Yesterday was a great experience all the way around for me. I actually got a chance to worship at both campuses of Foothills Community Church, so that was very cool.
* Brian Rhodes preached at our Seneca campus on parenting. As a new Dad, his approach to the message was, I'm not an expert, but here's what I want my daughter to know". It was very heartfelt and everyone really enjoyed it.
* Next week we will start a new series called, GLOW. Basically this series is going to ask the question, If so, then what? (I'll tell you more about it on Sunday) Make sure you bring a friend!
* After the service at Seneca, I rushed over to our Toccoa, GA campus for their 11:00am service. It was awesome! Here are a few observations:
* It was packed out. In fact I heard that it was a non-holiday record attendance.
* The energy was amazing. The people are totally into it. They laugh alot, sing loud, and smile... a bunch!
* I kind of snuck in after they got started and sat down and just "observed"
* They baptized 5 people in the holy horse trough! Lives are changing for sure!
* Pastor Kevin Robison did a killer job leading the worship and Pastor Brian Marshall is obviously in his element. They make a great team, along with all of their awesome volunteers!
* They had a huge party yesterday evening for the community, and they estimate around 700 people showed up!
* A few other things:
* Foothills will be participating in the Trunk or Treat at the Seneca Walmart this evening from 6 until 8pm. This thing is huge. last year there were around 8,000 people that showed up!
* If you have a car (and some candy) and you would like to help out at Trunk or Treat, show up at Walmart at 5:30pm
* I have heard a bunch of great feedback from our Lord's Supper service last Thursday. Many thanks to Brian Rhodes for leading in my absence.
* I was in Dallas, TX meeting with a group of Pastors that I have had the privilege of getting to know over the last 2 years. I am totally indebted to each of them for their friendship. These are some of the most godly, wise men that I know. Each of them are leading significant churches from across the United States, and I can assure you that the Lord is at work in our Nation!
* It was also nice that my wife was able to come this time as well!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday review
Week #3 of our Family Wipeout series was a tough message to deliver. we talked about marital infidelity. So many marriages/families have been destroyed because of this epidemic.
* The statistics are staggering. Some show that 50% of all men and 40% of all women have had adulterous relationships--- that seems unbelievable to me.
* I talked about 4 things you can do to avoid an affair: 1. Improve your walk with God. 2. Invest into your own marriage. 3. incorporate guardrails into your life. 4. Imagine the consequences.
* It was tough to do that message knowing that there were people in the service that were dealing with the aftermath of adultery.
* There is an attack on the family unit. Foothills Community Church is committed to helping families, that's why we tackle the tough topics.
* David Odom knocked it out of the park, singing Ring of Fire!
* I am so pumped about this Sunday's message. We will be talking about the Blessing. You need to be there!
* Our staff is working on some new parameters for serving as a leader at Foothills. We are going to be raising the bar, but that's what leadership is all about!
* We will be doing the Trunk Or Treat for Halloween at Walmart again this year. This is a HUGE opportunity for us to connect with our community. Last year there were over 8,000 people that came!!
* Our Toccoa campus will be having their Big A Party on Oct. 30th. It will be very similar to the Seneca campus Party in the Pasture, but they will be having a trunk or treat in their parking lot too.
* Looking forward to connecting with some pastor friends next week in Dallas. I love hanging out with these guys!
* Honored to be asked by my friend, Dean Herman to help lead his staff retreat in November. God is doing big things at Dean's church.
* Hoping to go to the Clemson game next Saturday. How bout those Tigers?!
* The statistics are staggering. Some show that 50% of all men and 40% of all women have had adulterous relationships--- that seems unbelievable to me.
* I talked about 4 things you can do to avoid an affair: 1. Improve your walk with God. 2. Invest into your own marriage. 3. incorporate guardrails into your life. 4. Imagine the consequences.
* It was tough to do that message knowing that there were people in the service that were dealing with the aftermath of adultery.
* There is an attack on the family unit. Foothills Community Church is committed to helping families, that's why we tackle the tough topics.
* David Odom knocked it out of the park, singing Ring of Fire!
* I am so pumped about this Sunday's message. We will be talking about the Blessing. You need to be there!
* Our staff is working on some new parameters for serving as a leader at Foothills. We are going to be raising the bar, but that's what leadership is all about!
* We will be doing the Trunk Or Treat for Halloween at Walmart again this year. This is a HUGE opportunity for us to connect with our community. Last year there were over 8,000 people that came!!
* Our Toccoa campus will be having their Big A Party on Oct. 30th. It will be very similar to the Seneca campus Party in the Pasture, but they will be having a trunk or treat in their parking lot too.
* Looking forward to connecting with some pastor friends next week in Dallas. I love hanging out with these guys!
* Honored to be asked by my friend, Dean Herman to help lead his staff retreat in November. God is doing big things at Dean's church.
