New Message Series starts this Sunday

I wonder what the church would look like if we adopted this statement "GOD IS BIG ENOUGH" as our new mantra in 2010. I wonder how we would live our lives if we actually believe the statement "GOD IS BIG ENOUGH".

This Sunday we'll begin to look at the lives of people in the bible that lived this statement out. Ordinary, everyday, average people that not only said GOD IS BIG ENOUGH but acted like GOD WAS BIG ENOUGH.

We dare you to show up on Sunday @ 10:30am and shout with us that GOD IS BIG ENOUGH FOR 2010!

first and last time you will ever see this!

So at work we had a secret Santa giveaway and look what Santa brought me...yellow toilet paper with a big G on it. My buddy at work knew I'm a die hard VIKINGS fan so he thought it would be funny to get me this cap. I felt so dirty posing for these pictures...so enjoy it. This is the first and last time you will ever see these pics.

Sunday Rewind

• I don't even know where to start about today's worship experience...
• It was freakin' awesome!
• I knew all week that God was going to show up in a BIG way!
• To be honest it's been a little tough this pass week. My wife was sick, some issues were popping up at the church, I've been having issues at work.
• I'm not sharing this with you so that you feel sorry for me, my wife, or our church but to tell you that I was not going to give the enemy a foothold in any of these situations.
• The more determined I was to focus on Jesus during the last couple of weeks the tougher these situations got but at the end Jesus won and satan is still a big loser!
• I think that we give up to quickly when the crap hits the fan.
• For some reason we think that our situation is too huge for God and there's no way that He can intervene.
• I know Pastors right now (me on Saturday night) that think their church issues are too huge, too complicated, too personal, for God and there's no way He can fix it.
• What I was reminded of today was that one worship experience in His presence can do more than I can in my life time.
• After today I truly believe that we are on the threshold of a major breakthrough...
• I know that there are those out there that think that our best days are behind us not according to Jesus!
• If today was an indication of what's to come I can't wait for it!
• DAGer's get ready our best is yet to come!!!

Final Week - The Greatest Gift of All

Don't miss the final week of this series as Pastor Gabe brings it to a close. Worship Experience starts at 10:30am hope to see you there!

WEEK 2 - The Greatest Gift of All

Don't miss week 2 of the greatest gift of all. Worship Experience starts at 10:30am see you there!!!

Sunday Rewind

• TODAY WAS STINKIN' AWESOME!!!
• We had a lot of first time guest.
• From the moment I drove into the parking lot I knew it was going to be a great day!
• I'm so proud of our servant leaders they brought their A game to church today.
• The moment people showed up they were greeted and encouraged to enjoy our cafe area.
• If you haven't experienced our cafe on Sunday mornings your miss out in a euphoric opportunity.
• Our cafe servant leaders took it to a whole nothing level today.
• If you leave our church hungry on Sunday mornings you must not like to eat.
• I want to thank the Cowan family for coming out and helping me and my family decorate the church for the Christmas season it looks amazing.
• I love everything about Christmas! I love the decorations...the smell of pine trees... Christmas lights...Christmas music...Christmas movies...Christmas food...I even like the crazy last minute Christmas shoppers...that would be me:). Of course I love Christmas because I love Jesus.
• I think it's awesome that no matter what you think about Jesus...whether you believe in Him or not the whole world take time to celebrate His birth in the month of December.
• I think it's freakin' awesome that Jesus still makes the front cover on magazines during this season you can't buy that kind of marketing.
• No matter how hard this world tries to separate Jesus for Christmas it's not gonna happen.
• Because Christmas is all about Jesus!!!
• That's why I'm so excited about this year's Christmas series "The Greatest Gift of All".
• We can't forget that in the midst of all the amazing Christmas traditions and stuff that JESUS IS THE GREATEST GIFT.
• There's nothing like seeing people discover Jesus for the first time...I hope I never get use to that experience.
• Finally to top off this amazing day we had ONE person receive Jesus as their King and Savior!!!
• One more thing...I'm not gonna go into it too much right now because I want to write more about this in a later blog but at the end of my message today we celebrated communion and I want to thank Ms. Linda and Ms. Gail for take our communion experience to a whole nothing level. WOW!!! You ladies were amazing!!! Thank you so much.
• That's all for now.

