Round 1 over

We had well over a 100 CSF people show up last nigh to the Town Hall rezoning meeting. The place was standing room only and over-flowing out into the atrium. Great job. We came, we stated our dream and vision for the land, we were ready to defend ourselves....and the one family who has caused all the challenges and spoken poorly about me and the church to our community did not even show up!

Mayor, Lee Myers, and the rest of the Town Council could tell that 99% of the people there, were in support of the rezoning. No one from the board asked questions and we did not have to go into much detail. Two weeks from now we will go back and may have to answer some questions before they vote that night. However, that night there is no speaking to the rezoning from those who are against it. They will just be asking Corey and I about the specifics of the plans.

Speaking of Corey Baker.....this guy is awesome. Corey started coming last August when he got a Carolina Panther magnet calendar with our info on it. He told me that any church that would put out such a magnet and claim to be a church for men....was one he could take time to check out. Corey had never really been to any church and he and his wife have fallen in love with ours over the last year.

Last spring, Corey told me he was a civil engineer and he would like to help us with the site planning and such with the new land we were trying to buy. Over the last nine months, Corey has put in hundreds of "volunteer" hours and developed our site plan, made all the drawings, lead all the meetings with the town, city and state and is the only reason we were able to have this professional civil engineering, site plan, and all the other hundreds of things that have to be done to buy and rezone a piece of land. He has done all this as a volunteer......that... my friends is team work for a Kingdom Cause. Thanks Corey!

Today's Bible Reading Acts 4

I love this section of Acts! The stories are great and the action is much like we go through today as Christians and as a church. In verses 1-12 we see that it is alright to speak up for yourself and Christ. It is alright to defend your honor and stand up for what is true and just.

In verses 13-21 shows us that Peter and the others where taken serious not because of their education or that they had anything special going on.....no...the only thing that separated them was the fact they had been changed by Jesus.

Verses 23-31 reminds us to be resilient in our Christ honoring pursuits and have courage not to back down.

Verses 32-36 Reminds us again of the fact that the local church is a group of people who are radically committed to God and passionately committed to each other. One for all and all for one.