Peace Out 2007

I feel like I am limping into 2007. This has been one of the most fulfilling and challenging years of my life. God has been faithful and good like he always is...but I've never been happier to see a new year come...except for Y2K...I wanted to see if the world was going to implode!

As far as ministry goes, God did a lot through us and I'm humbled and thankful. Our churches Singles ministry made a successful conversion into a Young Adults ministry that is growing. We planned, recruited, and successfully launched a Master's Commission and the students are doing great! (Love you guys!) Our worship team persevered through some KEY lineup changes and we still rock (thank you Jesus!). It was a challenging year.

All I know is I've got about a grand worth of fireworks to blow up in the next 48 hours...Bring it on 2008!

Thanks Pastor Herbert

Herbert Cooper posts using lists all of the time. I may "bite" his style from time to time!

5 things to do this year:

1. Give more (Time, Talent, and Tresure)

2. Blog daily

3. Clean my garage (Wife says Amen!)

4. Invenst in a student

5. Make a new friend

Last Sunday

This is the last Sunday of the year. I figured it was time for me to get back to my blogging. Why not start on the last Sunday? My plan is to blog daily. We'll see how that turns out. I read so many great blogs everyday and they really do serve as a great supplement spiritually and creativley. I hope that by sharing my thoughts and ramblings I too can be a supplement for someonelse...or at least have a blast putting my mind out there!

Happy New Year

Carpet and Pews

I just spent 8 hours pulling up carpet and pews that have not been moved in over 20 years. Muscles were pulled. Fingers were jammed. Backs ached. It felt wonderful. The work was hard but the excitement of the new stuff that is coming in made the sweat worth it. Life is like that sometimes. We need to pull up what has been just getting us through and we need to work. We need to stop "just getting by". I don't want to wait 20 years to start being a better husband, father, friend, or Christ-follower. The newness that comes from hard work and a life of purpose is worth every tear, every drop of sweat, and every pulled muscle.