Sunday Wrap-up

• There was no shaving for me prior to church today. I’m a clean shaven kind of guy. But, my sun burn had me give my razor a rest. My back and chest is still torn up. I should be good to go by tomorrow.
• The audio for today is here.
• Phil and Kelly (my honey) have the only other wrap-ups I’ve seen so far. Check them out.  For what it’s worth, it’s Kelly’s first Sunday Wrap-up and she needs your help naming her Sunday blog.
• We had 446 people today. Our June average was 449 people. On our biggest day of June, we had 502. That was the Sunday of the month where TheCURE (students) had their service. No doubt about it. We have more people at church when the youth have a separate service…have to work through what to do about that.
• I was really excited to see all of the leadership developing in the band. Jesse did not participate on the stage at all. Leading in his place was Reina, Julie, Phil, and Alex.
• We should always be developing and deploying new leaders. There is no success without a successor. Great stuff.
• Alex lead an incredible song called “Devotion” by Hillsong United. During the 2nd service it seemed like God was doing something special throughout the auditorium…amazing moment. Playing through this during communion made the moment seem so real.
• My favorite lines were:

When you stand the tall trees and mountains bow

When you speak the fiercest of oceans is still

And I see the sinner seek devotion

The lost become chosen, and I fall to my knees

• A few weeks ago, we moved people over to the 9 am. It freed up room in the 10:30. The 10:30 is slam packed again. We should be going to three services on August 24th (8:30, 940, and 10:50). If we have to, we’ll start our third before then…we’ll see.
• We showed our baptism video from last week…almost always pulls a tear from me.
• Today, we picked up in Philippians 2:1-11 and were talking about humility.
• I have learned that if there is anything that can drive the pride out of you, it is having kids.
• I’ve been feeling that this week in every way possible. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
• After service, we met at the offices for a Life Pointe 2.0 seminar…pretty cool. We had about 22-23 people and picked up a few more bloggers, which expands our influence, develops community, improves Life Pointe Church search engine optimization, and gives opportunities for people in at Life Pointe to “virtually advance the Gospel in reality!