What a GREAT Monday!

What constitutes a great Monday?  Good Question.  For most people it’s back to work and back to a scheduled work week.  In ministry it’s a lot different.  For my family it’s “my day off” and I try and put the phone down (but I must admit – I still check my e-mail / texts often) and just relax with my family.  So I thought today I would give you a little insight into two parts of my world – the Sunday highlights and the Monday decompress….this week they both winners!

Here we go…..let’s start with Sunday!

• Loving our new Facility for THRIVE!  Had many comments about how sharp the building is…and I agree!
• Realizing that God loves BIG CHURCH and SMALL CHURCH – and if we are going to be a healthy church – we need to be both!
• Laughing out loud at “the office” clip that we showed Michael hitting his employee with his car – could there be a funnier thought?
• Our Set Up and Production team knocked it out of the park again…..they never cease to amaze me. Ryan you’re my Hero man!
• Hearing all the snickering during the service – showed a funny video on what a Growth Group should NOT Look like.
• Walking through THRIVE KIDZ and seeing the great Vibe that they have – even the hallways make you feel like a kid – Chucky Cheese eat your heart out!
• Getting to know Patrick and Patricia – a new couple that visited and found out about Thrive by googling us….
• Seeing over half our church sign up for GROWTH GROUPS on our first week of sign up! Friendships and Life Change always follow true community – sign up!
• Spontaneously sitting down with our Dream Team leaders and hearing what they thought of the day – great insight – reminded again how sharp our team is.

Monday Decompress….

• Sleeping in!
• Cuddling with my 4 month old boy – Cole Elmore…I swear we were having a conversation -he is a stud!!!!
• Went to see the movie – “The Informant” with my wife… 2 out of 4 stars – another case of the trailer being the funniest stuff – rent it!
• Enjoyed walking around Sams Club and Furniture stores with Jackie – my wife’s love language is quality time.
• Read some in the book “Pop Church” – can we leverage culture without it compromising the gospel – I say YES!
• And in the words of the “Truman Show” how does it all end…..MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!

Feed your Faith – starve your doubts!

Tom

It’s been a busy week… in the last five days I have performed a wedding, talked with a church consultant, preached, flew to MI and back, fundraised and put together a trampoline (my friends helped with that one). All and all it’s been a good but busy week. I am looking forward to things slowing down a little this week and catching my breath. Here are some highlights from the weekend…..

• I loved the Dream Team point leaders coming over to our house last night. We laughed – ate burgers and talked about becoming like John the Baptist – no we are not going to wear camels hair (at least I’m not).
• I loved how THRIVE KIDZ was on its game – heard from a 3rd grader that it was “really really fun”!
• I loved going to NY Pizza and talking with our consultant about – RIGHT / WRONG / Missing and Confusing – it could revolutionize our church.
• I loved how we ended our service – simple and gracious. Great job Jessica!
• Enjoyed seeing Glen Gerber from Westlake Prep Academy. Thanks for coming out!
• Enjoyed also seeing the team from Northwoods church in Spring TX come out- you guys are going to rock your new school this fall -we are rooting for ya!
• Excited when I think about the Money Makeovers that are beginning to happen right now. Peace and Freedom for our finances, families and faith. (Could not think of any more F words that FIT -hey got one).
• Excited that people are bringing their friends to church during the Summer- we saw a ton of new faces.
• Excited when I think about all the lives that will be changed because we listened to God and started THRIVE.

Grace and Peace

Tom