New Series this Sunday!

I know this is going to sound a little selfish but one of the things that I LOVE about Christmas are the PRESENTS! Come on now, I know you love getting presents to...But as we get closer and closer to Christmas I hope that we can remember that the REAL PRESENT of the season is Jesus. Don't miss this weekend's worship experience as we start a brand new series called

"The Greatest Gift of All."

Sunday December 6th

Sunday December 13th

Sunday December 20th

7 things that I'm JACKED UP about!!!

It been awhile since I lasted posted anything on my blog. I guess it was a unintended fast from blogging...but now I'm back! Just wanted to share about some things that I'm really JACKED UP about...

1. I'm JACKED UP about the future of our church! For the last several weeks I have been sensing that God has been preparing us for something HUGE. I know every Pastor says stuff like that all the time but I don't know how else to say it...what about this He's about to JACK our world up...is that better:) Pretty sure that's what this HOLY DISCONTENT I'm feeling in my spirit is all about. Can't help but think that we are on the theshold of something unbelievable!


2. I'm JACKED UP about the amazing people at DAG! Every week I'm amazing how our folks step up to the plate and serve their hearts out! DAGer's thank you so much for everything you do. It's an honor being your Pastor!


3. I'm still JACKED UP about the great report I got about last Sunday's worship experience. Last Sunday I was out of town and apparently we had many first time guest. Maybe I should go out of town more often:) I heard the entire worship experience was fantastic and our peps did a great job serving and leading. I feels so great to know that we have leaders that can make Sundays happen even when I'm not around.


4. I'm JACKED UP about our FALL CARNIVAL this Saturday! You don't want to miss this year's Fall Carnival. FREE funnel cakes, FREE drinks, FREE cotton candy, FREE popcorn, over 1000 FREE prizes, FREE games, and of course a ton of FREE candy! THE PARTY STARTS AT 6PM AND ENDS AT 9PM...HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!


5. I'm JACKED UP about this Sunday! I'm started this new series called ONE. I promise you don't want to miss this message!


6. I'm JACKED UP about UNLEASH at NewSpring Church! This year I got my $39 tickets!!! Just so you know the $39 ticket deadline ends tomorrow...it's totally worth it! Stop procrastinating and go buy your tickets here!!!


7. Finally, I'm JACKED UP about a great opportunity I have that starts in January! I'm praying with all of my heart that I will be able to participate in Perry Noble's coaching network. I still can't believe that I got invited, I definitely will be feeling like the country mule at the Kentucky derby:)! Just one obstacle...you got it $$$$. The total cost for this coaching experience is $1,500 which is due in December. I know some of you may be saying that's crazy and stupid who would spend $1,500 to hang out with a bunch of Pastors. Well I guess I would! If I want our church to become everything God wants it to be there's at least two thing I need to do. One, I need to continue to seek God's heart for our community and two I need to continue to surround myself with people who dream BIG and really believe that nothing is impossible for God. Pastor Perry and the staff at NewSpring have been a wonderful example of what can happen when you apply these two steps. So I'm believe and praying that the funds will be available by December so I can be apart of this great opportunity. So if anyone has an extra $1,500 that they don't know what to do with just let me know!

