Weekend Rewind

Yesterday we had a good number of return Easter guests and first-time guests.
  I believe every guest that I spoke with yesterday was invited to attend a small group by someone.  Small groups are such an important part to our assimilation process.
Small groups provide a place for people to immediately connect relationally.  We find that [...]

gbck youth camp part 2

Great evening session with Pastor Billy Lile speaking.  Bill has a great testimony about how Jesus got a hold of him at a camp and turned his life upside down and around.  I think it connected with the students.
Exciting to see some of the first-time campers touched by God during the prayer and response time.  [...]

gbck’s first youth camp

Spoke at the camp’s opening session last night to about 30 students. Man, that was fun. About 10 campers responded to receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior!
I didn’t know what to expect. It’s a real mixed bag of campers. But there was a good energy for the first night. They [...]

Weekend Rewind and catching up.

A couple weeks ago I wrote about a Sunday service we had where the wheels seemed to come off. Well, our comeback Sunday (March 16) was waaaaay better. The feel in the services was night and day compared to the 9th. Good bunch of first and second time guests too.
I’ve said it [...]

Podcasts on my iPhone

These are the podcasts I listen to regularly:
Acts 29 Network (church planting)
Church Leader Insights (nuts and bolts of doing church)
The Journey Podcasting
Mars Hill Church
North Point Community Church
Resurgence
Revolution

Weekend Rewind

Yesterday we had one of those services you wish you could erase from the record books.
Everything about the evening service felt out of sync:  The music, the preaching, the set-up, the energy, the people stayed away in droves.  We even ran out of plates for the pre-service meal.
Everyone has these kinds of services, and if [...]

Fasting — day 2, day 3, and day 4

Good God, it was a tough beginning to this fast.  I had a raging headache for two solid days.  I know headaches are normal when you fast but that was ridiculous.  I guess I had a lot of crap in my body.  Day 2 was mostly fighting through the pain and trying to pray at [...]

Coming this Easter: “The Power of One” series – begins March 23

Prayer and Fasting — Day 1

The first day was tough; it always is for me.  Killer headache for most of the day.
I usually feel great after the mid-point of the second day.
Prayed with Julie last night.  Haven’t done that in a while.
Number one prayer: That we all fall in love with Jesus more.
I have some prayer time carved out this [...]

Weekend Rewind

Crazy busy this past weekend.
We painted Mauka Lani’s cafeteria on Friday and Saturday. Took about 15 hours to finish. The cafeteria looks SHARP! It’s bright, big, and clean looking. Thanks to everyone who helped. The school is stoked.
Excellent meetings with Kevin York, executive director for Every Nation. Kevin mainly [...]