* Hoping to go to the Clemson game next Saturday. How bout those Tigers?!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Project Reach and Launch Network
As many of you know, Foothills Community Church is a Partner church with the Launch Network, a church planting organization that has a goal of planting 1,000 churches in the next 10 years. A portion of our Project Reach funding is going toward this huge goal!
A friend posted this on his blog, so I thought I would pass this along. Here’s a list of the church planters Launch will have assessed, trained and resourced. Some of these churches have already started. Others will start in the coming months.
* Brad Raby, Discovery Church (Knoxville, TN)
* Will Goodwin, Oak Leaf Church (Canton, GA)
* Chad Davis, Venue Church (Hattiesburg, MS)
* Christian Newsome, Journey Church International (Lee’s Summit, MO)
* Robert Green, Fondren Church (Jackson, MS)
* Justin Craig, Vinings Church (Atlanta, GA)
* James Cordell, 101 Church (Rockmart, GA)
* Josh Nelson, The Station Church (Carlsbad, CA)
* Jeff Phillips, The Crossings Church (Vancouver, BC)
* David Bradford, Celebration Church (Hoover, AL)
* Angus McKinley, Elevation Church (Loveland, CO)
* Damian Boyd, Vertical Church (Atlanta, GA)
* Keith Montgomery, Kingdom Come (Woodstock, GA)
* Brandon Brilhart, Relevate Church (Lawrence, KS)
* Doug Sibcy, Impact Church (Lebanon, OH)
* Wesley Odum, Dynamic Church (Chattanooga, TN)
* Jonathan Napier, Newnan Church (Newnan, GA)
* Joey Baynes, Restoration Church (Greensboro, NC)
* Chaz Churchwell, Restore San Diego (San Diego, CA)
* Travis Fox, Salt Lake City Church (Salt Lake City, UT)
* Shawn Peoples, Grace Community (Kaneohe, HI)
* Chris Hughes, Hope Church (Orlando, FL)
* Terence Lester, Innovation Church (Atlanta, GA)
* Bryan Carter, Bozeman City Church (Bozeman, MT)
* Bryant May, The Exchange (Jackson, MS)
Thanks to all of you that have given to Project Reach. You are making a difference! We will be becoming even more active with this in the near future, but until then please pray for these new churches!
A friend posted this on his blog, so I thought I would pass this along. Here’s a list of the church planters Launch will have assessed, trained and resourced. Some of these churches have already started. Others will start in the coming months.
* Brad Raby, Discovery Church (Knoxville, TN)
* Will Goodwin, Oak Leaf Church (Canton, GA)
* Chad Davis, Venue Church (Hattiesburg, MS)
* Christian Newsome, Journey Church International (Lee’s Summit, MO)
* Robert Green, Fondren Church (Jackson, MS)
* Justin Craig, Vinings Church (Atlanta, GA)
* James Cordell, 101 Church (Rockmart, GA)
* Josh Nelson, The Station Church (Carlsbad, CA)
* Jeff Phillips, The Crossings Church (Vancouver, BC)
* David Bradford, Celebration Church (Hoover, AL)
* Angus McKinley, Elevation Church (Loveland, CO)
* Damian Boyd, Vertical Church (Atlanta, GA)
* Keith Montgomery, Kingdom Come (Woodstock, GA)
* Brandon Brilhart, Relevate Church (Lawrence, KS)
* Doug Sibcy, Impact Church (Lebanon, OH)
* Wesley Odum, Dynamic Church (Chattanooga, TN)
* Jonathan Napier, Newnan Church (Newnan, GA)
* Joey Baynes, Restoration Church (Greensboro, NC)
* Chaz Churchwell, Restore San Diego (San Diego, CA)
* Travis Fox, Salt Lake City Church (Salt Lake City, UT)
* Shawn Peoples, Grace Community (Kaneohe, HI)
* Chris Hughes, Hope Church (Orlando, FL)
* Terence Lester, Innovation Church (Atlanta, GA)
* Bryan Carter, Bozeman City Church (Bozeman, MT)
* Bryant May, The Exchange (Jackson, MS)
Thanks to all of you that have given to Project Reach. You are making a difference! We will be becoming even more active with this in the near future, but until then please pray for these new churches!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Sunday review
Sunday was awesome at Foothills Community Church. We continued our Family Wipeout series. I spoke on the art of communication. No doubt communication is the key to healthy relationships.
The 4 main components of communication are:
1) What I hear (being a good listener is the most important part of communication)
2) What I say (choose words that encourage, bless and edify)
3) How I say it (be extra careful with the non-verbal communication such as body language, facial expressions and tone)
4) When I say it (timing is everything)
If we can master these 4 things we will enhance every relationship we have.
Other thoughts:
* The music was excellent. It was cool having David Odom and Adam Courtney tag-teaming leading worship!
