these are absolutely my opinions and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Still Water Community Church.

Sunday, October 30, 2005

CLOWNED!!

I think this weekend was awesome! With that being said, I'm glad it's done. Don't get me wrong....there were a lot of good things that came out of this weekend, but I need some rest. Those of you that have to get up and go to work today, don't get all ruffled up about that statement, Monday is to me what Saturday is to you......a day off.

Saturday night we took about 35 high school students to the haunted maze. It's a corn field that someone has turned into a very creepy halloween freak show. They also have a "fun" house full of stinkin' clowns. My students know I'm terrified of clowns. My friend Kevin Williams, one of our adult leaders, bought me a ticket to the stinkin' fun house, told all of the clowns my name, and I went through it with most of our kids. OH MY GOSH! That might have been the creepiest thing I have ever been through in my entire life. One of those hideous creatures knew my name and kept popping up everywhere whining my name. It was a 3D house with some real weird effects, and the stupid clowns came out of no where. Fun house is just not an accurate title....."stinkin', creeped out, pee your pants clown house" would be more appropriate. I'm scaring myself so I'll stop talking about clowns now.

Great services last night and this morning, and then a great sr. high service (The Net) tonight capped this weekend off in a great way. God just continues to bring people our way, and they're awesome! I am looking forward to resting tomorrow and trying to get rid of this sickness.

How 'bout them Cowboys.....big win over the Cards.....I'm out.

Saturday, October 29, 2005

run over...

It has been years since I was sick enough to stay home from work. I started getting sick Thursday night, and by Friday morning I was running about 103 temperature, and felt like I had been hit by a train. I got to the doctor and was diagnosed with strep and an ear infection. I'm feeling a little better, but I have to lead worship tonight, take my senior high group to a haunted maze, lead worship tomorrow morning, and get stuff done at "The Net" tomorrow night. I need some help...just pray for me that I will have the strength to get this stuff done.

You know what the worst part of it is. It's when your fever breaks during the night, and you sweat in the bed. I hate that!!! It's just miserable.

Not much to say today....if someone walked into my house and robbed me blind I don't even think I could get up to stop them. I guess it can only get better from here. I'm out....

Thursday, October 27, 2005

A great day...

Have you ever had one of those days where you feel like everything you did was productive. It has definitely been that kind of day around here. Maybe that has to do with the fact that everybody has the Thursday off except for me and Jay. We just got so much done and it was great.

The one negative happened when I put up my 2006 wall calendar. I began to fill in personal dates such as birthdays, etc...and I got to my oldest daughter Ashli's birthday in December, and I had to write in the number 15. Say it ain't so.......

You know what's funny.....When I was a coach and teacher I would run into parents constantly that would want to talk to me about school, all that's wrong with education, and what to do about their kid. I couldn't change the subject, get away, or divert their attention so that I could run. But now as a "pastor," and I use that term lightly, just the mention of my job gets the subject changed quite quickly. Just this morning, I was working out and the guy waiting to get on the bench press was talking to me as I was lifting. We talked football for a long time, and then he asked what I did now that I was out of coaching. I told him I was a student pastor, and his next question was "what kind of mp3 player you got?" The lady on the treadmill next to mine asked me what I did for a living? I guess she couldn't tell that I wasn't exactly at a time I could discuss such things without sucking the air out of the room between each syllable, so I said "I......am......a........youth pastor." "Do you have that thing on an incline?" she replied.

Of course there are people that want to give you their dissertation on what they think of the church. I love hearing all of the different takes on church, church people, church music, church food, church carpet, church parking, church finances, and all of the other church stuff. It's fun.

Well...I'm off to a high school football game tonight. Rowlett v. Garland for the district 11-5A championship. It should be great. I'm sure I'll get into some good conversations about what I left teaching at Rowlett to do..........I just hope that the people who get uncomfortable talking to me about my job get convicted by God of why it is they feel uncomfortable talking about the God that gave them the breath I just sucked out of them.

