Sunday Mind Dump

Seeming like these mind dumps are morphing into Monday morning mind dumps more and more. Course it is football season.....So let's dump:

• Great day at 242 yesterday. Loved the talk by Jenn Ditmeyer.
  
• Jenn brought up some great points and ideas for the church. She did a fabulous job talking about needing to raise the funds to pay for a full time pastor. We have a tremendous opportunity with some matching funds. We've got the guy picked out we think is the next person to lead the church....the next step is God providing the resources through his people.
• Loved hearing Jake play the cajon yesterday. Sounded so cool.
• Speaking of music, it seems like over the last month or so we've hit our stride in terms of song selection and style and we are starting to see much more responsiveness with the congregation.
• Looking forward to the next few months. I love putting things together and that's what we are going to be working on. The kids ministry is coming along nicely, worship is moving forward, we are going to be moving some other area's forward as well. We'll talk about those in the coming weeks.
  
• It's been nice to be back teaching again. I hadn't done it (teaching of Sunday's) for a year and after this run is over April and I are going to take another small ministry sabbatical and figure out what our next steps are going to be. Right now we are not sure when that's going be...It could be as soon as January or as late as next summer. It all depends on the leader we are bringing in and what his needs and desires are.
• I've had 4-5 offers for ministry related work since coming along side 242 last spring. We've turned them all down knowing that God had called us to use what we'd learned about church planting to help get 242 off the ground. We'll see how God leads over the next year or so in that respect. One thing is clearer than ever, April and I have a much better perspective on what God is calling us to do with our lives.