This evening’s service started off with incredible worship led by students (and children) of New Hope. It was off the hook. The talent and giftedness amongst young people at New Hope is unrivaled in any church I’ve ever seen. They had multiple bands, singers, dancers, and drama performers.
It’s obvious New Hope has an amazing commitment […]
In this main sessino, Wayne Cordeiro talked about the culture of a church. It was a great reminder that every church has a culture, and we need to be intentional about deciding what ours will be. A lot of churches try to please everybody, but they end up reaching nobody. It’s like a radio station […]
The theme for the DCAT conference is “A new heart for a new season”. I’ve been telling people close to me that I believe God is bringing Palm Valley into a new season as a church; a season of life-change and growth like we’ve never seen before! I was excited to hear the theme of […]
We’re reading through the Book of Acts this month. I love reading through this book because it’s so challenging to see how God used the early apostles to start the movement of Christ followers that spread out across the world so rapidly.
Here are a few things that come to mind - some random observations - […]
All I can say about day 1 of Catalyst is “WOW”. I really enjoyed so much of today. It was great just to be able to worship, pray, laugh, and be challenged. As a pastor it’s rare that I get to just worship without any responsibility. Today was incredibly refreshing for me!
Here’s some brief thoughts […]
Today in staff meeting I shared a message titled “People Matter”. This has been the slogan of PVC since we started, and it’s my heartbeat. I want every person in our community to know they matter, and that we care. Below is my notes from this talk. If you attend Palm Valley, I encourage you […]
Right now God is doing an awesome work at Palm Valley Church. Lives are being changed en masse, people are inviting Jesus into their heart during every service, more people are stepping up to serve than we’ve ever seen, and there’s just an awesome feeling on campus during the weekends. I love my job.
On the […]
A few months ago I wrote an entry called “leaders who have impacted me” about some of the leaders who have helped shape me, and provide direction in ministry. I still look to these leaders on a regular basis, but today I want to share with you some of the up-and-coming guys I’m watching. These […]
Yesterday I went to the dentist for a check-up and cleaning. Now, let me preface my story with a few items…
I love my dentist. He goes to Palm Valley and is incredible.
I went about 30 years of my young life w/o going to the dentist, so I’ve been making up for it over the last […]
I’ve taken some time off over the past 6 weeks, actually only teaching once. I’ve been in the office; reading, working with staff, planning, etc.. but it’s been an incredible time for me. It’s the first time in 7 years that I’ve been able to really step back and recharge, dream, and just plain rest. […]