I'm out....
Here are some pictures from our jr. high halloween party......


Caroline the Chicken!

"Best Costumes"












Tuesday, October 25, 2005

What a great time of year...

I'll go ahead and get this out.....Scott Harper beat me two out of three games yesterday. They were good games, but games I let slip through my fingers. And as expected, due to my slightly exaggerated victory boast two weeks ago, he showed no mercy. Oh well....you live to play another day.

I love this time of year. Football on Friday nights, football on Saturdays, football on Sundays, and the World Series mixed in as a nice filler between games. It's also been great waking up to 40 degree weather and actually experiencing what most of the country would call fall. It's a rare occurence around here.

You know, I sometimes think about what kind of activities fill my day. Are they things that will have meaning, be productive, help someone out, or will they just be meaningless activities that take up the 24 hours we call a day. All of these things are important to have in our lives. I can fully identify with the need for meaningless, fun activities. However, there's nothing quite like the feeling of accomplishing a project, chore, or something that has meaning. I love the times that I spend playing video games, watching movies, tv, or blogging about stuff that may or may not be read. But I also love finishing up things around the house, leading worship, teaching, eating, playing with my kids, eating, and grocery shopping in order to enhance my eating.

There has to be the same kind of balance in our churches. People have to receive applicable, meaningfull messages of truth when they come to our churches. But they also have to enjoy being there for that to happen. There are so many things that churches can and should do to make people enjoy coming. We can't expect anyone to have everything together before they come, nor can we expect someone to enjoy seminary lessons on theology when they may not even be sure why they are there . We are there to show them the love of Christ regardless of what skeletons they may have in the closet, or what my be happening in their lives right now. I'm certainly not condoning watering down the gospel message, but I am saying that it's okay if they hear it because they came for the free pizza.

Oh well, just something I was thinking of as we planned out our year with possible sermon series topics, drama, music, and other stuff. I'm going to watch the World Series (the Astros are up 3-0 in the 3rd), fold clothes, and help my son on a project about sea creatures. I think that's a good mixture......oh yeah I'm going to eat too. What a great time of year......

I'm out.....

p.s....and by the way Bob, my shirt is off. Lata...

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Friends...

I must say that I'm glad tomorrow is Monday. It's my day off, and I'm dead tired. It was another great weekend and I'm ready to regroup and see what God has in store for the rest of the week.

We took a group of junior high kids to a haunted cornfield maze last night and it was very cool. 26 junior high kids, two haunted cornfields, and fun house of clowns. Big daddy doesn't do clowns, but the kids said it was quite creepy. We take our senior high kids this weekend to the same place.

You know I was thinking about stuff today. I am so thankful for the diversity in my student ministry. As I talked with the kids tonight before we got started I became more and more aware of their many differences. I've been encouraging our small groups to learn to share with each other, and with their leaders so that relationships might begin to grow throughout our groups. I've already had kids letting me know that they have discovered something about themselves, their relationship with their parents, and most importantly their relationship with God.

There are a ton of things that go through my head about this student ministry. I want so much for these students to realize the awesome plans that God has for their lives. At the same time I am constantly searching and seeking the plans that God has for me personally. The bulk of our small group lesson tonight was on sharing with each other and encouraging each other to develop relationships with the people that God brings into our lives. Connecting people with God and others is how we grow as a church, and how the church helps us to grow spiritually in our relationship with God.

I can think of so many people in my life that have played a part in seeing me through lots of things. Friends who have taught me many valuable life-lesssons. Our group is on its way to becoming a very effective student ministry, not just a youth group. That's exciting!

Speaking of relationships, I'm playing Madden tomorrow with my buddy Scott Harper. This will be the first Monday Madden Madness since my victory boast a couple of weeks ago. I've been threatened with a beat down of epic proportions. Oh well, a day of Madden, pizza, and just having fun with a friend...if I have to take a beat down, I have to take a beat down. It definitely could be worse.

I'm out.....

