I just wanted to take a minute to share & celebrate with you what’s been going on in our church since the transition-over 7 months ago. (Can you believe it? We’re almost one year into Chapter 2 already!)

10 Things to Celebrate

1. One of the 1st things we needed to address was our mounting indebtedness which was just at $300,000. At the 1st of the year in an Encounter service, I asked you to pray that we would be able to sell the old fire escape teen center despite the down turn in the real estate market. Well, just this past week we sold the teen center for $550,000. So, I’m thrilled to announce that to date all of our accumulated back bills are now paid off, we are operating within our budget & we have put aside a small reserve!
2. Now that we’ve had some time to monitor Elim Café it is evident that it will pay off its loan of $25,000 sooner than expected-in under 3 years! Remember, once Elim Café is paid for, 100% of the proceeds will go to missions. Imagine…in just a few short years, Elim will be throwing off thousands of dollars into missions & outreach work every year! Now, that’s coffee on a mission! Continue Reading

Oakley’s 2; Charlie’s 5; Kate’s 7; Jill’s 5 months pregnant; & I’m crazy!!

Our staff & key leaders had a mini-retreat & took in the Global Leadership Summit. It was inspiring…& a lot of fun spending some time with great people & friends. Don’t miss out next year…August 11-12, 2011.

I put together this mini-documentary on our 15 hour flight back to the States from Sydney. It took about 2 hours & all I had was my iPhone…& lots & lots of time! Enjoy…

By the way, Hillsong Conference was great, but the actual church, Hillsong Church blew me away! The era of the church is NOT over!