Sunday Replay

The month of June seemed to move like molases because I only preached once during the entire month.
I don’t like long stretches of not preaching, but I needed it.
And it was good for people to experience Rusty Sampson (our Exec Pastor) and Darren Wigington from Townsend Tn.

I’m trying a new format for Sunday Replay.
Not sure I like it yet.

By the way, this is #600 blog post.
Never thought I’d make it to #100 to be honest.

Darren Wigington from Church of The Cove in Townsend Tn came and brought the heat this past Sunday.
He finished up One Prayer with God Is Hope.
(S)your situation + (G) God = (H) Hope
Hope is confident expectation

Darren is one funny dude and really brings the word.
So thankful for Church of The Cove and Darren’s leadership to us and to me.
If you are vacationing in the Smokies or Townsend, go see them at one of their 2…yes 2 services on Sundays
And if you’re in Gatlinburg, look for news soon about some exciting stuff from COTC up that way!

Not only did one person take me up on my Xbox challenge, but 4 did!
A total of 5 guys from the Ridge are or have sold their Xbox360s to give to our shoe drive!
I was shocked to see anyone take me up on it, but seriously….4 other guys!  That’s insane!
Not playing NCAA Football on the 360 will be rough this season.
But I traded in something good for something better
It’ll all be worth it when I get to see the smile on kids’ faces when we give them new pairs of shoes later this year!
Francis Chan’s book Crazy Love helped inspire these other guys to give up their game systems.
Oh…and not only did they sale their Xbox’s but also their PS3s!
Not sure everyone fully understands the sacrifice these guys are making….gaming is EVERYTHING to them!
So proud of all of them!

Crowd was back up this week too. Gotta love that!

We start a new series this week called I Love The 80s and it promises to be the wildest series we’ve ever done!
There will be lots of extra things going on during these next 7 weeks as we discuss our Core Values as a church.
Not only will we talk about them, but we’ll also be doing them!
We’re gonna get real practical and hands on with this one!

Next week will be proof that church plants can do stage design/set design on a very small budget and it still look good

I’m amazed at what God has done with what little resources and money we’ve had to work with.  Somehow, there’s money in the bank every week and somehow we get done what needs to be done and then some.

Every week we are gaining traction on our way to eruption.  Yes!