Sunday Rewind

• HOMECOMING 09 WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!!
• Today our church celebrated 33 years of ministry in Dahlonega Georgia.
• I am so grateful to all the people that came before us.
• THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU for being faithful to the call that God placed in your hearts 33 years ago.
• Got to be honest at first the term "Homecoming" threw me off a bit. These days we use the term "Anniversary" to describe the service we celebrate the church's birthday. But the more I thought about it and especially after today I really think the term Homecoming is appropriate. Not only were our regular attenders there today but some of their family members joined them. We also had many returning guests along with some first time guests. On top of all that we even had some formers members return for this special worship experience. It really felt like a Homecoming! Don't know if I'm going to be able to sleep tonight!!!
• Our guest speaker, Tom Lawerence, did a great job bring the Word. If you missed the message check out our website the message is already uploaded.
• I didn't know it was possible but by the end of the service today I was more JACKED UP about the future of Dahlonega Assembly!
• DAGer's get ready our BEST IS YET TO COME!!!
• I got to say it the people at Dahlonega Assembly can cook some serious food!
• Right after the service we had a family style potluck luck and it was AMAZING!!!
• I'm still burping up some lunch:)
• The food was great but oh LORD the desserts were fantastic!
• I had a dessert called tres leches...can't even describe how amazing it was trust me it was good.
• And you can never go wrong with a oldie but a goody dessert like banana pudding. I helped myself to two...okay three helpings to the banana pudding. What can I say it was awesome!
• I want to thank all of the folks that made today a huge success.
• Without yall today would have never happened.
• I also want to take a moment and thank my amazing wife, Tami for all of her hard work this weekend. She truly is a super woman! She took care of our sick little boy, worked all week, helped organize this weekend, and still took care of me...honey thank you for putting up with me this week and still getting everything done...I LOVE YOU!

Church in the Park - Pics

Church in the Park - Baptism Pics

CHURCH IN THE PARK

Hey DAGer's just wanted to remind you of Church in the Park this Sunday! So if you show up at the church building tomorrow morning you'll be all alone:) the rest of us will be at Yahoola Creek Park having a great time! Remember to bring your lawn chairs or blankets, coolers and of course picnic baskets filled with food!!!

We will also be baptizing some folks in the creek near by so if you are interested in getting baptized tomorrow bring a change of clothes you don't mind getting wet and get ready to be dunked.

We'll be providing some games but the park is filled with all kinds of things to do. Everything starts at 10:30am at the park. In the case of rain we will be meeting at the church.

Lion Chasers Manifesto

Yesterday I was sharing with someone that I wanted to frame the Lion Chasers manifesto and hang it in my office. Sad to say they didn't know what I was talking about so I started to explain the book and the idea behind the Lion Chasers Manifesto. I didn't do it justice and I'm pretty sure I hacked it up so here's how author/Pastor Mark Batterson wrote it.

Just a little side note if you read this and feel nothing...somethings wrong with you! I hope and pray that as you read this that something in you will reignite. Get off your blessed assurance, stop delaying what God wants to do in your life...run hard...dream out loud...and live life to the fullest.

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Grab life by the mane. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.

Chase the lion.

ONEPRAYER - Week 4

Just wanted to reminder all you DAGer's that tomorrow is week 4 of ONEPRAYER. Tomorrow our guest speaker, Kelly Wallace, will be sharing about her experience in Kenya. Kelly will also be our summer intern for the next six weeks. I promise you this will be a day that you don't want to miss. It sadden me that I won't be there tomorrow but I know that God is going to do some amazing thing tomorrow morning.

Sunday Rewind

• Had a great father's day worship experience today.
• OMG it was burning up outside at 10:30am!
• Thank God for A/C!!!
• My wife and son brought my Father's Day cards to church...with my gift!
• Think I'm going to frame them and hang them in my office:)
• Worship was great as always.
• Had some returning guests and some first time guests.
• Even though our attendance was low there was this overwhelming sense of God presence.
• Got some ideas for next year's father's day...
• We going to try to change the stat in Lumpkin County that men don't go to church on Father's Day.
• Sunday was a loud reminded that we need men in God's house.
• If we can reach the heart of the man in the household, we can reach the heart of the family!
• Continued our Oneprayer series...
• After church we had root beer floats.
• I don't know what it is about a root beer float but OMG I love them!
• Some folks didn't like root beer so they had a coke float...God save them:)
• Some of the men of the church started some much needed projects around the church.
• Just wanted to give a shout out to these amazing men of God. Thank you guys so much ya'll are my hero's!
• The rest of the day was fantastic! Just me, my wife, and our big boy...perfect!!!
• What a great Father's Day!

