I have sat at the computer trying to figure out what to say. Honestly, I truly am speechless. Eric has posted on his blog, giving the details. (For the record, Eric works very hard, and I humbly apologize for inferring that CF's 2nd greatest workaholic doesn't work...)
I blog to process, and I have a hard time processing this. Today was opening day, and God showed us a taste of what he has in store.
Technically speaking we nailed the 11:30 service. The worship was incredible (Berch and the praise team did a phenominal job leading worship). Rick showed up a couple minutes before he was supposed to go on (we were all a little nervous there). Haydn and Jonathan are doing a phenominal job with audio. (Thanks to Landon for helping with the compressors). Amy, Julia and Denise did a great job with the screens. (Denise gets the most props for sitting in a dark room for both services and no one else around so the center screens could work). Chuck did a great job trying to keep up with Rick on the camera. Oscar is quickly becoming my right-hand-man, serving as a great utility setup and teardown guy. One of the great things about Oscar is he uses serving in media as an opportunity to train his son, Ariel, on servanthood. Carlos and Grace plug in the missing gaps. God has brought a great group together, and I'm honored to serve among them.
We've still got some problems: video teaching computer crashes, intercomm system is a bit buggy, HD cabling is still up in the air. Technically the great thing about today is, for a glimpse, I could picture everything coming together. Instead of it just being lines on a page, or sketches and diagrams, it was real. People were worshipping. We were setting the stage to bring people into the throne of God. And in that instant, the hours paid off. The sweat. The muscle aches. The frustrations. It all paid off because in that one instant we were bringing people closer to God. God, thank you for that opportunity!
Aside from the launch of the service, the greatest thing about today is a simple conversation. Travis Johnson of LifePointe came by CF Homestead to welcome us into the neighborhood. (Travis blogged on it earlier today). It's very refreshing to see churches in a relationship, actually talking to each other! Oftentimes, it feels like churches get threatened by each other, and really have no desire to partner together. I've enjoyed reading Travis' blog (it's already been added into the blogroll) and look forward to seeing both our ministries grow under the guidance of God.
God, keep a watchful eye on LifePointe and CF Homestead. Allow us to be tools to impact the city of Homestead.
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