– Today was amazing! – We did a message called, “Q & A” where we just answered people’s questions about the Bible – We gave people a number where they could text their questions & it was awesome! – I wasn’t sure I was going to like not teaching and just fielding questions, but I loved it. I can definitely see us doing it again! – Next week we’re combining all the services into 1 service at 10AM. We’re going to have extended worship and we’re finishing our TXT series with a bang! – I have thoroughly enjoyed this series … Read More

Most Pastors tend to take their vacations during the sumer for a variety of reasons (kids are out of school, attendance is flat) which I think is a good idea. Sometimes we can lower the bar a little and say, “Hey, it’s summer. It’s no big deal.” But there is a huge importance to Summer that might get missed. People are moving into our communities during the summer and checking out our churches. So while our regulars might be waiting in ridiculously long lines at Disney World, new people are coming in every week to check us out. That means … Read More

I’m heading out of town on Wednesday to teach and learn from a group of Pastors in Tampa (really looking forward to that!). Then I’m heading to Hartford, CT where I’ll be teaching an assimilation seminar (info here) on Friday. So today (Tuesday) is my last day in the office before I head out. It’s causing me to work faster, delegate tasks, use technology to my advantage, and empower others to follow through on certain things. I think it was Zig Zigler who said, “Why not work everyday as though you’re going out of town the next day? You’ll get … Read More

– Today was a mixed bag. 3rd service was great. 2nd service was pretty good. 1st service was lame. – Taught on how to study the Bible. People seemed to respond to it really well. I purposely didn’t do a Father’s Day message – We gave away copies of Wild at Heart to every guy today. That was cool. – Attendance was good. Great to see so many guys at church on “their” day! – I am loving our TXT series so much, I expended it 2 weeks 🙂 – Looking forward to my message on the 22nd. I’m going … Read More

Just something to put on your radar: We’re going to be hosting an Evangelism seminar on July 24th from 9AM – Noon. I have greatly benefitted from this seminar personally as we have seen over 200 people come to know Jesus in our services this year! I don’t know if there’s a more important subject for church leaders than evangelism. Click here to register for the seminar and for more information. I look forward to seeing you there. By the way, if you’re in the New England area, I’ll be leading an Assimilation Seminar next Friday (June 20) in Hartford, … Read More

– Awesome Sunday! – We kicked off a new series called “TXT” You can hear the message here – The message went over really well. I taught on the purpose of the Bible. – Mark is on vacation sitting under a palm tree in the Keys, but Hector did a great job leading worship – There was a hideous sound that came out of our speakers during worship in the 1st service. It sounded like a demon was being exorcised from our sound system (not that I have 1st hand knowledge of what that would sound like) – The church … Read More

– Sunday went great! – It felt great to be back! – Teaching on the will of God is always a fun and eye opening message – I wasn’t expecting attendance to be as good as it was since school got out this week – We finished our Frequency series. I’m so glad we taught that series! – I’m really looking forward to our new series, “TXT: Rediscover the Word of God”. It starts Sunday. We’re going to cover the purpose of the Bible, how to study the Bible, and the history of the Bible. Should be fun! – I’m … Read More

So Mark and Bill went home. The conference is over and now the vacation starts. I am a firm believer in taking breaks. The first 4 years of our church I rarely took time off. Looking back, it was very unhealthy and ended up hurting the church more than helping it. So I have decided to be intentional taking time off: 1. I take a weekly day off 2. I take a short break (long weekend) every couple of months 3. I take an extended vacation every year I encourage my staff to do the same thing. Why? Because I … Read More

– Great day today! – I enjoyed the sessions, especially Rick’s session on preaching – Met a lot of people today. That was fun. I don’t get to hang out with other Pastors a lot, so it was very refreshing to hear stories about what God is doing in other parts of the U.S. – Had a great time at lunch with guys from my former Pastor’s Coaching Network – Bill had never seen Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, so we dropped by their Wednesday night service. – Twitter has been very unreliable out here. I hope they fix it. – … Read More