* Stephanie did an amazing job leading us during her song!
* Shane Smith's team does a great job with all of the technical aspects of our services
* Foothills has the most incredible volunteers!
* We have had almost 100 people give their lives to Jesus in the last 9 weeks!
* This Sunday I will be tackling a very difficult topic. How To Avoid An Affair. I can't tell you how many marriages I know that have been destroyed by infidelity.
* We had around 40 people show up for our Project Reach family day last saturday, serving at the food pantry! Wow!
* We have a team of 14 people heading to Harlan County Ky. this weekend to serve on a Project Reach regional mission trip!
Some dates to remember:
* Thursday October 27th at 6:30pm. We will be celebrating the Lord's Supper at our Seneca campus.
* Sunday November 6th from 12:30pm until 2:30pm we will be having our next Get In the Game Class. Lunch and childcare will be provided.
* Thursday November 10th at 6:30pm. Our annual Dream Team Celebration. This is our annual celebration honoring every person that has served at Foothills during the last 12 months. Our staff gets to serve the volunteers as a way of saying "thank you". This is a blast. I believe that we will be having karaoke again this year! Desserts will be served and childcare will be provided.
The 4 main components of communication are:
1) What I hear (being a good listener is the most important part of communication)
2) What I say (choose words that encourage, bless and edify)
3) How I say it (be extra careful with the non-verbal communication such as body language, facial expressions and tone)
4) When I say it (timing is everything)
If we can master these 4 things we will enhance every relationship we have.
Other thoughts:
* The music was excellent. It was cool having David Odom and Adam Courtney tag-teaming leading worship!
* Stephanie did an amazing job leading us during her song!
* Shane Smith's team does a great job with all of the technical aspects of our services
* Foothills has the most incredible volunteers!
* We have had almost 100 people give their lives to Jesus in the last 9 weeks!
* This Sunday I will be tackling a very difficult topic. How To Avoid An Affair. I can't tell you how many marriages I know that have been destroyed by infidelity.
* We had around 40 people show up for our Project Reach family day last saturday, serving at the food pantry! Wow!
* We have a team of 14 people heading to Harlan County Ky. this weekend to serve on a Project Reach regional mission trip!
Some dates to remember:
* Thursday October 27th at 6:30pm. We will be celebrating the Lord's Supper at our Seneca campus.
* Sunday November 6th from 12:30pm until 2:30pm we will be having our next Get In the Game Class. Lunch and childcare will be provided.
* Thursday November 10th at 6:30pm. Our annual Dream Team Celebration. This is our annual celebration honoring every person that has served at Foothills during the last 12 months. Our staff gets to serve the volunteers as a way of saying "thank you". This is a blast. I believe that we will be having karaoke again this year! Desserts will be served and childcare will be provided.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
What a weekend
Last weekend was unbelievable at Foothills Community Church.
* On Sunday morning we kicked off our new series, How To Avoid A Family Wipeout.
* For whatever reason, every time we do a series on the family it seems to really connect.
* I spoke to the singles about raising the bar when it comes to dating/marriage. It was also a reminder to all of the married people about continuing to do those things that you used to do when dating.
* This Sunday we will be talking about what is probably one of the most important parts of relationships. I have a feeling that this one is going to connect with everyone that comes.
* On Sunday afternoon we had Party In The Pasture. Wow, what an amazing party it was. We had inflatables for the kids, a classic car show, a petting zoo, lawnmower races (and yes, I believe one of the mowers blew up!), food, a concert by Stone Echo with some good old classic rock!, and best of all we baptized 32 people!!!
* I was blown away by how many people came to the Party In The Pasture. It was crazy, but it was a lot of fun!
* As my wife and I drove away that evening, we were so thankful for all of the staff and volunteers that made the event so special. It was one of my favorite days ever at Foothills!
* I absolutely love it when the church just comes together to have fun!
* On Sunday morning we kicked off our new series, How To Avoid A Family Wipeout.
* For whatever reason, every time we do a series on the family it seems to really connect.
* I spoke to the singles about raising the bar when it comes to dating/marriage. It was also a reminder to all of the married people about continuing to do those things that you used to do when dating.
* This Sunday we will be talking about what is probably one of the most important parts of relationships. I have a feeling that this one is going to connect with everyone that comes.
* On Sunday afternoon we had Party In The Pasture. Wow, what an amazing party it was. We had inflatables for the kids, a classic car show, a petting zoo, lawnmower races (and yes, I believe one of the mowers blew up!), food, a concert by Stone Echo with some good old classic rock!, and best of all we baptized 32 people!!!
* I was blown away by how many people came to the Party In The Pasture. It was crazy, but it was a lot of fun!
* As my wife and I drove away that evening, we were so thankful for all of the staff and volunteers that made the event so special. It was one of my favorite days ever at Foothills!
* I absolutely love it when the church just comes together to have fun!
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