Post & Article Worth Reading

If you are a parent or hope to be a parent someday, Tommy Hilliker wrote a great article called God’s P.A.T.H. for parenting: part one. Part two will be posted later this week. You can access it through our student ministry blog. It's worth the ready. Have a great weekend!

I'm an Uncle Again!

I'm a proud uncle! My sister-in-law had a baby boy today. I don't know details yet, but I will pass them along as i get them. He is a good looking boy. David Scott.

Moving Video

This past Sunday The Brook celebrated 10 years of ministry. Thanks to everyone for all the hard work. It was an awesome day! God really moved in many cool ways. One of the most powerful moments of the morning was the cardboard testimonies. I hope it will touch each of you as it has touch each one of us.

Cardboard Testimonies from Jan Owen on Vimeo.
God is all about transforming lives! This is what church is all about.

How has God changed your life?

Every Leader Should Listen

Last week I was surfing either through website or iTunes and ran across a new podcast by Andy Stanley. It is highlightly various leadership principles and ideas. The first episode was very challenging as he talked about "assumptions." I believer every leader both in the church and outside of it should take a listen. Man...it has really made me think about things. It lays our the groundwork of how they changed kidstuf and ended 722, two very successful ministries at North Point. Great stuff! All in about 20 minutes. Thanks Andy. Check it out!

Here is the link!

10 Years of Ministry

This Sunday The Brook will celebrate 10 years of ministry. It is amazing that 10 years ago God begin an incredible work. God has truly blessed The Brook! I am so thankful that I have been a part of this congregation for 4 and 1/2 years. It has been an exciting ride so far. I look forward with great expectations to what God will do over the next 10 years.

You don't want to miss the celebration this Sunday at 10am at The Brook, 8573 Highway 72 West, Madison, AL 35758. There will be powerful worship, moving messages, and even a few surprises. You will want to be their early for the service, park far away and sit close to the front. We will need every square inch possible. I would encourage you to set your alarm at least 15 minutes earlier then normal.I believe the service will be one of the best ever. You should invite a friend to be a part of this day. There will be a picnic following the service. You will want to bring a lawn chair. Also, if you have a pop up tent bring it with you as well. The food will be provided so just come on.

I hope to see you at The Brook this weekend.

Love and Hate

Experts tell us that about 90% of communication is nonverbal.

So what's the big deal?

Well there is a huge love hate relationship going around. It is really important to us and something that most of us would die without (That could be a little extreme). Maybe just freak and be unable to work. We have become so dependant on email. Email is a great thing in most instances, but there are great dangers in this type of communication. If so much of our communication is nonverbal we need to be very careful what and how we communicate through email.

• We should never email about conflict.
• We should never email negative critiques of others.
• We should never email about negative situations.
• We should never email confidential information that we don’t want anyone else to see.
• We should never email when we are upset or angry.

Many of us need to learn to hit the delete key or at least read the email out loud before it is sent. It is amazing how so many people with just type things that they would never say to someone out loud or to their face.

I see so many people who have ignore these statements and it has landed them in some pretty warm water. Next time before you email ask yourself should this be communicated in another way? What could be misinterpreted or misunderstood?

I would challenge you to really think before you email it could save everybody some heartache.

what some worship leaders will do

I have great respect and admiration for worship leaders, but some never cease to amaze me! I believe this is one of the craziest things I've seen done in worship. I'm so glad our worship leader has never done anything like this. I imagine this would be one stinky service. This has to rank up their with snake handling. I'm glad I missed this time of worship.

Wednesday Night Recap

Last night was awesome!

Worship was amazing as Wendel S., Ryan J., Nathan S., Phillip K., and Corey B. lead us in worship.
The Setlist:
Mighty to Save by Hillsong
From the Inside Out by Hillsong United
Hosanna by Hillsong United

It was awesome seeing so many students connect with God in worship. I believe God's heart was blessed.

The big idea during the message was:
Excuses hinders God's work, but excellence honors God and inspires people. -thanks Mr. Hybels for the last part of this statement.

We have some amazing leaders that really care about students. I am so blessed to work with them.

Every parent should read Do Hard Things by Brett & Alex Harris. It will be well worth the time and it could be a great way to create a discussion with your student.

I want to encourage each student to think about someone to invite next week. It will change their life!

One for the History Books

This one is classic. Barack Obama is really more impressive then I thought.

glumbert - A Moment For The History Books

I hope this brightened your day!

How can I help people in LA

We are not talking about Los Angeles. We are talking Louisiana. You might be asking yourself how can I help people who have been devastated by a hurricane. Well this is a great way to help those in need. Check this video out!

Hurricane Torn Baton Rouge Needs Our Help!!! from Catalyst on Vimeo.

Send them a tarp or two.

Buy one or more blue tarps at TarpsPlus.com. What size? I figure any size will work. My family is going to by several.

Send the tarp(s) to the following address...
Healing Place Church
19202 Highland Roadd
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
225.753.2273

Let me know if you buy some!

A Good Laugh!!

I guess we should all learn to spell.

glumbert - A Warthog Emergency

Have a great Friday!