Late Night Mind Dump :)

I try to go to bed early on Saturday nights but tonight I simply can’t sleep.  Every time I lay down my mind starts racing with all that is going on, so I thought I would just bullet point everything that is going through my mind right now.  That way when I get up and I have forgotten about it, I will remember it.

• The song Mighty To Save by Hillsong is hands down the song that is rocking my world right now.  I have probably listened to it 30 times today and I have it in repeat right now.  You can see it done live here.  It might be one of the best worship songs ever in my opinion.
• We are going to do something tomorrow we have never done and it is going to pull people out of their comfort zone in a good way.  However it has me nervous.
• I think people are going to let go of a lot of Baggage tomorrow after they here how God views them.  I am excited.
• I can’t believe we are going to one service for the summer.  God is control is something I have been reminding myself a lot lately.
• We have 21 different church plants coming to hang out at the office Thursday.  I hope we are a help and a blessing to them.  I also hope they ask enough questions to keep us going for 4 hours.
• I love our staff dynamic right now.  I love doing life with these people.
• We are about to make two new hires when we find the right people and that stresses me out that we might bring someone in who disrupts that dynamic and doesn’t get our vision.
• The two hires will be a Technical Director who will oversee our sound teams, lighting teams, AV teams, oversee set-up and tear-down of the worship center on Sundays and take a load of stuff off of Tim.
• The other hire will be a video person with some graphic design skills.  We outsource WAY to much of this and it is time to bring ALL the video in house and some of the more basic graphic stuff.
• I am excited about Easter.  There is no better day to invite your friends so get them there on this day!!!!
• We are hitting marketing hard for Easter.
• Our guys are in for a shock on our staff retreat.  It is normally all fun and games but not this time.  We have a lot of stuff to cover, plan, and think about regarding the future or our church.  It is all business this time.
• The vision God is asking us to be part of is not going to make sense to a lot of people but I am losing sleep at night with excitement over it.  North Georgia up 575/515 will be impacted for the gospel like never before.
• I am pumped up about the National New Church Conference.  I really don’t have time for a conference but my family is going so they will get a mini vacation and they deserve it.
• I am going to hang out with Mark Batterson sometime in July and August to pick his brain on some things.  I am looking forward to that and want to make the most of my time with him.
• I am going to take some Sundays off this summer to visit some other churches to stay fresh and see what others are doing.  I can’t decide which ones it will be.
• How big can you grow in Canton, Georgia without a building?
• Is it possible to never build and yet never stop growing?
• Evan is leading worship tomorrow.  I love that kid but I love teaching after Tim leads.  We are a team like few I have ever seen.
• I love Ridge Stone Church and can’t believe God allows me to do this for a living!
• I am blessed by the mentors God has placed in my life.
• The situation with our office has me pissed off.  What a distraction.
• We ARE going to grow BIG time this SUMMER.  End of discussion.
• What will RSC look like in 5 years?
• I live for Sundays!
• Is anyone going to show up tomorrow?
• Are those mice going to haunt my dreams again?