Awesome times…

I have to say things are going awesome at RSC. Our financial series went over great. That isn’t the most exciting type of series but our people really grew during that time and it is amazing the number of people committed to getting out of debt. Our offerings are up 120%. Those that say you can’t teach on giving in a new church are simply wrong. Our people loved the teaching and loved see what the Bible had to say about it. Most had never been taught those things. That series was the first series we have ever done that we didn’t increase in number but we stayed even and it grew our people.

Last week we stared a series called ONE. It is on worship and after all the bling-bling stuff we did this series is a breath of fresh air. Last week we had nothing on stage and Tim led sitting on a stool with a guitar. No band at all. We are a very worship driven church so that was a huge step for us. It was awesome!!!!!

Today the band was back but instead of leading worship at the start, they lead througout my message. We knew going in it would either be very cool or a total flop. It was GREAT.

We got this new toy last week. I can’t remember what it is called but the guys wanted (okay me too) and we bought it. It wasn’t cheap but is cool. They used it last year on the Tomlin tour and our sound guys used on the Soul Survivor tour. Anyway it doesn iMag and all this insane video stuff behind the lyrics. You do it all live with this touch screen thingy and it is very cool. Anyway I amazed at what it has added to our services. Not only are we a worship driven church, we are a toy driven church. My guys love toys.

Today the kids area launched a Narnia thing and the set-up was very impressive. We bought this huge lion outfit and had Leo the Lion teach the kids about his cousin Aslan. Leo was a klutz and a big nerd but he did a great job teaching the kids about his cuz. Our kids loved it.

December is a big non-growth time for most churches but we are rocking and rolling and our attendance was off the hook today.

I think the first of the year is going to be big time for us.