Thursday, October 20, 2005

TGIF...

Man....my wife gets home tomorrow, and I am ready. I have had a lot of fun with just me and the kids, but it is hectic. Tonight it was baseball 5:30, dance 6:00, softball 6:30.....3 kids, 3 different places...same time.........no stinkin' way.

You know, I was thinkin' about small groups today and I thought back to my high school years. We didn't have organized small groups, well we did but it was called Sunday School. That's not what I'm talking about though. We had a group of students that spent time together sharing what was going on in our lives, praying for each other, going places together, and all kinds of things. That was such a huge part of my life, and played a huge role in developing my spiritual life.

The small groups we have are meant to do a lot of the same things. We need people with different view points, different lifestyles, opinions, etc...to add balance to our lives and provide us with varying perspectives. Just knowing that there is a group of people that care about what's going on in your life, and knowing that they want to help and encourage is something that we all need.

I remember the seniors that made me feel welcome into our youth group as a freshman in high school. I remember the kids that came into our church that didn't have the same kind of parental support that I grew up with as a kid. The love and support that the seniors showed me was the example that I used to know how to handle the new kids when I was older. That type of leadership is contagious.

The ultimate example of that love and leadership is the love Christ showed to the "have nots" when He walked the earth. It's also shown in the fact that God chooses to use us in spite of who we are, not because of who we are to accomplish His ministry on this earth. I want to be the type of leader that learns and leads.

I'm out....

Here are some pics from "The Net" this week.












Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Bachelor for a week.....

Well...it's been a looooooong day. As of this morning, I'm a single dad until 5:00 p.m. Friday. After a day of meetings it was time to get the kids where they needed to be. Baseball at 5:30, dance at 6:00, back to baseball until 7:30, back to dance at 7:45, a stop by McDonalds for healthy dinner, and home to baths, dishes, laundry and my weekly Law and Order fix.

Of course my wife would feel no sympathy for me. As a matter of fact, she left huge posters for me in various locations in the house to make sure I knew what had to be done each day that she is gone. I also found several reminders at work. The kids are great though. I think they feel sorry for me, so they go above and beyond to make sure I have help.

The weekend was great. Our services dealt with the subject of pornography, and its effects on our society. A very tough subject to tackle for a church, but one that must be addressed. It was a great weekend. Check out our church blog at springcreekchurch.org to see some of the comments and reactions. I am so excited about what is going on at Springcreek right now. There is a buzz every weekend that is felt when you come into the building. It's awesome!

Sunday night was another great night for our high school student ministry. Our small groups were good. My wife, Kelly, took the 11th grade girls and did great with them. She loved them, and they would really like for her to be there permanent leader. That was a real answer to prayer. The right person for those girls was right under my nose the whole time. Awesome!

You know...it's an incredible feeling when you know you are right where God wants you to be. I can look back over the last 15 years and see the ways that God has prepared me for this ministry position. I am, however, searching for answers on how to have three kids in three different places at the same time Thursday night. You've got 36 hours to send me help. I'm out.....

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Saturday, in the park..........

And so we're at the end of a long Saturday. My oldest daughter, Ashli, had a softball tournament that started at 7:00 a.m. today. Man...that feels really early on a Saturday. It was fun though, and she did well.

You know.... a couple of days ago I mentioned an issue with a parent not wanting their kid in a certain small group with "bad" kids. Well, she called the small group leader, had the same conversation, but this time referred to the kids in the group as "misfits." Wow! You know, fortunately in my career as a high school teacher/coach I learned how to bite my tongue at certain times.

It's that very attitude that has driven so many people away from church. The term "seeker friendly," or "seeker sensative" church has been thrown around a ton. In reality that should be the description used for any church. You can't share your light with the light and expect growth, and spiritual maturity. I know this is nothing new, and certainly deep theology, but why does it continue to permeate the church. People want to be met and accepted for who they are, and then explore the promises of a life in Christ. How can we expect people to want to be a part of our body, if we're busy trying to flush out the people that aren't just like us. I just don't understand.

