confessions of a church planter

• Despite Rebecca being sick and Gregg being on vacation, things were almost flawless and didn’t miss a beat!  
• Morgan and Ken did an amazing job with the computers.
• Ace was solid on sound. 
• Gus was floating around like a worker bee.
• Sebren busted out an amazing Volunteer Expo. 
• I was so proud of Jake.  He led well in Gregg’s absence! 
• I had a proud moment as the pastor of The Vine.  Jake was leading worship with a Gregg Hampton original, and the people were blasting it! 
• People were jacked about the news that we have the town’s permission to move ahead.   
• We launched the “R U IN?” series this morning.  We drew a line in the sand and asked people to get-in or get-out!
• 52% of our Sunday morning worshippers also serve on Sunday morning.
• 64% of our worshippers serve in some capacity. 
• While some might consider that a “churchgasm,” it’s not.  We’re not content with that number b/c before we can serve the world with the love of Christ, we’ve got to serve each other (John 13)! 
• We washed each other’s feet this morning!  J/K. 
• We attempted our first stab at texting in worship.  Text “Vine to the fullest extent” to 24625 if you’re in. 
• At lunch at Monterrey with the Sebrens and the Westbrooks (that’s fun to say). 
• Brayden explained how Elijah went to a woman’s house who didn’t have bread, but when she started making bread, it didn’t stop.  He later added, God multiplies things.   
• B/c God makes things new, Laney wants to know if God will give her a new Ariel doll b/c her latest purchase broke.  I told her that sometimes God uses other people to give new things.  She looked at me and said, “like you Daddy.”  
• Brayden cried at bedtime and said that today was boring.  Hmmm…does going to church, eating Monterrey with good friends, watching Superman, going for a bike ride, watching Tom&Jerry sound boring to you? 

Need to confess?