Cali. Day Two

A little trip to Laguna Beach before the conference started that morning.

6 Hard Questions

Here are the 6 questions that we are asking ourselves in the worship department. Perhaps you should ask them in your life and in your context.



1. Do you still love your job?




2. Do you consistently seek after him before you step on the stage/step into your office?





3. Are you just going through the motions?




4. Do your people see you as their leader? (spiritually as well)





5. Would you still be at this church, and do what you do if you didn't get a paycheck?





6. Is your spiritual life evident to the people you are leading?

Cali. Day One

So I'm here for the Catalyst West conference and flew out a day early to site see. Been here a couple of times for work, but never did anything besides that.

Southern California... It's nice... Not for sure why more people don't live here.

Gary,The Other Side of Me.

Some of you only know me by my serious side. Some of you have only know me by my crazy side. Many of you know me by both. (I feel sorry for you) Here's a little taste of the crazy side. Meet Gary, the character that I play in kidstuf a couple times a month when I'm not trying to use my serious side in youth ministry.

Easter = Wow

It's hard to explain what happen Sunday. All I can say is... if you weren't there, you missed the most exciting Sunday we've ever had and we have a lot of exciting Sundays.
This video doesn't describe in full how it all went down.

The 25 person worship choir, the glitter, confetti, the lighted trash cans (straight out of stomp), the live 5 minute painting that Karen did, the worship and sermon were incredible. I was proud of our team for pulling it all out, and I am thankful for what great talented people we have at our church. It's nice when the plan all comes together and God shows up big. All of it was amazing... well except the red carpet. One thing I never expected is how the glitter and confetti would make it to every part of our facilities even making it across the street.

On a side note. We had 1100 people worship with us on Sunday. Not bad for a town of 6,000

I'll post the actual pictures when Don gets back from vacation.

The Res.

We shot this for our student ministry, answering the common questions about the resurrection. What was it like? Why is it important? What if it happen today? etc...

Check out the previous picture below to get the behind the scenes visual.