A Stone's Throw

I have been really trying to get my act together and be more organized. (Go ahead and feel free to insert your smart remarks here!) I have begun a process of carrying a list in my pocket of things to do on one side and what I have done on the opposite (to help me complete my “ministry report” each week.). Taylor must have seen my list sitting on my desk the other day, because he has a list of his own. I found this the other day in my car. Man, how awesome is this kid?

Feed dog. Play. Scool. Play. Sleep. Oh to be in 2nd grade again!

Here are the pictures I said would be awesome if we had any!  I absolutely love what God is doing through this concept of multisite!  We had 366 people and the 2nd service was PACKED!!  That is the highest attendance we have had since the launch or Easter 2008–on a non holiday weekend!!

Enjoy from Stratton’s iPhone . . .

We had an awesome Sunday at Forest Park Carthage!  We had a record attendance of 366 (high attendance except for launch Sunday and Easter ‘08)!  Amazing!  We had an Anniversary Celebration BBQ after church and it was really cool to see so many people stay and hang out with one another.

We finished up the Mythbusters series today with what I think was one of the best messages of the entire series called “We are here by accident.”  John did an awesome job teaching us what an amazing God we serve and that there is no way that we are here by accident.  One quote he used today was from Albert Einstein

“The probablility of life originating from accidet is comparable to the probablility of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop.”  Albert Einstein

Reminded me a ton of the the Indescribable and Alive series of talks by Louie Giglio (one of my all-time heroes!)

Huge props go out to my whole team making this day successful!  My staff and lay volunteers are awesome and do such a great job helping people connect with each other and to connect to the Savior!  Thank you so much–all of you!!

Here are some pictures of the BBQ after our awesome day celebrating what God has done in Carthage in just one short year.  (Man, I wish we would have gotten some pictures of the auditorium during services today.  That place was packed!  Three services??  May be having to come soon!  What an awesome problem to have!!)