ROOTBEER FLOAT SUNDAY!!!

If you have been in Georgia for the last couple of days you know it's been hotter than hades. So in honor of Father's Day and since it's going to be hot tomorrow right after church we will be enjoying rootbeer floats!!! There's something about enjoying a nice and cold rootbeer floats on a hot and steaming day that makes the day perfect! See you tomorrow!

ONEPRAYER - Week 3

For the last couple of Sundays we have had a great time hearing from other Pastors for around the country but tomorrow I"M BACK:). Tomorrow is week 3 of ONEPRAYER and I can't wait to share what's on my heart.

Just a thought, Father's Day is the lowest attended day for men in church. One of my desires is that we will turn this sad statics around. So let's start tomorrow. Bring your dads, grandfathers, and every other man that is important to you to church tomorrow. I promise I will be my best to share God word in a MANLY WAY! :)

You got to read this...

I wanted to share some post that I have been gleaning from the last couple of days. I hope you enjoy them like I have.

1. Jeff Leake hits a topic that every pastor deal with...attire! Great thoughts.
2. Perry Noble knocked it out of the park with this post. All I got to say it that I'M NOT GIVING UP!
3. Shawn Lovejoy gives out some great and practical advise that will help Pastors from compromising.
4. Michael Lukaszewski shares a practical and personal plan that helps keep things in prespective.
5. Herbert Cooper shares a bulletin point list of what a LEADER IS...

SUNDAY REWIND

• What a fantastic day!!!
• From the moment I woke up this morning I knew that we were going to have great day!
• Been praying that God would give us favor with our community...\
• This morning we had several first-time guest!
• HE is so faithful!!!
• Last couple of weeks I have been singing with the worship team.
• I love singing, it's been a lot of fun but eventually I want to get out of the worship teams way but until we rebuild our team I am more than willing to help.
• Jonnie and Laura have been doing a great job leading us into God's presence.
• THANKS LADIES! Ya'll are amazing!!!
• We have been praying for God to show up in supernatural ways...and it's happening.
• A couple of men that we have been praying for are literally being physically restore...PTL!!!
• I love to watch peoples faces when Jesus is all over them...
• They look like children on Christmas morning filled with excitement to learn what's in the perfectly wrapped present.
• This week we had Pastor Steven Furtick speak at DAG via DVD:)
• OMG!!! what a message!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Seriously if you haven't heard his OnePrayer message go now and listen to it.
• Our church was totally into it...laughing, Amening, shaking their heads, it really spoke to our hearts.
• Totally agree that we must remind ourselves that the God that we serve...the creator of the universe is GOOD & GREAT!
• SO STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND THANK GOD FOR BEING GOOD AND GREAT...
• Several folks decided to begin to look at their circumstances and situations the way God see them...LIKE A BUG:)
• DAGer's can you image what will happen WHEN you and I begin to live this way everyday...
• We haven't seen anything yet.
• DAGer's ya'll better get ready because God is about to send the rain!!!
• Had some friends show up after service.
• Hung out with them for the afternoon and showed off D-town to them.
• A hand full of us got together for prayer this afternoon.
• I love praying with our folks!
• All in all it was a great day at DAG!
• I really love pastoring in Dahlonega.
• DAGer's our best is in front of us not in back...get ready!!!

