Crazy Days!

These are crazy days for RENOVATION/Elmwood!  YES we finally got some heat in the RENOVATION Offices tonight! We have gotten a lot done already this week. Love seeing new faces just showing up even for an hour or two.  Work is being done in our RENOVATION CENTER (school building) where our children ministry will be. NEW NAME for our children’s ministry coming to you this Sunday – presently known as King’s...

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Double Wow!

Just got finished with a double wow session! Thought I would post the notes while a couple dudes are rapping Pete Scazzero: Pastors a church in Queens NY Iceberg Model What lies beneath the surface! What gets to the bottom of the iceberg in the spiritual dynamic of the life of a church? 2 Missing Ingredients of Discipleship  1. Emotional Health Emotional Health and Spiritual Maturity are Inseparable It is not possible to be...

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It’s Hard to Drink From a Fire Hydrant!

It is hard to drink from a fire hydrant but I tried today!  I love walking into a circle of influence that is new to me. That is what we have done coming to the CCDA Conference in Miami. Every session has been worth the trip. What I love is that it is all being framed in a Biblical context and from Scripture.  Here are a few high-lights from this morning and afternoon:  Shalom is where nothing is missing and nothing is...

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Off to Miami

Got up at 4:00 AM this morning to catch a 6:15 flight to Miami. Can’t believe how crowded it is at the airport at 5:30 in the morning! I am taking Josh Dean and Scott Stockton with me and will be hooking up with Mark Cerbone and some of the Pace of the City staff.We had a delay flying out of Atlanta so we missed our afternoon pre-conference sessions but we got a chance to get some great Cuban food!! We had our first opening...

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HOPE!

I have been hanging out at my “second” office (Spot Coffee) this morning mainly because we have no functioning office this week since we are still painting and getting things in order at our new renovation offices. Started reading a new book by N.T. Wright called Surprised By Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church.  There are two questions that he ask the reader to consider in the...

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