Tonight's service was great. We tackled a tough topic, and it was done very well. Check it out at springcreekchurch.org. Three more times tomorrow.....I'm out.

Cowboys vs. Giants noon tomorrow.....thank goodness for TIVO. Have a great Sunday....I'm out...

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Busy day...

Have you ever felt like you worked all day and got nothing accomplished? That's me right now. I find myself sitting here at 11:00, watching SportsCenter and blogging. What? I should be asleep.

I've getting some e-mails from some of our students, and I am so excited about where we're going. We're using the "life together" curriculum from Doug Fields in our high school small groups and it's going to be great.

I know this is going to be hard to believe, but I'm going to have to spend some time next week talking to our junior high kids about manners, and respect. They can just be totally disrespectful to the people teaching and leading them in worship. In their defense, this is all new to them, and they do have to learn. We'll have some tutorials next week.

Check out our church blog at springcreekchurch.org for some pretty interesting e-mails we received about our current sermon series on sex. It's a great series on biblical truths about sexual relationships, and it is good, solid, biblical teaching, but some people just can't get past the word sex. Check it out...

Well...I"m falling asleep...but here are some pics from "The Merge" as promised.

I'm out.....

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

what's up with jr. high?

We are officially, completely underway with our new schedule. "The Merge" was a big success tonight. Jay did a great job organizing it, and it was good. Our adult leaders are great. All of the small group leaders really enjoyed their kids, and the ladies that did the snacks for us and stuff were awesome. We also had several of our high school kids helping out, and they too were awesome! I'll have some pictures up tomorrow.

I bought an mp3 player today, so i'm going to go play with it. I'm out....

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

What's in it for me?

Let me start by clarifying yesterday's Madden boast. The fourth game was prematurely halted at the end of the third quarter with nothing settled. Harper will surely run the score up on me the first chance he gets for that one.

Today started off with an interesting conversation with a parent of one of my high school students. It seems that her student had a rough time Sunday night at "The Net" (our high school bible study). The problem was with our small groups. Her student and the mom had a problem with the fact that there were other people in the group that were less spiritually mature. Without going into detail, her student has not experienced some of the things that some of the other kids have been through.

As I thought of our conversation throughout the day, there were some things that continued to bother me. I would hate to think that our student ministry was one in which we only catered to those that had their life together. The mom is concerned that her student will not want to come to church anymore because of certain people. Some of the kids have already spent time in my office coming face to face with the very things that this particular student does not want to be around.

One of the reasons we started this new schedule was to increase the overall spiritual maturity of our group. The attitude of I can't worship here because these people are different, or I don't want my kids in that group because those other kids are "trouble" really kind of irks me. It's not that they're "trouble" it's the fact that they are "troubled" by things that some of us could not imagine. These are the very people that Christ spent his ministry reaching out to and purposefully hanging around, not looking for a way to get away from them. I would like to see our kids develop the attitude of what do I bring to this worship service, not what does this church have to offer me if I come. I guess our parents have to develop the attitude of what does our family have to bring to the table, not how is the table set for us.

I just had to get that out. I pray that I will have the mindset of what do I bring to each service not what do these kids and this church have to offer me.

I'm out.......

Monday, October 10, 2005

A day off...


It's so nice to just have a day off. We all need that time to re-energize and just get things done that need to be done.

For instance....today I took my kids to school, then went and worked out, and then spent a few hours playing Madden with my friend Harper. It was a good time!!! We played about 4 games, ate some Pappas pizza, and I feel much better now.

I did receive some bad news today. One of my cousins in Houston died this weekend, and I may be making a trip down there tonight or tomorrow to do the funeral. I'm just kind of waiting to hear from my mom on what is going on. I feel for my aunt Sandra. My cousin Tiffany was only 31 years old when she died. Her 15 year old son discovered the body and called the police.

