May 9-10 Weekend Recap

First things first:  Happy Mother’s Day!!! This was a big weekend for my family.  Mother’s Day Sunday, Brenna’s 6th birthday party on Saturday, and our oldest daughter Tia coming in to visit for a few days.  With Tia starting college this past October, and us moving to Phoenix in November….it’s really great to spend time …

May 2-3 Weekend Recap

The flow of the services went really well this weekend.  Following our Saturday service, we had a Worship Night in The Basement for our college/career group, The Well.  There was some great food (loved the gyros) and an extended time of worship.  A big Thank You to Luis Acosta for putting that together, and to …

Simple Church

After many years in full-time ministry working with hundreds of churches around the US, I feel that this book does a great job of uncovering and observing the challenges a lot of churches are facing…and why.  In my work with churches, I’ve had the same sense, and it was great to have that articulated so …

April 18-19 Weekend Recap

Maybe it was because this was the week following our big Easter push…but it seemed like many things were just out-of-sync for our teams this weekend.  I’m hoping this went mostly undetected by those attending, but from my behind-the-scenes perspective, there were some definite challenges. We worked hard to resolve the video and projection issues …