Sunday Night Rewind
Coming at you after a BIG Bills win!
Can you believe the last five minutes of the game… good for coach Perry… I like that dude I hope he gets the job!
Enough about the Bills…
We had a great day at Renovation!
I could tell a difference without tables… we were not talking as much as we have been with the tables… us humans are creatures of habit.
We are so ingrained in our behavior… that when we walk into an environment that has rows of chairs – facing a stage our natural bent is to go sit in the chairs… keep your attention fixed onto an empty stage waiting for the “show” to start…occasionally whispering to the person we came with.
When we walk into an environment that has tables and specifically round ones… our focus is not on an empty stage but the people sitting at the table… you see each others face not the back of their head. For those who are not as out-going the table is like a security blanket which allows us to engage in conversations that we might not typically have.
We did not have tables today because we had a concert last night in our auditorium and we did not have time to set everything back up.
Tables or no tables is not a right or wrong issue it’s just a preference issue based upon outcomes… how do we get all of us to get to know each other… talk to each other… pray with each other… it seems at least in our context that gathering around tables helps us accomplish that at a faster rate and in a more effective way than rows… so for this season tables will probably be more the norm… I am sure this to will change.
Loved the more laid back worship set that Nick led today… some really powerful songs we sang today… loved it!
I am always listening… reading.. watching things that which will help me grow in my walk with Christ… in leadership… in relationships… I tell our crew that “Leaders are Readers” I have been downloading some great stuff right now in the areas of community development… I will try to post some of those books this week.
I also listen to messages online… there are so many resources now available to all of us via podcast, itunes, youtube! I need to be fed myself… I need to hear the preaching of the Word of God myself our my spirit and soul will run dry. It is those messages that stir me… wow me… convict me that I end up passing on to Renovation. Such was the case today… I love to hear a new truth or hear something that helps me “get it” and then pass it on… I figure if it can help a dude like me it can help most other dudes or dudetts!
We had some great wins today… one lady after the 11.00 gathering came up afterwards and took the final step of Faith into a new relationship with Christ… then Joshua told me that we had 8 kids do the same in Renovation Station!
Caleb and Canon were telling me about some of their friends who accepted Christ today… you got to LOVE that!! They were excited for them… Canon was trying to explain to Gloria and I who everybody was… They were our kids… renovation families who we partnered with and helped facilitate the most important decision of their young lives… thanks Renovation Team Members you guys rock!
A great day today Renovation… love seeing and hearing what God is doing in us and through us!
Let’s be great ambassadors of reconciliation this week! For His glory and His fame!
