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this is one of my favorite times of the week. i didn’t use to spend a lot of time reflecting on the past sunday. they would come and go. now that i make myself look backwards, i find myself being grateful…more than ever before. here are some things that stand out to me from yesterday:
big group in the first service. i really do look forward to the day that the two hours are both full and we can add a third service.
how do you think we would do with a saturday evening service? can’t wait to get there!
i had a conversation with someone today who attended the first service for the first time (she always comes to the second service). she was surprised at how much she liked it.
yeah, it’s smaller…but there’s always a good spirit there.
i like that we start and stop on time. i think it communicates to people that we can be trusted. it’s not perfect every week, but we work really hard to be close.
why do you think there is better attendance on mother’s day? mother’s day is always a good sunday!
i am so inspired by the dedication and commitment of the band and the audio/visual guys. every week. faithfully giving themselves to serve our family. have you said “thanks” to them lately?
people were way into my story of scratching the car. i think it was kind of like watching a train wreck.
by the way, i’m no hero for leaving my phone number. didn’t want to do it. i was totally relieved when i didn’t hear from the owner…and then i was disappointed when she called.
i was tempted to sin all through this drama. tempted to ignore what i had done. tempted to minimize my role in the accident. tempted to blame it on the wind…on sam’s club…on the owner parking too close to my jeep. tempted to leave a wrong phone number. tempted to lie about my ability to pay for the damages if it turned out to be too much. yeah, it pretty much crossed my mind to sacrifice my integrity in multiple ways.
great leader and example i’ve turned out to be!
some days it sucks to be human, instead of a super-saint. actually, i wouldn’t know what it feels like to be a super-saint anyway…
preaching through james is going to be a good thing. i made the decision to preach all the way through it. i should be finished by the end of summer. are you going to be there regularly? i think it will be worth your while.
babies.
my object lesson with the marbles was an attempt to help people make their own struggle with temptation real and personal…rather than a benign lesson on something people didn’t connect with. i wonder how that went?
sure glad brandon took everybody’s attention away from the seriousness of the moment.
we’re already getting some responses to the summer bowling league. can’t wait.
tyler did a great job on the drums!
mother’s day lunch at baja fresh with a big group was a fun way to finish out the morning. mother’s day should come around more often.
have a great week.
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