We’re starting a new series this week, titled “Beating The Christmas Blues”. We’ll be tackling some of the toughest emotions people deal with during the holidays; loneliness, guilt, and stress. In addition to the teaching we’ll be having a blast each week pulling people from the audience to play our own game show.
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Checking out the blogosphere for pastors, I see a heavy slant towards the east coast. Some of my favorites are Gary Lamb, Perry Noble, Tony Morgan, and Mark Batterson. As I follow people’s links to bloggers they read, I see that there’s a HEAVY bias towards east coast bloggers.
In the words of Snoop Dogg, “the […]
Darius and Nicole Sanders are two of my favorite people on the planet. Darius was in a small group I led when he was in Junior High and I was a volunteer at a church. 15 years later he’s on our staff as Junior High Pastor. Darius is passionate about loving the Lord, and lives […]
Met with some leaders in our church tonight and introduced our “Seize The Moment” campaign to build our campus. We’ll officially kick it off early 2007, but I wanted to give this group a peek at the site plans, building renderings, and latest developments. It was fun to see their excitement at the next steps […]
This weekend was awesome! I was blown away by the number of people who brought friends with them who don’t normally attend a church. I must have personally met 50-60 guests. The cool thing was, these weren’t people who were looking for a church. What I saw was the invested of Palm Valley Church going […]
Pastor’s log: 2:37 a.m. Who needs sleep I ask? Seriously, I’m way too amped up after this weekend to sleep, so I’m answering emails, reading, preparing for next weekend, and blogging. Wonder what time the sun will come up. Can’t wait to watch it!
Big day today. We’ve got lead team meetings all day planning the […]
Late last night I was at Walgreen’s picking up some drugs for my kids when I ran into a gal who’s a member at Palm Valley. She’s a huge encourager to me, so it was cool to see her outside of church.
She told me she had invited a number of friends to attend PVC this […]
A few weeks ago we were all rocked by the news about Ted Haggard and his struggles. First, let me tell you, my heart aches for him, his wife, his kids, and their church body. Nobody wins in this. If you’re thinking, oh year, Satan wins. Can I remind you that the story isn’t done […]
To all who prayed for me, thanks! I was removed from the jury on day 2, which was a blessing since it was looking like it could be a long trial. I would have served, the case actually seemed quite interesting, but I’ve just got a lot on my plate.
Under the “what are the odds” […]
I’m asking for prayer from the people who attend PVC. This week has been crazy. Monday, I sat through 13 hours (dead honest) straight of meetings (all incredible). Tuesday was meetings early, and then off to jury duty for the rest of the day.
I’m writing at 3:00 am as I’m working on my message for […]