SUNDAY REWIND

• First I want to say Sunday was amazing! God is definitely preparing us for something HUGE!
• With that being said the last couple of Sundays have been really humbling and interesting.
• Let me rewind back two weeks ago.
• It was personally one of the most tough Sundays that I have experienced in ministry.
• I struggled and wrestled with my message the night before.
• I had a message prepared but felt it was totally not for the morning...so I had no idea what to share.
• I was still dealing in my head and heart with the loss of a family...
• On top of all that we probably had our lowest attendance since we became the Senior Pastors of DAG.
• Remember this is way before we even started our Sunday AM Worship Experience.
• Anyway as usual we began with music but somewhere in the middle of the second song something happened...the Holy Spirit showed up!
• During the second song I felt inspired by the Holy Spirit to read Acts 2...the story of Pentecost.
• For the last couple of weeks I have been studying about the Holy Holidays in scripture.
• Being Pentecost Sunday I was inspired to read the account of when the Holy Spirit invaded the lives of 120 people.
• As I stood there reading this amazing story the Holy Spirit reminded me that when I don't know what to do or say just wait on Him and He will lead me.
• Suddenly our worship experience went from singing to praying!
• I realize that this is NOT very seeker friendly but honestly I don't care!!!
• I am tired of trying to keep up with the latest terms, ideas, and methods...all I know is that I LOVE JESUS and I WANT MORE OF HIM AND LESS OF ME!!!
• It was obvious that we needed an authentic move of His Holy Spirit and that's exactly what we got.
• As I read Acts 2 to our church that morning I felt like the Apostle Peter speaking to the crowd.
• There was this boldness and authoritative tone in my voice but at the same time with an encouraging overtone.
• I wanted our church to understand that God wasn't done with Dahlonega Assembly of God!!!
• I spoke about how the 120 people in the upper room must of felt at that moment...alone, discouraged, scared, weak, and abandoned.
• But the moment that the Holy Spirit showed up and infused them with POWER suddenly they felt like CHAMPIONS!
• Those 120 people were ready to take on the world and attack the gates of Hell with water guns.
• By the way remember what happened to the folks outside...
• When 120 people decided to move and operate in the power of the Holy Spirit 3000 people were added to the Kingdom of God that day.
• If you want people to be attracted to your church...I dare you to move in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• People are desperately looking for an authentic and intimate move of God.
• I believe that our worship experiences need to have a sense of order but please leave room for the HOLY SPIRIT to move. (I'm going to write more about this in a later post)
• Two weeks ago the Holy Spirit reminded me when we move and operate in His POWER nothing is impossible for God.
• It was a powerful morning as we prayed and encouraged each other...I believe that we will see salvation's and spiritual and physical healings from that worship experience.
• Right before we ended I mentioned that throughout the month of June I was going to be fasting and praying and consecrating the month June for the Lord.
• I also mentioned that starting next Sunday night from 4pm to 6pm we were going to start having a night of prayer.
• Let's fast forward to this past Sunday...
• It was a great service!
• Like many churches across the country we were starting the ONEPRAYER series.
• I was pretty excited that I wasn't speaking and was going to be able to be fed instead of feeding:)
• There were a couple of things that popped up that could have got me off track but I wasn't going to let it ruin the morning or our worship experience.
• I got to say that I am so proud of our worship leader Jonnie!!! She and her husband have been amazing friends and ministry partners.
• They are a huge blessing and encouragement to my wife and I...YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
• After a fantastic time in worship we had a stinkin' awesome time in prayer!
• I don't know if it was because of the new series we were starting or the amazing service last Sunday but all I know is God is preparing us for something HUGE!
• After spending some time in prayer it was around 11:45am when we showed the ONEPRAYER message from Craig Groeschel.
• It was a powerful and timely message.
• As we continued to experience God in a intimate and powerful way we needed to be reminded that God IS LOVE...it's not what He does it's WHO HE IS!
• THAT'S POWERFUL!!!
• I highly recommend Craig's message.
• After our worship experience I had lunch with some of our leaders and talked about the past, present, and future of DAG.
• It was so exciting to hear how they wanted to see God do great things with our church!
• Afterwards we headed back to the church for our first SEEK HIM night.
• It was a powerful time of prayer and intercession.
• I read 2 Chronicles 7:14 and shared a little on this passage and then we dove right into it.
• If the last two weeks is a hint of what the future holds I can't wait.
• Let me encourage those of you who haven't been to church lately...it's time to get your butt back into church!
• Your best days aren't behind you (no pun intended) but in front of you.
• It would be our honor to help point you toward your DESTINY!!!
• WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY!

