Sun is Shinning!
WOW the sun is shinning in Buffalo which is always a treat in the winter time in our City! I have been sitting here listening in the background to Nick mentor a young worship leader that is just 14 years old… just the fact that we are seeing that one lone story is a blessing but that is just one of dozens if not hundreds of stories that God is speaking into at Renovation. This past Sunday was another crazy good day… we are...
Some Great Wins!
It seems almost everyday that we get to hear and see some great wins in our community. This morning Toni Benjamin who is the Director of our EXCEL Leadership Center shared a great win regarding a mom in our community that can be pretty difficult to deal with in several ways. Toni invited the parents (mostly moms) to come and participate in XCEL and this mom came and participated which shocked all of us because we have all been...
Great Day!
Had a great day as we stepped into week two of Modern Family and week 2 of having 3 gathering times! Modern Family is such an important series for us as a Faith Community because it is a foundation strategy that we will focus our attention on not just for 8 weeks but for all times! We had another strong day in all three gatherings… 9.00 143 adults 55 kids 10.30 220 adults 32 kids 12.000 124 adults that is a total of 574 which...
John Perkins Is Coming!
Wednesday’s are always long but always rewarding because I facilitate 2 Men’s Fraternity groups… one in the morning and the other in the evening. I never grow tired of seeing the Holy Spirit grab a hold of mens hearts/minds/lives! I gotta admit though I hate going our at 5.45 am when the wind chill is 20 below like it was this morning! Had a chance to meet with 2 local church planters after MF… Sean and...
First Monday of Each Month
On the first Monday of each month our (renovation) leadership team goes up to Crosspoint and we have a combined meeting that is led by my pastor Jerry Gillis. Each team gets to hear stories and wins from a broader perspective which is always good. It is awesome to hear how God is using the CP team to impact thousands of peoples lives in so many ways. When I joined that team back in the summer of 2001 we had about 1300…...