What a Christmas!

Wow, what an ultimately cool christmastime-i love saying that word! Well, all 35 services are done-whew! Everyone did such a great job executing and having tons of energy through the virtual plethora of worship times. We reached our goal of 13,500 with 13,728 and the goal of 1000 people trusting Christ with 1,356. It was cool, people came fwd and prayed to receive Christ and then took back an empty gift box that the leadership had placed on the front of the stage about a month ago-giving ourselves to God-pretty righteous stuff! It was truly a fun-filled, meaningful week for the whole family! We had a Winter wonderland in the courtyards(inside for HB and Sawgrass) for the kidos, they also had their own time to respond to Christ-Way to go FRC children's team-rock strong! The Students had they're own kick-tail worship time on Thursday night. Our own Brittany Marie sang The Christmas song(chestnuts), Lauren Elise sang in Doral and Jenna ran slides. They all had friends come check it out-all meet with rave reviews-way to reach out girlies! In our adult service we sang a pretty trational slate of Christmas tunes. We doctored Ricky's arr. of Angels and added an urban dance squad at all campuses. I helped with the choreography-jk! Pastor TDG did an awesome job deliverying a clear, compelling gospel msg. All in all a very moving worship experience with people responding to Christ. That NEVER grows old! This morning was very groovy. The girlies woke up around 8 waited for sharon and I to get everything "just right" and then made the traditional descent to discover the swirling cacaphony of gifts laden with multi-color ribbons and Christmas cheer. My Mom and Dad and Sharon's sister Aunt Janis have spent the rest of the day with us. We'll drive to Orlando in just a little while to Sharon and Janis' folks home. Uncle Ray and Aunt Karen will be there from LA. Uncle Greg is the only one who couldn't make it, but I'm sure we'll give a shout out to him when we get there. All, a very cool reminder of the love that was sent by God for us who are so desperate for his love. Merry Christmas!