Servolution and a Five Stones changeup

This Saturday is Servolution! What is Servolution you ask? A Serving Revolution!

Still don’t know? Ok, let me explain…

Jackalopekid

What is a Jackalope?

Well, here is a picture, it’s a rabbit with antlers basically.

So what is a Jackalopekid?

Well, here is the description from his site:

Dunking and grilling

This Sunday at Five Stones Church we are doing our very first baptism! A historic moment as we dunk some children and adults.

It is exciting knowing that we already have some very committed people when we are just over a month old as a church.

#saveballoonboy #balloonboy

Those were two of the most popular hashtags on twitter yesterday and still number two a day later. There are now a lot of questions and controversy about the event.

First I will say no matter what I am glad the boy is safe, as someone with a five year old it was horrible thinking what could have been.

Back to the controversy…

36 today

It’s no big deal, it seems like an insignificant one actually, not like 30 or 40 or even 35. 36… meh.

I don’t feel older really and I have had people surprised by how old I am which is a compliment I am sure I will not get for long. My kids think I am cool (so far) since I am a younger father than many of their friends dads, and play guitar in a band, that may not last long either. (not the guitar playing but seeming cool)

But even though it is not a big deal to me, it is still a good point to stop, reflect and change direction on some things where needed. So I will do that and see what things I need to change and just enjoy another day.

So often I think about where I want to be and forget where I am

Are you like that also? I have passions and dreams and things I want to be doing and in the process of thinking about that I can lose sight of where I am at the moment and how to make the most of it.

Army Reserve worship/concert and God

We were asked by the chaplain of the Charlotte Army Reserve if we would lead worship this Friday for a lunch for the troops that (if I understood correctly) are going to be deployed or are getting back from deployment. (I should probably find that out!)

It is such an honor to do it!

Five Stones Church week 2

For a few days I wondered what to expect for our second service. In my head I was thinking the numbers will probably be down since the Carmel folks that came to check us out on launch would not be there.

But then it hit me, God is bigger than we let him be and I should expect huge things because He is a huge God!

Five Stones Launch in review

Wow…. Just wow.

I could stop there but then there would be no point in people reading my blog if posts were that short.

What an amazing day filled with excitement, a little nervousness and a lot of prayer.

As some of you know we have a volunteer service prior to the public service and to start things out…

The Great Commission

Do you know it?

18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” NIV

So what do you do about it?