SEEK HIM

2 Chronicles 7:14 says "if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

That's exactly what we are going to do this Sunday night from 4pm - 6pm. Tami and I want to invite all DAGer's and anyone else to join us as we SEEK HIM tomorrow night. For the last several weeks I have been sensing that God has been preparing us for "something" amazing! Last Sunday, I said that I believe that as we come to together in unity through prayer and fasting that this would be the launch pad for the Holy Spirit to move in our lives and church.

DAG it's time to SEEK HIM with everything we got! This ain't going to be some wimpy prayer meeting. If you want God to move in your life and enable you to run towards your destiny you need to show up tomorrow night. If you want God to completely heal your body from the top of your head to the sole of your feet you need to show up tomorrow night. IF YOU WANT TO KICK SATAN IN THE TEETH AND TELL HIM TO GET OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND GO TO HELL...you definitely need to show up tomorrow night.

Tami and I are definitely showing up with a holy anticipation and believing God to do great and amazing things all day tomorrow. Get ready it's time to go a whole nutha level!!!

ONEPRAYER starts tomorrow!

Hey DAGer's just wanted to remind you that ONEPRAYER starts tomorrow morning! Can you believe it more than 1,600 churches around the global are taking part in this series! I can only imagine the impact this is going to have on the world and the kingdom of heaven and how ticked off hell is goin' be!!!

Tomorrow we'll be kicking off this series by hearing from Pastor Craig Groeschel. He is the Senior Pastor of LifeChurch.tv and the visionary behind the ONEPRAYER movement. Pastor Craig and LifeChurch.tv are literally changing the world for Jesus in so many ways. I can honestly say that I am totally jacked up about tomorrow's message. I hope and pray that ya'll come to church with a holy anticipation. Remember this is a great opportunity to invite people that you know that normally wouldn't go to church. See ya'll at 10:30am!

Beautiful - Week 2

Hey DAGer's you don't want to miss Mother's Day Sunday! My amazing wife will be sharing a life changing message. So get your mama to church and we'll see you at 10:30am!

Jacking me up!

Just read a post on Perry Nobles blog and he asked a question that has jacked me up good...here it is...

“What would you be willing to attempt for God if you knew you could not fail?”

DAGer's meditate on that and let me know what ya'll think!

don't forget about tomorrow!

Hey DAGer's just wanted to remind you that tomorrow former Minnesota Viking Joe Jackson will be with us at our 10:30am worship experience. This would be a GREAT opportunity to invite your friends and family who normally don't go to church. Everybody loves to see and meet a pro athlete. If the men's breakfast is any indicator of how Sunday will be then I promise you they won't be disappointed. So get you game face on and we will see you in the morning for a fantastic day!!!

EASTER EGG HUNT 09' WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!

Sorry about the late update these last three weeks have been a little crazy. Anyway our first annual Community Wide Easter Egg Hunt was a huge success! I knew that it was going to be good but WOW it was amazing! 650 people showed up at Yahoola Creek Park on Saturday morning. Actually, people started to show up at 9:30am and by 10:15am we already had 350. By the time we started the egg hunt at 11am 350 more people showed up. At 11:02am every one of the 14,000 eggs was picked up...crazy!!!

Got to admit I was a little freaked out on Friday because of all of the rain...especially when I heard the field that we were going to use was flooded. But let me tell ya'll why I am so proud to serve our church...the people! Our folks didn't see a set back they saw an opportunity! Even though we couldn't use any of the fields at the park they immediately jumped into action and came up with plan B. I was so proud of our folks that morning.

