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deborah and i celebrated our twenty second anniversary last night. big feast at calvert's. if you go, check out the steak tenderloins - incredible! so with that, june ends and july begins... 22 years ends and our 23rd begins. new eras... new opportunities. new means change and change ain't something we usually embrace. but change occurs every moment of every day... even if it's just the clock. change can bring new invigoration. it's happening big time at truenorth church in north augusta. we have been worshipping in the auditorium of the north augusta high school since august '04 and have outgrown it. we are prepping to move into the gymnasium by our second anniversary - august 20. it brings new challenges but also new anticipation and you can see people rising up to the occasion. it reminds me of chris tomlin's "Holy is the Lord" lyrics... "it's rising up all around. it's the anthem of the Lord's renown". it is awesome to feel the undertow of the wave building. people are looking for a new way to connect with our living God. to hear Him, to seek Him and to know Him. 'cuse me while i get another cup of coffee.
by the way, i was at newspring church wednesday in anderson, sc to participate in the launch of their network, which will be a huge resource for churches of all types and spent an hour with ken wilson, visual director at newspring. this guy is a coffee afficianado - big time! maybe the best cup of joe i have ever had. thanks ken!
back to change. change also brings uncertainty. some changes are just plain scary. at truenorth, we have not had to deal with setting up and tearing down staging and lighting. this brings a new dynamic to our teams, which are volunteers - i was gonna say go vols, but no. but we have adopted the phrase, "ain't skeered!" - in case you don't get it, we are not scared! we are excited. this move will add 100 to 200 more seats in each of our two services. obviously that means more space for newcomers. so change can be good. if our minds are in sync with God, there is nothing we can't do. brings up another tomlin song, "God is on our side, who can be against us!". i love music.
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"it is awesome to feel the undertow of the wave building." it's so different to hear someone say this because this is what is so fearful at the beach to swimmer and surfer alike. i like the analogy, though, and it fits because waves are some of the most awesome forces on the earth, and when they hit something with initial fury, they spread out over everything. roll tide!
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