This week I bring you a special edition of Sunday Rewind – and we’ll be rocking it Springs-style. I was in Ocala this weekend speaking for Ron, so I’ll pass along everything I saw up there (and a couple of things I heard about how things went @ RPC…)
- I love speaking at Church@theSprings. The people there are amazingly kind and generous – both those behind the scenes and the congregation as a whole.
- This weekend was a nice getaway for the wife and I, even though I technically had to work. CATS is always so accomodating, putting me up in the Ocala Hilton (which is a VERY nice place to stay) and in general making sure we were more than satisfied with everything.
- Having traveled north to Ocala on 3 separate occasions to speak has shown me how important it is to be a good host, even though it costs a little more. It is SOO worthwhile to your guest when you think of the little things.
- CATS normally does 4 services total (2 Saturday night + 2 Sunday morning), but because of the holiday we only had one service yesterday. It was well-attended, and there was a great energy in the place. Plus we got out early, which was great because…
- After the 4:30 service got out we hit up a local sushi joint, and I gotta tell you – we found a gold mine. It was a great atmosphere and the hibachi grill was incredible. But the stuffed crab tempura roll was some of the best sushi I’ve ever eaten (and I’ve eaten here and here, so that’s saying something)…
- This morning my bride got up early and headed to Orlando to work for the day, which meant I was on my own all morning. I used the time to hang out with the CATS band between services, and I really enjoyed myself.
- I even had someone tell me they’ve been keeping up with our podcast since last year, which was humbling. And I knew they weren’t bluffing when they asked why this past Sunday’s episode isn’t up yet (we’ve had a lot of technical difficulties with these folks lately, and needless to say we’re about over it).
- On the way home, I caught up with Michael long enought to hear how today went – and it was surprisingly well. This was the second week of One Prayer, and our first experience using video teaching during our main services. Michael said the audience was engaged and interacted with the speaker well, even though he was on a screen. Plus we installed a brand new projector to make things pop. Looking forward to seeing for myself how things go over the next few weeks.
- I also talked to Jamison, and let him know how proud I am of all that he did this week to get the new projector up and running. After numerous setbacks and delays, he did what it took to make things go smoothly and keep it looking professional. Love that guy.
- Anyway, I’m signing out for the night. Gonna go spend some time praying about some big ideas God’s laying on my heart. Stay tuned, and if you were at RPC today let me know what I missed…
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