Sunday Night Decompress

by myyearofnewthings

• AWESOME day at StonePoint today.
• We had Christine Bell, one of our StonePointers, speak along with Scott today. She is heading to Honduras for 2 weeks on a mission trip. You MUST listen to the message today. Click HERE.
• Set-up went smooth and quick today.
• We started something new, First Look. It’s a time at 9:45 when ALL of our volunteers, band, tech, and Staff all get together, as a group, have quick devotional, get on the same page, and then pray together. It’s borrowed concept that we are making our own, and I believe the it will be amazing.
• Our numbers were WAY up, it was good to have a fuller room and giving was way up!! God is working!
• I am feeling MUCH more comfortable in my new role and I am connecting WITH people and connecting other people. It’s great. I love my job.
• About 25 minutes before services started (about the time we ended the First Look, the bottom dropped out of the sky…I mean, it was raining so hard, I couldn’t see 5 feet outside the door.
• Chuck Tripp is the man, he pulled ALL the umbrellas out and single-handedly walked everyone in from the rain. That guy is INSANE for StonePoint.
• About 5 minutes AFTER service started, the rain stopped…and about 5 minutes before the service ended, the rain started back up…Who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor?
• After church, Sarah and I dropped off the trailer and headed to….wait for it………Chinese. Oh yeah, it’s a good day when my wife asks for Chinese.
• A little nap. Actually, a 2 hour nap. SID and I work hard and nap harder!
• Dinner = leftover ribs. Eat THAT @GuitarGuy!
• TNA has a Pay-Per-View tonight, I will ask my lovely bride if we can order it, and it will be martinis, wrestling, and stogy night!! God has truly blessed me.
• This week will be awesome, I get to go to a Dave Ramsey luncheon on Wednesday and we have my first Baptism Celebration (my first at StonePoint) this coming Sunday, and I get the privilege of baptizing my wife. (FYI – SID has been a Christian for a long time, but she wanted to be baptized, since we, at StonePoint, follow Jesus in FULL IMMERSION baptism). I will probably cry.
• We also have some friends coming up from Tampa to visit and I can’t wait to see them.
• It’s also 1 month from the start of our Fall Semester of Home Teams, I am nervous and excited all at once. We look to have 5-6 Home Teams starting on August 17th. This is my first run at Home Teams (Small Groups) and I cannot wait to get them going.

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