One: I feel like dreaming Two: I’m from California I love reading the posts of my favorite pastors, friends and fellow servants in ministry. They get me fired up! Today I read one where the pastor listed his dreams for all to see. That really struck me on several levels. First, dreams aren’t worth much […]
READ MOREI’m so excited about this year! After an amazing 06′ it’s hard to imagine how God will top it but He always does. This year SCC grew by over 800 people in weekely attendance and had our first week over 3,000! We saw hundreds come to Christ and many more recommit their lives to Him […]
READ MOREThis past week’s champion is a bit of a cop out (Time magazine style). There were sooo many folks that helped us pull off an amazing Christmas series and ‘Eve’ that it would be nearly impossible to pick just one. So here’s a shout out to the drama team (hurray!!!), and the music team and […]
READ MOREOk, ok, I admit it. even when I am not preaching it is hard to go to SCC and not ‘do church’. Seriously, if I’m not snapping photos for my blog, I’m running back and forth between the main worship auditorium and the video cafe to see if both worship experiences are all they should […]
READ MOREYou caught me! I’m supposed to be relaxing but I could not stay away. I need to talk to my peeps! Vision month is almost upon us. Beginning the second weekend in January we’ll start a brand new series called “G-Force!” In our time together we’ll celebrate where God has taken us and the lives […]
READ MOREI KNOW that God was smiling on Southbrook Church this past week as we finished our “Unwrapping Christmas” series and our last of 12 (yes 12) Christmas Eve services just after midnight. Some of the ministry leaders informed me that with one service still to go there were already 24 decisions for Christ! If you’re […]
READ MOREI’m afraid it is. Despite every effort to the contrary, I just heard someone make the following statement, Since we are having services in the morning and services in the evening on Christmas Eve, I’m probably just going to go to one or the other. Here’s the good news. It was a relatively new and […]
READ MOREHow are we doing Brookies?! The biggest day of the year for outreach to the unchurched is upon us. I’ve thought more about that one little fact over the last several days than any other time in my life. I’ve also been hearing from quite a few other pastors that two peculiar and contrasting things […]
READ MOREMany of you do not know this, but I’m fairly skilled at failure. I know, I know. It’s kinda like someone saying they are proud of their humility, but hear me out. Nearly EVERYTHING I’ve learned about planting and growing a church has been via the belly flop rather than the attempted (and achieved) beautiful, […]
READ MOREHello MP’s! I hope you all are planning on joining us Wednesday evening for the last gathering of the MMWY’s of the year! December 6th Spiritual Disciplines 6:40 – 7:40pm (Mighty Men and Women) 7:45 – 8:15pm I have one last MAJOR challenge for you as we close out 06. It has to do with […]
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