So I had this great, or seemingly great blog written the other night, and then being the moron that I am, I closed the window without saving it first. Yeah, I'm an idiot. Oh well. So I've got some definite catching up to do. I'm not sure how far back to go...I guess I'll start with last wednesday night.
Wednesday night @ The Grove with the high school students was great! Kirsten and Brian were Barista's extraordinaire--Ryan did a great job with worship--Earl and Eamon are getting more and more plugged in and are kicking off their small groups soonp--yahoo! I really feel like we've had a great start to the school year. I am excited about many things and feel blessed in many regards. One of those great blessings has been to have Jenn on staff as our new Female Student Ministries Director. Jenn spoke on Wednesday and shared her story--it was quite powerful! The students were very responsive to what she had to say. All in all a very good night. Plus, my wonderful wife Heather was there being her great self and hanging out with the students. All good.
Saturday was a fun, yet exhausting night as we took 50+ middle schoolers to Rock the Universe. The positives...the students had a great time and it was fun hanging out with them. The Mummy was quite cool--Hannah was right! But man, I've got some serious issues that come to the surface when I am in the environment that is the "Christian sub-culture." It's freaky. Bad Christian t-shirts--2 of my favorite/worst...I Love Shane & Shane but...I Love Jesus More. Ugh. The other was...Looking For a Good Christian Guy...might have been funny if a guy was wearing it, but it was being worn by many a desperate girl. Then there's Toby Mac--white, Christian, rapper extraordinaire. If I hear his backup singers sing "Toby, Toby" one more time I think I'm going to shoot myself. Oh well. I have definite issues. The real kicker was that I didn't get to see the David Crowder Band--the only one's I wanted to see, and the venue was full.
Sunday night...OCM @ the DMAC. Turned out to be a really enjoyable night. God was very good--trite, overused Christian phrase, but it is true. We were late getting started. Couldn't get the sound system in on time, and had to just go acoustic. Had a much smaller group than two weeks ago--stupid Frances. These were the things I was getting hung up on and yet God worked despite those things. Worship was great. Just being able to circle up, with fellow believers/journeyers and sing praises to God in an upstairs theatre in downtown Orlando was awesome. It was great to be able to spend some time in the coffeehouse afterwards with those that came out--if you weren't there you missed free latte's! Better luck next time. I am optimistic that this new ministry will flourish--not because of anything I can do, but because I feel like God is at work.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading.
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