My bracket...

Yes...I picked 13 out of 15 last night...good night for me! Glad to see the hometown Irish get a win and have to confess that seeing USC lose at anything makes me happy! I am in a smack talk email "thing" with Kelsey's family in Cali...GREAT TO SEE THOSE BOYS LOSE! Hey...my Bucks are alive in the NIT baby!!!! And my Irish looked good!

Angels rejoice in heaven!

Nothing is better than seeing people give their lives to Jesus! 5 kids expressed faith in Christ tonight...what a great way to start the Easter weekend!!!! Do you believe that God can do more than you can ever ask or think?!?! I do!

Cool Scavenger Hunt

Our staff went out in the community today on a evangelistic scavenger hunt. IT WAS COOL! We went out and had our pics taken with people in the community who: were wearing a sports team shirt/cashier who worked at their job for 3+ years/a grandparent with 3 or more grandkids/a bartender/a Cadillac/a person who doesn't know Jesus...We had GREAT conversations, saw 1 person come to Jesus...got to pray for several more. The biggest lesson for me was how simple it really is to connect with people and how hard I make it because "I have to get my task done." Time to slooooooooow down and realize that people all around me need the touch of Christ's love...

TV Commercial about our church...

This is a commercial we are running on our local TV station...Jerimae, the ultimate worship pastor created it...his boys are the stars!! Good stuff...

Turned 35 yesterday...

I turned 35 on Saturday, but I feel like I'm 25! Spent the day at a soccer coaches clinic at Notre Dame. (AMAZING CLINIC) Then Kels had a few of our friends over for a suprise party...played some Guitar Hero and ate cake...(I love that game...not good at it, but it sure was fun playing the old 80's songs!) The cool deal today was setting up our new 17' x 10' camping tent...I can't WAIT to go camping this summer...that tent was HUGE!

Coaching Clinic...

I love coaching soccer and today I get an AWESOME opportunity to go to a 2-day clinic at Notre Dame. Both of ND's coaches will be there and I'll get to see a game between the ND women's team and Mexico's national team...IT IS GOING TO BE FUN!!!! A new experience for me...I can't wait to learn from these guys and to meet a lot of new people...I don't know anyone who is going...

Reading the Word...

I am working to read through the Bible this year...my reading plan today had me in 3 AMAZING passages...first in Numbers I read about when God told the Israelites and Moses that they were not going to enter the land until after that generation died...I pray that I don't get so wrapped up in myself and complaining to God that I lose opportunities! Then I went to Matthew 25 and read about multiplying what God has given me...what a responsibility we have to use what God has given us and to not bury it! Instead we are to multiply it!! To top off my reading I read the end of Romans 8...not only will all things work for the good of those that love God, but NOTHING and I mean NOTHING can separate me from the love of God!! YES!!!! You just have to have a GREAT day after reading those verses!

Now that was fun!

What a blast last night at our Celebration Bash! We had over 70 people attend and celebrate our first year. The Upper Deck at Coveleski Park was perfect...very well done...great food...the team there just made everything great. The night was everything that I pictured...Our chance to thank God for where he has brought us...our chance to thank the Goshen Campus and our leaders there for their vision and faith...our chance to celebrate our volunteers...WHAT A BLAST!!! Great night...

Celebration Bash TONIGHT!

Exactly one year ago we launched on church! Tonight we are going to celebrate that with food...prizes...worship...praise...and whatever else happens tonight. I am soooooooooo looking forward to celebrate both what God has done and the people who have helped to make it happen. Many people that have volunteered and helped to get Grace South Bend-Mishawaka started are coming...Many of the leaders from our Goshen campus are coming...what a time to celebrate them and their vision to launch our site.

I just hope that my wife wins some of the gift certificates we are giving away!!!! I want to go to the Vine Restaurant or Logan's Steakhouse, Baby!!!!!!

What do you know????

I'm putting together a game for our 1-year Celebration Bash tomorrow night...it is soooo fun to think back over the past year and all that God has done. THIS IS COOL! A couple of the questions are How many blitzes did we do? How many people gave their lives to Christ? How many times did I have to end the message because the video froze? And several more...it is so fun to think back on what has been happening this year and I pray that we will be able to continue to touch our community! I can't wait for tomorrow night to be able to celebrate the people of our church!!!!