5 days in a row!

A few weeks ago I wrote on this blog that I would no longer apologize for not posting new entries, and I haven't. I didn't say that I wouldn't brag if I posted regularly, and in case you haven't noticed today's post makes five in a row! Of course on Wednesday I really just linked to Dustin Willis' blog, but let's not get technical.

No Hit Wonders had our final practice last night and Nicole couldn't be there. That means I had to sing the girl songs for the guys to practice their parts. It was not pretty. If she can't make it tonight our set will be a lot shorter, because you don't want to hear my version of "Time After Time" I can promise you.

I'm looking forward to finishing our message series on Sunday. This week we'll be talking about "Getting Home On Time". Here's what you can read before you come on Sunday to be ready: Daniel 1:1-15. Plan to be there, and plan to bring someone with you.

Hope I see you tonight at Greer High practice field and at GHS on Sunday!

Relay for Life

Tomorrow night will be a fun time. Relay for Life in Greer always is. If you haven't made plans yet to come, go ahead and decide now to be there. Here are a few things you need to know about before you get there:

- This year's event will be at the practice field behind Greer High School, not at Dooley Field! Be sure you get the word out about the change. Due to construction at Dooley Field, the organizers of Relay had to change the location this year.

- Come prepared to eat. The whole purpose of the event is to raise as much money as possible for The American Cancer Society, and all the proceeds made from food sales go to the charity. The Freedom relay team will be making Philly cheese steak sandwiches that are as good as you will find outside of Pennsylvania. In addition to food, there will be plenty of other things for you to spend money on that night, and it all goes to the cause.

- Starting time is 6:00. That's when the music begins and food will be available. I believe the opening ceremonies start later than that. Even if you can't get there at 6:00 or 7:00 come as soon as you can. There will be plenty going on all evening.

- No Hit Wonders will hit the stage around 10:00. If you want to hear some classic 80's music poorly imitated you need to be there. If you want it to sound exactly as it did on the radio in 1985, you better listen to your ipod instead. We'll be doing nine songs that anyone between the ages of 35-50 should remember. It's gonna be fun.

The best part about Relay is just being out in the community hanging out and talking to people. Come hang out with us Friday.

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I'll put some Relay for Life info on here tomorrow, but for today I want you to read this post from Dustin Willis' blog. For those of you who never click on the lincs I put on here, you don't want to miss reading this. Go ahead, take the extra two seconds to click over to another site. You'll be glad you did.

No Clue

I like to think I'm a pretty well-rounded guy that has a cursory understanding of many different subjects, but I'm finding more and more there are things out there that I have almost no knowledge of. Some are things that don't matter if I know about them, and some are probably pretty important. Here's a short list of things I know almost nothing about:

- 3G and 4G networks

- Lady Gaga

- Bandwidth

- Frequent flyer miles

- T9 Word

- Twilight

- Gray's Anatomy

- Soccer

- Mortgage based securities

I'd love to know what things are on your list.

Transition update

Thanks to all of you who prayed about yesterday's service at Lake Robinson Community Church. We had a great time worshipping with the folks there. I took some time to share the history and vision of Freedom, and then I answered a lot of questions.

Here's what you need to know if you weren't there yesterday: The people at LRCC are very positive about the next steps in this transition. Of course they are also emotional. It will be very difficult for them when the church they have been working so hard in for seven years is absorbed into Freedom. Pray for them as we make the transition. Pray for their pastor Jimmy Hawkins and his family as well. Please continue to pray for wisdom for the leadership at Freedom.

Thanks to our entire team for handling everything at our service while I was away yesterday. It was great to be able to speak at LRCC without having to worry one bit about things being taken care of. We have the best group of volunteers that I have ever had the privilege to work with!

Also, thanks to my oldest daughter Emily, the Johnson's and the McCombs' for being at LRCC yesterday to lend their support and encouragement. For the first time in a long time I had a great deal of nervousness as I got ready to speak. Seeing some familiar faces helped ease those fears.

This entire process has been simply amazing. As a general rule churches just don't do what the folks at LRCC are doing. The faith it has required for them to give their land and building to a younger church is phenomenal, and I am overwhelmed at how God has orchestrated everything. I am pumped up about what God has in store for us next!

Pray for Sunday

Sporadic updates for my faithful handful of readers:

- We had a great weekend. Having Tony and Bettye at the house this weekend was a lot of fun, and the girls loved having another dog in the house to play with. Buddy was very well behaved around Kiki. Of course he spent plenty of time with his nose stuck in her rear end, but overall his conduct was acceptable. By the way, Buddy and Kiki are dogs. If you didn't know that then that last sentence would be really weird.

- I've been down in the hole studying for the last two days. Normally I will go out of town for a couple of days to plan the message calendar for the next several months, but this time I stayed in town. I spent Monday at the main Spartanburg library and yesterday at the main Greenville library. In case you were wondering, Spartanburg is nicer. For one thing they have free parking. I actually backed up at the Greenville library yesterday to avoid going into the pay lot. I found a nice free parking spot on the street in the back. Thankfully I still can parallel park.

- Pray for me Sunday. I will be speaking to the folks at Lake Robinson Community Church. I want to be sure and communicate clearly what God has been doing at Freedom and what kind of church we are trying to be. I will also be answering any questions they have about Freedom.

- I have a serious case of beach fever right now. I actually live with a chronic case, but it is normally under control. Our vacation to the beach is one month away, and I am really getting antsy. I've actually considered just driving down to Folly or the Isle of Palms for the day and coming right back, but I think I'll just wait it out.

- Our LIFE Group ends tonight. Well the study does, we will still get together next week to grill out and hang out. This group has been a blast getting to know. We've been talking about marriage, and there has been some great, honest discussion each and every week.

Weekend Preview

Here's a little rundown of what's in store for this weekend:

- Our friends Tony and Bettye will be in town. They were like an extra set of parents for both Sherry and I when we were in college. We're really looking forward to spending some time with them.

- Family Fest is tomorrow! If you're going, be sure and check out some of the guys from our band who will be playing around 10:30.

- There's some El Mariachi in my future planned for Saturday night. I will risk catching the swine flu and eat there anyway.

- We'll be talking Sunday morning about "Going Public". Read Matthew 5:14-16 before you come.

- I want to take Emily to see the new Wolverine movie, but unless we go sometime Sunday night it won't happen this weekend. We'll have to see how things pan out.

- Maybe I can fit a nap in the weekend somewhere, but the chances aren't looking good.

- Spring is here! I'm loving the warm weather, and now that the pollen is calming down being outside is wonderful.

Hope you have a great weekend. See you on Sunday!