Today was a VERY interesting day. Here are my thoughts.
— I didn’t preach today. Over a month ago I asked Curtis to share on this Sunday because I wanted him to share about personal evangelism.
— Today was the first Sunday I was at church and got to sit and enjoy one of my teammates share the Word. Curtis did a GREAT job steppin’ up and sharing God’s Word.
— I want to be good at giving myself needed breaks AND giving quality opportunities for guys to do what they are gifted at. Thanks Curtis for putting in the time and effort to share with us today!
— It was cool to sit next to my daughters and wife in church. That doesn’t happen very often.
— Pastors need to hear sermons too. Was challenged by Curtis’ words today.
— 465 today. First service was PACKED and made me worried that second would be too full but we were ok.
— We started a video venue for overflow today. Since I wasn’t preaching I put myself in charge of getting that going. It took a good 2 hours of work this morning but we got it figured out. We are running sound right through the theater system and running video straight from our main camera into their projector system. For our hodge podge hook up it looked and sounded great. We will use this venue ONLY for core Elementers to free up seats and people who come in extremely late.
— I’m SO GLAD I wasn’t preaching today. I ran around more today than I ever have before church I think.
— I can’t believe how much we get set up every week for church. That’s how we roll I guess.
— Our team is amazing! The volunteers who make Sunday morning happen blow me away.
— First service it came in VERY handy for some of our volunteers. Second service we didn’t need it.
— Which by the way brings up a random thought. People who walk in 30 minutes after church starts baffles me. Glad they are there, just weird that someone would be so late and STILL come to church. Then again, I don’t understand people who are 5 minutes late all the time.
— Curtis had a video he downloaded form itunes he wanted to show in his sermon. It wouldn’t play on our presentation computer becuase itunes and their crazy copyright laws. Curtis then took my computer to the church office to try and figure something out. Nothing worked. He got back to the church, realized he left his notes at the office and had to go back. NOT a good start for him on his first time preaching in one of our main worship services.
— We didn’t get the AC turned on before first service started. Oversight on our behalf. It was VERY hot first service. Much better 2nd.
— We had a first at Element today. In the middle of Curtis’ sermon in 2nd service, someone tripped on our light tree. That wouldn’t have been too bad except the tree with all the lights fell on the row full of people in front of it. Scream, crash, group of people trying to solve it. Not sure how Curtis recovered but he did. No one was seriously injured. The young lady who tripped felt HORRIBLE but ended up ok as well.
— Had our 2nd Partnership class this afternoon. Had a great group of people come out. I love sharing what we believe, where we came from and seeing people join the church!
— The Vow is coming up this Sunday. We’ll be celebrating all that God has done over the past year. I can’t believe we are almost one year old. We are gonna have fun this Sunday. Make sure and be there.
— That’s it! Enjoyed the break today and can’t wait to get back before you next week.
Following Christ,
Jeff
