Sunday Mind Dump

What a great worship experience today. I just had an awesome time. Last night, we did our Men's Texas Hold Em tournament and we had a great group of guys come and hang out. We ate tons of manly man food and watched the Red Wings beat the Flyers. How much better does a party at church get than that? Today we talked about what Christian Maturity looks like and what is expected of us. We used the Jesus model of starting people at "come and listen or come and see" and gradually increasing the stakes in our commitment until we get people ready to "take up their cross and follow." It was a great time and I really think that as people process what they heard today they'll begin to relate better to people in life and at church. So lets dump:

• The band sounded killer today. As a musician, I know when things are tight. They were tight. Awesome job to each of the guys and April too.
• Still working on live web casting. The target is July. It's a process not a one time event when you are working on something big like that. Tony is awesome and he's got it covered.
• It's so cool getting the Panera free stuff every week. Not only is it great for church, I love helping our families with having great bread and bagels throughout the week.
• Next week starts One Prayer I am pretty passionate about it. I love it when the church as a whole works together. Good things are going to happen. I have spent hours screening the messages and had two that were in for sure, and two others I was trying to choose between. Now I know how the American Idol judges feel :)
• Happy birthday to Shelly Myers, Mat Trezzo, and Noah Stone Jr.
  

Have a great week. Summer is here and we're going to be making some major changes to how we do things. These changes won't be noticed by people outside of our leaders but they will change the way we are structured and the way we do things. I am really looking forward to them. We are going to start working on them at our Leadership Retreat in a few weeks. That is going to be a great time.