Peachtree 2.0

Just got back from our staff retreat. Was a great time! We need to hang out more together. Our staff are the greatest servants I know and they are some of mine and Katie's best friends!

After reading Simple Church this year, we have just revamped how we communicate our mission. Everything we do is about leading people to C4:

Celebrate Jesus' glory and grace.
Connect to Christ's people
Contribute to His Kingdom's cause, and
Call others to follow Jesus.

We built the calendar and budget around these four elements of discipeship. It was cool how quickly we put things together when everybody is on the same team.

I also led the staff to "upgrade" our systems (how we do things). 2008 is going to be our best year yet!

Money...for Dummies

We've got some great things going this month that I am so pumped about!

Our Money for Dummies series kicked off today, and I shared with the congregation one of my greatest dummy mistakes in money (I bought $2000 of Cisco stock at the highest price it's ever been and sold it three years later for $450).

Then we looked at Matthew 6 and how Jesus told us he wants us to submit our finances to the rule of God and he will give us everything we need (without bondage to debt or worry).

I am praying that our congregation will get this truth in a big way.

We are bringing in Joe Sangl for one of his Financial Learning Experience seminars on Sunday, December 9 5-7pm. That should be cool!