Five years ago this Thanksgiving my dad died. I preached his funeral along with the pastor I had grown up with and several of my dad's brothers and sisters came to know the Lord through that service. There were so many ways that God took perhaps the most tragic event in my life and worked through it only as He could. My aunt Sandra is one of the siblings that has developed a relationship with Jesus since that time. Her daughter Tiffany however, did not, and I know she didn't know Christ when she died. It's hard to preach a funeral when you know the person was lost.

Tomorrow is staff meeting, and programming meeting day. That makes for a long day, but we have been making a lot of headway in our meetings lately, and I'm really kind of excited about what we'll get done tomorrow.

By the way......I won 3 out of the 4 Madden games...I'm out...

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Great Sunday...

Man what a night! Our first weekend with the new schedule is over, and it was awesome! The main services were great last night and today. Our high school service, The Net, was better than I had hoped for tonight. We had Hunter and Daniel Hall in to lead us in worship and they did a great job. They'll be back with us Wednesday night for the junior high service, The Merge.

I brag on them a lot, but our students are the bombdigiddy. We are primed and ready for God to do some amazing things in this student ministry and I'm just glad to be around for it.

We also had some adults that showed up tonight that just took control of some things that I simply did not have time to do, and they were a huge help. They ran the snack bar, took attendance records, helped put up and tear down, and several other things that were just huge helps. Not to mention the small group leaders. What a church!!

And after all of that.....I get home and watch the Cowboy game that I had on TIVO (perhaps the greatest invention in modern history) and watched them absolutely dismantle the Eagles. There's a tear of joy streaming down my cheek right now.

Now at the end of the day, I can still hear the voices of our congregation singing at the top of their lungs. This morning's services were just amazing. Keith's (senior pastor Keith Stewart) message was great, and I believe our people are showing up on weekends wanting to offer themselves up in worship. As I led this morning and could back away from the mic and hear their voices singing it was truly a worshipful moment.

Worship is a lifestyle, not just something you show up and do during a church service, and I see this lifestyle becoming more, and more apparent in our people.

I'm going to bed happy.........out.

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Red River Blow-out...

OU vs. Texas.....every year about this time Dallas is taken over by burnt orange and crimson. The past 5 years the folks in crimson have gone home much happier than the burnt orange crowd. But after the whoopin' UT put on the Sooners today the Longhorn fans finally have something to cheer about. And tomorrow, Cowboys vs. Eagles......go 'boys!!

Our service tonight was great. We're looking forward to the new service times tomorrow. I'm interested to see which service will turn out to be the one most of our people attend. Our pastor, Keith Stewart, starts his series on sex this weekend. Chris Davis rocked out U2's "Desire" to kick the service off tonight. The worship time was slammin'. Our congregation has really become a responsive, worshipful group of people. There was a time when they just kind of sat and listened to the band, but over the last few months we have seen them respond well to our efforts to engage them in the worship service.

Yesterday was homecoming at the school I taught at the last 3 years of my teaching career. I have a couple of students at that school in my student ministry so I went to the pep rally, then to the game last night. I saw a ton of kids that I taught, and many of them made a point to come by and say hi. Almost everyone of the kids asked me about my new job. As I spoke to them about what they were doing in their life, and heard story after story of how they weren't sure about what they wanted to do, or where they were heading, I was able to take comfort in the fact that I am right where God wants me to be. There is nothing like the peace that comes from following God's call on your life and being in the place He has intended you to be.

Well, my oldest daughter should be home from her baby sitting job soon and I'm beat. John Heder is hosting Saturday Night Live tonight and it's hilarious, so I'm going to watch a little SNL and go to bed....I'm out....

Friday, October 07, 2005

new schedules and what not....

It's Friday night and that can only mean one thing in Texas......high school football. Rowlett vs. Sachse is the big game tonight. I loves me some high school football.

