If you missed the teaching on race this past weekend…you might check it out HERE (when it is posted later today probably). We will not be silent.

Great turn-out this weekend despite the dip in the mercury. The huge church that we really love to watch actually canceled church due to a little snow in Atlanta. Speaking of snow…the I “love” snow people are losing in the polls…come on now.

Thanks to our Wooster congregation, team and Pastor Tim as they continue to invest and invite during the transition over there. Our God reigns! We will impact that county in a huge way…here we come!

Great New to New Hope lunch yesterday. If you are new to New Hope…get in on the next one. Our first one was a great time getting to know each other and the church. Big thanks to Jeff for coordinating the efforts.

If you are a part of the Building New Hope project at the Loudonville Campus…HELP! We are already way behind for the year, which is a shocker…let’s all pray and work and give our way out of this funk as we reach people in our “tool shed.”

Speaking of our building space, we are already out of much space now in 3 services! Not sure what we will be doing, but we will be talking seriously as a leadership team and with our congregation about what steps to formulate in the next 2-3 years. We cannot go to 4 services again with all of our campuses coming on-line. I didn’t think we would be talking about that already…but what great problems to have! I am speechless.

And all I can say about next week is…click HERE for what we will be talking about. If you thought the first 2 were unmentionable…you might be in for a shocker this weekend. For the full story on this, with help and information, click HERE.

Going skiing today since it will climb all the way up to 22 degrees…

And last but not least (thanks to Gary Schroeder)…“We might have budgets, strategies, professionalism, and sophistication in organizational practices, but those do not explain our effectiveness. Our effectiveness is explained by our dependence on God.” –Jayakumar Christian, World Vision, India

wow. that is our fire too I pray. blessings and peace.