Sunday Night Reflections 08
I am sitting down thinking back over not only another great day at Elmwood but for me personally a great week as I got to hang out with some amazing people in Southbend Indiana. Let me first wrap up some of my thoughts about my trip to Granger Community Church It was such a help, a time of encouragement, convicting, I learned a ton, I got to meet some other teammates in other parts of the country from Seattle, Florida, Alabama,...
Hanging out in Southbend
I am hanging out in Southbend Indiana with 24 other pastors from around the country as we have come to hang out for two days with the staff at Granger Community Church. I have never personally visited GCC but I watch them online often and we sent Earl here last year to get some ideas for KW. I have been blown away by many things so far here are a few: Everything (I know, I know) rises and falls on leadership! I have heard...
Sunday Night Reflections 08
Hey everybody we had another "off the chain" kind of day at Elmwood! It is crazy to feel the energy now before – during and after our Gathering. I love the fact that people have created relationships with each other that causes them to NOT hurry home but to stay and inGAGE in conversations that help deepen the fabric of our community! I loved the bands rendition of Money by the Stones as...
Why Be In Community?
Hanging out this morning at a cool Starbucks in a great little town in the Burbs of Philly. I was reading a great blogg by Mark Beeson the Pastor at Granger Community Church and he gave a quote that is great in regards to why we should be in community, relationships with other Christ followers Greg Jones, Dean of Duke Divinity School said, "Holy friends challenge the sins we've come to love."...