I was talking with Jay and Bob today (Jay being our associate student pastor, and Bob Bickford, our assoc. pastor) about some concerns that had been expressed by some of our junior high students and a few of their parents. Our junior high students begin meeting on Wednesday nights this week, and there are a few students who have still not grasped the concept of why this is happening. The decision to make this move was made by our entire staff after a lot of discussion and prayer. Here are the three major reasons we decided to make this move.

1. To connect students to the rest of the church. When I took this job in May we basically had two churches within one building. The students met in the back of the church and did their thing, and the rest of the church operated with very little student involvement at all. Our staff expressed a desire to have the students become a more integral part of our body, and not a separate entity in and of itself. I think this is so important in developing leaders within the student ministry, and within the church. Students are not the church of tomorrow, they are the church of right now. I also feel that if the church is expected to support the student ministry, then the student ministry should be expected to support the church. We have taken some major steps toward making our services more applicable to a younger audience and not just built for adults.

2. To provide students the opportunity to serve in other ministries at Springcreek..... When we presented the new schedule to our church body one of the things we asked of our members was to attend a service and serve during a service. With four services (one Saturday night, 3 Sunday mornings) it is crucial for our people to serve in various ministries. The same is true for our students. We have students that have signed up to teach and lead worship for our children's ministry, to help with audio and video, to serve on our red carpet team, and many other ministry areas. Developing young leaders and servants is where the church in general has fallen short. There is nothing more refreshing than serving others, and our students will benefit greatly by serving others and giving of themselves to help others. Our students have so much to offer, and most are just waiting for someone to ask them to help.

3. To allow us as student ministers to have a service specifically for junior high students and one for high school students. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realize the differences in junior high and senior high students. There is just a need to teach these students in separate services. There will be times that we do things together, but the weekly teaching and hanging out needs to be done separately. After deciding on two separate services, we decided that senior high would be better on Sunday nights due to the huge number of activities and stuff in high school. Junior high students were given Wednesday nights, because very few junior high extracurricular activities occur on Wednesday nights. We realize homework, and family stuff may take place, but we want to make "The Merge" something these students will not want to miss and make a part of their weekly schedule.

Well....I hope this clarifies some of the questions that have been raised. I would encourage any or our junior high families to make this a part of their weekly schedule and commit to making this ministry a very powerful part of the ministry of Springcreek Community Church. We've got a lot of great things planned for our students and we want you to be a part of the great things going on here.

Thanks for your time....I'm out....

Thursday, October 06, 2005

A Little Late....

Got in late last night from church and didn't do anything but go to sleep....very nice. Well, I should clarify that I watched a little baseball and ate some queso first....also very nice.

Man...went out this morning to get my paper and the weather is awesome!!! For a sweathog like myself the coolness is a cause to celebrate. I think I might just take my shirt off and run outside right now (that was for my buddy Bob Bickford).

Last night was our 1st Wednesday Communion Service and it went great. We had it in our student auditorium due to some construction going on in our main auditorium. It's great to gather and take communion as a body and be reminded of the sacrifice Christ made for us. I can never get enough of that. The fact we have real crackers helps too. The little, bland things I grew up with were NASTY!!!

I had my first meeting with my new senior high small group leaders after the service and I am pumped about the upcoming year. "The Net" starts Sunday, and we have some great small group leaders waiting to start teaching these students. It's so exciting to have these guys on board. I honestly feel like I have 7 other youth pastors working with me.

If you haven't already done so, you have got to pick up the new Lincoln Brewster Live Worship cd. It's titled "All to You" and it's crazy good. He's an amazing worship leader, and unbelievable guitar talent. Check him out.

I'm going to head out to the new mall here in Garland today and check things out. They're giving away a lot of stuff for the grand opening and I'm all about the freebies. As promised, here are some pictures of some bad bikes at the state fair that I took Monday.


Is this bad or what? It's the Web Bike that was featured on American Chopper.

These are just some awesome bikes!

Check out the size of the back tire on this monster!

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Tuesday's Gone...

