Surfing with Mo…

When the alarm went off this morning at 4:30 a.m. I could hear the rain coming down in sheets. I moaned and got out of bed dreading how many of our set-up team wouldn’t show up. I left the house and it was literally pouring down. I went to the office and picked up some things expecting to some unhappy guys. I showed up at 5:30 a.m. and the parking lot was packed. The trailer was unloaded and the staging was up and there wasn’t a frown to be found. Our guys didn’t give it a second thought that the weather was awful. I often get asked how we get our people to set-up and tear-down ALL the stuff that we do every week. It is simple: 99% of our set-up team was unchurched when the started attending the Stone. I often joke that they don’t know any better. They think every church in America has to do that every week! Today was cool to see their dedication and passion.

Due to the weather I was expecting to be very low attendance and was dreading losing the big mo we have had lately. When it was all said and done we were a little lower then the last two weeks but still above our average. We started today actually running step by step through the service today meaning we do a run through we every thing including transitions and prayers. We have never done it to that extreme and man you could tell the difference today. The service was tight and things were so comfortable.

Next week we are doing a celebration/party type service as we gear up for our parenting series that starts on the 12th.

It should be fun.