DAGer's thank you for all of your hard work, thank you for stuffing 14,000 eggs ,thank you for loving our community, thank you for loving people on Saturday, thank you for dreaming big with me, and thank you for loving Jesus!

I got to give a special shout out to our Children's Pastor. Pastor Erica thank you for all of your hard work. Because of your servants heart families got to spend a stress free morning together. Because of your servant's heart we got to pray with many guests. Because of your servant's heart kid's lives were changed forever. Tami and I appreciate you so much...we are very proud of you.

One of the really cool things that happened before this event was the connection we made with several businesses and individuals. I want to thank all of the businesses and individuals that gave to this event. Your generously truly touched our community.

DAGer's I can't wait til next year's Easter Egg hunt. I'm thinking 20,000 eggs...more activities...and alot more people! Lumpkin County you haven't seen nothing yet...THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!

Men's Breakfast

Attention DAG Men

on Saturday April 18th at 9am

head over to Ryan's in

Dawsonville Georgia for a time of

good food and great fellowship.

Former Minneasota Viking Joe Jackson

will be joining us and sharing a devotion.

Hope to see you there!

EASTER EGG HUNT UPDATE

THE EASTER EGG HUNT IS STILL ON...

Just wanted to give a quick update regarding EASTER EGG HUNT at Yahoola Creek Park in Dahlonega Georgia on Saturday April 11th. Because of the rain we had on Friday we rearranged some things at the park however the hunt is still ON. Below are a few update points about this weekend!

• First of all we hit our goal of 10,000 eggs!
• Actually I believe we are close to 11,000 eggs...DAGer's ya'll are amazing!
• Instead of selling hot dogs, corn dogs, chips, and drinks we decided to give it all away.
• That's right this is a TOTALLY FREE event to the community.
• The toddler moonwalk and inflatable obstacle course are FREE.
• The face painting is FREE.
• The Easter Egg Hunt is FREE.
• FREE...FREE...FREE...
• We'll have 5 areas for 5 different age groups 1) birth-3 yrs 2) pre-K-Kinder
  3)1st grade - 2nd grade 4) 3rd grade - 4th grade 5) 5th grade - 6th grade
• Registration begins at 10am. When you registration you will be enter into a drawing
• We will be drawing a names at 10:45am, 11:45am, & 12:45am...you MUST be present to claim the prize.

Don't forget the HUNT takes place on Saturday April 11th at 10am at Yahoola Creek Park in Dahlonega GA.

Finally, I want to give a BIG SHOUT OUT to all the amazing people at Dahlonega Assembly. I am so grateful and humble to be apart of a church that dreams BIG. All the dreaming, all the praying, all the stuffing, all your hard work will pay on Saturday morning at Yahoola Creek Park! The big reward will happen on Sunday when people say yes to Jesus! DAGer's ya'll are amazing! Thank you for showing LOVE 4 LUMPKIN!

EASTER SERIES

I can't believe Easter is just a few days away. How time has flown by this year. On top of celebrating Easter on Sunday it will officially be one year since Tami & I became the Senior Pastors of DAG! Please believe me when I say this that we are humbled and honored that ya'll have allowed us to Pastor you and your families. Later I'll be blogging about all the amazing things that God has done at Dahlonega Assembly one year later.

What I really want to do is encourage you to get you and your friends to church on Sunday!!! Let me say it again, the greatest marketing strategy we have is YOU! Easter Sunday is one of those Sunday that people who normally don't go to church will go IF THEY ARE INVITED.So start calling, emailing, twittering, blogging, texting, and of course talking to those around you about Easter Sunday at Dahlonega Assembly.

