What a ride...

Well... it's started to slow down now... we have slowly gone from 140 to 80... That's ok though... It would be amazing if we stayed at 140, or continued from that number to grow. 80 is still a great number to have for a brand spankin new church...

Our past few Sunday's haven't gone very smooth... part of me wonders if that's the reason for the drop... i don't know... it just seems like we go over stuff over and over... and it just won't come out the way that it was supposed to...

Last Sunday was a roller coaster of emotions for me... it was an extremly frustrating Sunday due to people committing, then backing out... then deciding they had committed to be there so they are going to stick around... this all from one person... had a text come in at 8 am from one of the band members backing out on THAT Sunday... then later (after practice that Sunday) we find out he IS coming... if it hadn't been for Heath he probably wouldn't have played...

The electric guitarist and bassist for this Sunday are two guys that have never played with us before... that should be interesting... I'm so ready to get musicians that are committed to being there each and every Sunday... and I don't have to hope and pray that they don't text me 2 hrs before the service to tell me they aren't going to be there...

We had a guy come in from what could be considered our "mentor church." He was amazed at where we were... He said, out of the new church plants that he has been to, out of those that had not been sponsored by another church, we were the farthest along that he had seen. That's pretty awesome... He gave some good suggestions for the church overall... and some for the band... he did say that the band (and myself) are doing a great job! So that's pretty sweet...

We go to two services this coming Sunday! That should be interesting, fun, draining... and a whole host of other emotions that come to mind when I remember my two service days at Victory... Hopefully... because I enjoy what I'm doing more it won't have the same drain on my system as it did back then...

Wow... long post! Sorry!! Thanks for not just turning me off! :-)

Greater things are yet to come!

Change is Here!

Yep... change... it's a crazy thing... some people like it... others dread the thought... Obviously those at Ignite are all about change! That's kind of exciting... i kind of like change myself... depending on what it is of course... I'm not incredibly stoked about the change our nation is about to go through... but oh well... "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free..." That's what being an American is all about any way, right? Freeeeedddoooooommmmmm!!! (To quote a great movie!) 

So, 135... we changed our total at the church from 125 the first week to 135 last Sunday... Wk. 2... 7 people changed their lives wk 1 by accepting Christ... 11 changed lives wk 2... I like God... :-)

Tonight's practice... well... let's just say there were a LOT of things that I would have liked to have change about tonight's practice.. that's why we are practicing again... Saturday... 8 am... blah... As Heath said earlier tonight "I can't wait until you are done with school!" My goodness I can't either! Be able to focus so much more on the church! That's gonna be amazing!! 

As we talk about in Field Experience so often.. and as Tim Mahn (my mentor) and I have talked about before... I severely dislike where I am with my life... I'm stuck in the middle of the man I was and the man I want to be... 

the man I was = full time student just trying to make it by... 

the man I want to be = full time husband to my wife and full time worship minister at a church

the man I am = full time student trying to work as much as possible at The Home Depot to support his full time wife, while at the same time working a ministry that he so wants to throw his entire life into but can't because of his full time studentship and part time Home Depot-ship.

See what I mean? It's a very awkward and rough position to be in... i'm SO beyond ready for this stage to end (change to come) and for me to finally get to where I am working full time as the man i want to be.

One more semester... I will be done with 5 years of college in one more semester.. THAT will be a change! And it could not have come at a better time!!

ANYWAY enough rambling!!

Change... in 3 weeks we are going to 2 services at the church!! Our Children's area is just getting to crowded... and our Children's area is one of the HUGE focuses of our church... that will be a change... it will make for very long Sunday's... but i think it'll be fun! Anywho... i guess that's all I have now! I'm gonna go change my clothes and get to bed! Adios!

Greater things are yet to come!