Weekend Recap

That was a really good 4th of July weekend.

• We had a great time hanging out by the pool at Heritage Landing Saturday.
• Melissa the Sno-cone queen was back with a few extra helpers like Allen, Cindy, Lesli, Lavonda and Eric - they gave away several coolers full of crushed and sugary flavored ice - special thanks to Bounce-aroo for the machine - I reccommend you rent it from them for your next party
• The Dunking booth was a huge hit - Eric and Sean spent most of the afternoon out there in the heat managing this puppy -
• If you rent one for the weekend - you actually get it for 2 days for the price of one - so we filled it up in the back yard after church
• We collected some baseball stuff for Faith Field Ministies on Sunday - I like that they are using something as American as Baseball to reach the world for Jesus.
• I met a guy who was a hunting/fishing guide in Alaska at the Crab Shack service.... got me thinking about a mission trip/vacation to Alaska :)
• Allen did a great job with the welcome at Wards Creek "a workless faith is a worthless faith" - he taught a great truth in less than 3 minutes.
• We talked about how "No excuse is a good excuse to NOT be who God wants you to be or do what God wants you to do" from Matthew 25:14-30
• One of my heroes dropped by our 11:00 service. Tommy Mallard sits on the board of Providence and has impacted my life as much as anyone else I can think of... he even led Lesli to Christ on a ski trip way back in 1987. It was really good to see him - he's such and encouragement to so many people.
• Topped off the weekend with some of the best shrimp I've ever had from the Crab Shack.

So today - I'm super thankful for my country, Jesus' church, and my friends and family. It's going to be a great week. We're going to change the world.

A watched dunk tank never fills....