "Thriller".


• Has it been hot or what? I actually like it and will often wait to run or exercise until it is really hot.


• God bless America!!