A core value...Excellence

Excellence isn't perfection.

Excellence is giving God YOUR personal best because He deserves NOTHING LESS.

Read this brief description of what excellence in the church should look like - from praying to planning to presenting. I don't know what it will do for you, but I was challenged and inspired to strive for greater levels of excellence in all I do - at home, in my private life and in ministry.

"Excellence can be obtained if you:

- care more than others think is wise;

- risk more than others think is safe;

- dream more than others think is practical;

- expect more than others think is possible"

So what does that mean for you? Will you strive for excellence today? Where will you 'care' more this week? be 'unsafe'? be 'impractical'? and do the 'impossible'?

Last day to go...

This is the last day to go to the church auditorium and experience the quiet prayer time coinciding with our Power Praying series. If you haven't done it - try to get there sometime between 11:30-1:30 today.

As you might have noticed, I didn't post a single thing since the last posting (no, I'm not slacking :). I didn't post anything new because I truly wanted those words and that image to be what lingered in your mind. So, will you get there today and take it in? It will be so worth it.

The Power of Prayer

"This is the confidence we have in approaching God...he hears us" 1 John 5:14

Not sure what else to post here...this image left me speechless this morning. If you were with us this weekend you'll recognize these cards as the prayers you submitted at the end of the service, the prayers you really want to see God answer with power.

How do I even begin to describe this experience today? Standing in front of hundreds and hundreds of prayers with the realization that God 'hears' each one...sitting in the quiet and darkness of the auditorium...hearing the music and watching the images on the screen...I could tell you about how powerful it was to read and pray over these 'prayer walls' while candles flickered and created a kind of sacred atmosphere...and even as I paint the picture of what it 'looked' like, I cannot even begin to explain how it 'felt' to be a part of it. I hope you can come and experience it for yourself this month. I promise you, it's worth it.