You know...Tuesday's can be a whippin' sometimes, but I have to say that today was maybe the most productive Tuesday we've had as a staff. My buddy Bob Bickford wrote about staff meetings on his blog today and had some really good stuff to say. And I am lucky enough to serve on a staff that has some really good staff meetings. We have a lot of fun, but normally get stuff done. We met today as an entire staff for about 30 minutes, then met as a programming team the rest of the day. Along with having some awesome meatball sandwiches for lunch, we programmed our entire upcoming sermon series for the month of October. What a great feeling to have an entire series planned a month in advance. We truly have a great team here at Springcreek and I am proud to be a part of such a wonderful ministry.

The Angels have got to beat the Yankees. I am so sick of the Yankees it's not even funny. Speaking of baseball, by son Beaux had two hits, an rbi, and a run scored in tonights barn burning 8-8 tie between the Rough Riders and Hawks of the Rowlett 10 and under baseball league. If I play my cards right, and teach him to hit from both sides of the plate, he could be my retirement.

You know there are times when it feels like we're just running everywhere. For instance, Thursday night all three of our kids have events at the same time in three different places. I'm not sure how that's going to work out but it will. It's at those times that I feel pulled in 100 different directions that God reminds me of His blessings in my life. The only reason I have to be in those places is because I have 3 great kids to follow around.

Our student ministry is the same way....we put in a lot of hours to make sure things are set up, planned, organized, etc....but we have great students that want to develop their relationship with God into something that guides and directs their lives on a daily basis. What a great place to be, and what a great group of kids.

I'm going to sleep.....out...

Monday, October 03, 2005

Fair Times

Well....it's state fair time here in Texas. I took my oldest daughter and my son to the fair today. My other daughter was sick, and stayed home with mom. I'm so cheap. The amount of money we dropped at the fair today will hurt me for days. But we did get two inflatable bats, and a small, stuffed puppy to show for it. The two state fair corny dogs that I put away were the highlight of my day. Oh yeah, the OC Chopper guys were there, and they had some sweet bikes with them. I'll have pictures tomorrow....

On another note.....Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church here in Dallas has a service every Monday night called Footnote. It's driven by their singles, and college, but open to everyoned citywide. Dave Edwards preaches every week, and my band Envoy leads the music. It's been great. We only have 3 more weeks this fall, but they are looking to do it for 12 weeks in the spring. We're having a blast doing it and look forward to more of this.

I can't believe the Packers are so terrible. I know that was random, but I'm watching Monday Night Football right now, and I'm a big Brett Favre fan, and it's just weird to see them so bad. Oh well....

My wife just asked me what this blog thing is for and am I going to become obsessed with one more thing to take me away so it's best I leave now. Until tomorrow...I'm out.

Sunday, October 02, 2005

The Cowboys make me cry....

The tears have finally dried after today's Cowboy game, but my heart still hurts. We had two great services today, and our student services were awesome. Jay (our associate student pastor) did a great job with our junior high kids this morning, and will start our new middle school ministry (The Merge) Wednesday night the 12th. The Net, our high school ministry, starts next Sunday, but of course I've mentioned that in each post.

Adam Barnard and Brendan Walton did a great job leading our high school students in worship today. They always do. Auditions for our new worship team start this week and I'm real excited about how it's looking for the future. We've got some great students that want to take on that leadership role.

I'm taking my family to the State Fair of Texas tomorrow. I'm all about Fair food. Car shows and corn dogs....Yeah baby!! The Orange County Chopper Crew is going to be there, so I'm ready. Hopefully I'll have some cool pictures to post tomorrow night.

I'm out.....till tomorrow.

Saturday, October 01, 2005

Back home...

Man is it good to be home. We had a great service tonight. I am must so excited about the things going on at SCC. Our services have an energy and spirit about them that seems to raise another level each week. Our student services have been growing as well, and we're ready for the new high school and middle school services to start next week. Tomorrow we're talking about what happens when you blow it in life, and how you can right that ship. My students are the greatest kids in the world, and I love seeing the things God is doing in their lives. We're in this race together, and I'm pumped!!