Sunday Night Rewind
We got it started today didn’t we Renovation?!
We started our new 5 week series today called Leaving Lust Vegas.
I gotta say they were some really uncomfortable folks in the house today… which is ok.
The place looked great and hats off to the First Impressions Team. They looked great in their black and white w vest on… serving up some love and OJ to everybody.
Wow was Jack aka Frank Sinatra awesome or what?! What a voice. Just a side note that He is blind though you could not tell as he performed. Having “Frank” with us was a cool addition to the morning!
The looks and the vibe especially at the 9.19 Gathering from the crowd was an interesting thing. I think just the idea of what we were trying to do, how we are doing it, and the content was a little much for some… for my generation on up. Which I totally get. I grew up in the church and we never talked about sex, other than don’t do it and the consequences of doing it which is a good start but left a lot to the imagination.
It was interesting though the difference at the 11.00 Gathering… this is becoming more of a collection of college, young adults… which seemed a lot more engaging from an outward appearance… I think it is a reflection of the distinction between this generation and the one that I represent. Because of the pornagraphic culture that we live in and the lowering of the bar of morality that this generation has grown up in the content that we talked about today is just everyday reality.
I talked with many today… some were so appreciative, some were taken back, some we a little surprised… I think overall it was a great start to a very difficult but needed discussion in the church.
Did you know that there are parties going on in our city/burbs for middle school kids to have oral sex… kind of an initiation into “teenagedom” 11,12 13 yr old girls engaging in oral sex like it was nothing… we will be talking about some of these realities over the next few weeks… comfortable no…. needed absolutely!
Heard that Starting Point is off to a fantastic start… week 2 and already some great dialog from what I hear!
We had an awesome time this afternoon hanging out with Scott Stockton and all of the GroupLife Coaches and Leaders. What a huge blessing Scott is and his leadership. So excited to see our GroupLife leaders taking steps in developing their own skills both personally and spiritually. Our hope and pray is that everybody who calls Renovation home will get connected into a group… a circle of influence and relationships!
Great seeing many first time guest… be interesting to see the results of having some billboards in our community promoting the series.
I had several people comment to me that they had been “fishin” this week… loved it. Let’s remember that we are all called to Fish!
On a side note… went to the game… what a bummer.
It was kinda of cool to see Heath Evans #44 the starting Fullback for the Saints playing out there. I coached Heath his senior year at The King’s Academy in West Palm Beach. He was an incredible HS football player… led the entire state of Florida in scoring… took the football team to the State Final Four which is a BIG deal in Florida. I was the Basketball Coach and Heath played after he finally signed with Auburn… he was a stud then… now to see him 10 years later still playing in the NFL is pretty amazing!
Hey TE look up and throw to TO!
