U23D!

We had a blast! This was one of the quintessential music experiences I've ever had! It's also awesome to get to do life with such great, cool, godly people.

Superstar!

It was pretty cool to watch Idol last night and see 3 of our vocalists there. Felippe, Giovanna and Pastor Vaughn! Vaughn looked like Lenny Kravitz-cooool shades bro. Rock strong.

Poor Priscilla!

Our Pastor, Troy Gramling, taught an awesome msg about the pull of gravity and used a 12 step staircase to illustrate his point. One of our team members, Priscilla, took this to heart. She was helping to lead worship at our Hallandale beach campus. Just before the second worship time she was coming down the stairs to the stage when she fell down the stairs right on her elbow-Ouch!!! She's fine now, but obviously felt the need to live out Troy's msg!

Words

At FRC there are some important words. Words inspire us. They evoke emotion. They make us laugh. They make us cry. They spawn joy. They instill fear. They remind us of purpose. Words are powerful. Here's a list of some of the important words at FRC. Choose one and let me know what it means to you. Let's begin with the biggies at FRC.

Thinking Movement Collaboration Environment Diversity Potential

energy initiation execution flexibility
leadership love giving understanding
salvation change second-chance baptism
passion purpose kindness peace pace
excellence trust leverage partner reinvisoinate
podcast share sharp strength logistics
imagine inspire pro-active patience

for DLT(diretional leadership team)
fuel push gears gauges!

and let's not forget...I'm sorry and thank you!

Next weekend: Jan 26/27 Let's Simplify our life

We're kickin off our new series Garage sale...Simplify your life. It all culminates on Sat., Feb 16 with a Garage sale that will be around the world. All 6 of our campuses will participate as well as Texas, South Carolina, Mexico, Orlando, Ohio and many other locations TBA. All proceeds are going to be donated to the American Cancer Society. This is a great way to do something beyond ourselves-rock strong!

It's coooold out there! (re:Groundhog day)

Well Brit and Jen are going to Winter camp in NC where they will enter into a world of fun, some deep hang time with God and friends and freezing cold! IT's gonna get down to 14 degrees. Now, keep in mind, that these are South Florida girls. They think it's cold when the air gets turned down to 74! Please pray for my children! It is cool that we have a church that values our students. I've said it often, but it's true that we're so blessed to be at a place that our girls can't get enough. It's hard to go on vacation or get out of town for a few days without the girls pushing to get back for the wknd. Good dilema, good times.

We serve a creative God! Wow, #4!

Friday, January 4, 2008
America's Most Innovative Churches
Outreach Magazine just released the list for 2008. This is really cool and an honor to be named with some of the churches that we have learned from and admired for years. Here's the list of America's Most Innovative Churches of 2008:

LifeChurch.tv, Edmond, OK, Craig Groeschel
Mars Hill Church, Seattle, WA, Mark Driscoll
Granger Community Church, Granger, IN, Mark Beeson
Flamingo Road Church, Cooper City, FL, Troy Gramling
Seacoast Church, Mount Pleasant, SC, Greg Surratt
Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA, Rick Warren
Mosaic Church, Los Angeles, CA, Erwin McManus
Fellowship Church, Grapevine, TX, Ed Young
North Point Community Church, Alpharetta, GA, Andy Stanley
Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, IL, Bill Hybels
National Community Church, Washington, DC, Mark Batterson
NewSpring Church, Anderson, SC, Perry Noble
Community Christian Church, Naperville, IL, Dave Ferguson
Elevation Church, Charlotte, SC, Steven Furtick
Healing Place Church, Baton Rouge, LA, Dino Rizzo
North Coast Church, Vista, CA, Larry Osborne
NorthWood Church, Keller, TX, Bob Roberts
NewSong Church, Irvine, CA, Dave Gibbons
New Hope Christian Fellowship, Honolulu, HI, Wayne Cordeiro
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, Tim Keller
Crossover Church, Tampa, FL, Tommy Kyllonen
Perimeter Church, Duluth, GA, Randy Pope
Mars Hill, Grandville, MI, Rob Bell
The Orchard Church Community, Aurora, IL, Scott Hodge
The Sanctuary Covenant Church, Minneapolis, MN, Efrem Smith

Here are some other blogs that talk about the list:
http://churchrelevance.com/americas-25-most-innovative-churches-of-2008/
http://www.outreachmagazine.com/library/features/jf08ftrmostinnovativechurches.asp

Daaaaa Girls

2008 is here! 2007 flew by-it really only feels like August! The girls are ready to take on 2008. Brit and Jen are preparing for the i've been out of school since Dec 21st and been sleeping in til 11ish shock to their system when reality will smack them in the face this coming Monday. We all had a cool, restful time during the Christmas break. Sharon has been changing over the stage, the girls have been, as noted before, sleeping in and shopping. Thank God shopping includes taking things back! it does help fill the time so more cash isn't spent on another pair of jeans. Lauren has a new boyfriend and his name is Andres. Good lookin boy. Reminds me of me back in the day when "the Kid" was on the loose! Word! We've got the Honda all fixed up from it's many "beatings over the last few months(reminder:Brittany Marie began driving in September!) Jen made some rockin jewlrey for Sharon for one of her presents. I believe she may have her Mama's creative design gifts. Brit is gearing up for GREASE this spring as the Cypress ba¥ lightning present the blockbuster extravaganza. I love my girls. God has given Sharon and me a very wonderful. meaningful gift in these 3 younger humans. We are so blessed to love, parent, lead and teach them.