We starting a new message series called "REBEL WITH A CAUSE." I know some folks like to think that Jesus was this long hair, blue eye, sandal wearing, lamb carrying girly man. The fact of the matter is Jesus was a REBEL in His time. The life He lived was the life of a REBEL and was contrary to what the politically and religiously correct of the day expected. On Easter Sunday we are going to learn why Jesus holds the title of the greatest REBEL of all time. I'm so jacked up about Easter I promise that you and your friends won't be disappointed.

Can't wait to see ya'll with your friends on Easter Sunday at 10:30am!!!

sick

omg...i feel like i got ran over by a truck. started feeling a little sick yesterday woke up with a sore throat but felt okay. when i got home i started to feel sore and nasty. every joint in my is in pain. today i came home early got into bed and just woke up. please pray for me and my family. i have alot to do tomorrow. Also my son has been feeling a little sick so please if you could lift us up in prayer. thanks for all the prayers

EASTER EGG STUFFING PARTY!

DAGer's just a quick update on Saturday from 1pm -6pm we are going to have an Easter Egg Stuffing Party! We have nearly 10,000 eggs and we need your help to fill them up. So if you have any time on Saturday come on over to the church and help us get ready to serve our community on April 11th.

1,290

Hey DAGer's 1,290 eggs is the amount we need to reach our goal of 10,000 Easter eggs! You guys are crazy! I am so honored to be apart of a church that DREAMS OUT LOUD! I can't wait to see 10,000 eggs all over Yahoola Creek Park on April 11th. I know we can reach our goal this Sunday so hit the stores and load up on eggs and PLEASE LOAD UP ON CANDY. We need a ton of candy to fill all these eggs so please let's make it happen this Sunday morning!

By the way we'll be having an EASTER EGG STUFFING PARTYING very soon! Stay tune for details. It might even start this weekend...so be prepared.

THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU...for making this community outreach happen ya'll are amazing!!!

7,710

7,710...that's how many eggs we have right now! On my way home last night I made a quick stop at Walmart to see if I could find a good deal. I found a great deal and walked out with 4500 eggs. So we are almost to our goal of 10,000 eggs so DAGer's it time to take it to a whole nutha level!

Let's see if we can close the egg gap this Sunday more importantly we need a ton of candy to fill the eggs. So load up before this weekend and bring it to church this Sunday Morning.

I am so proud and honored that ya'll would locking arms with me and Tami as we show Lumpkin County how much we love them. April 11th is going to be a turning point for DAG and the people of Lumpkin County. This is only the beginning...THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAGGAGE WEEK 4 - FINAL WEEK

Hey DAGer's this Sunday we're finishing up our BAGGAGE series! This has been an amazing message series. It's been insightful, thought provoking, challeneging, and inspiring. You don't want to miss the final message in this series. Bring everyone you know...I mean everyone! I promise you that God's Word is goin' start a revolution in your life...it's going to be freakin' awesome!!! See ya'll on Sunday at 10:30am. If you've missed any of the messages in this life changing series visit our website here.

Great Post Spotlight

Just read the new post by Perry Noble and all I got to say is that it jacked up my morning. Here's a little peek at the post...

"MAYBE that’s one of the problems in church world today—there aren’t enough leaders who will FIGHT for what they believe in. The early church leaders were willing to sacrifice their lives…unfortunately many leaders today won’t even sacrifice a paper cut!" - Perry Noble

To read the rest of the post go here and tell me what ya'll think.

Sunday Mind Dump

• What a fantastic day!
• Great drive up to Dahlonega this morning!
• When we first became the Pastors of our church I wasn't crazy about the 30 minute drive up to the church but now I treasure it!!!
• that 30 minute drive becomes my prayer closet...just me and Jesus
• best part is for most of the drive up my phone doesn't get a signal...NICE:)
• I was the first one at the church today...
• Gave me an opportunity to walk around and pray and dream out loud!
• From the moment that I woke up this morning I had this HOLY ANTICIPATION something was going to happen.
• Prayed with the worship team before their run through. I love praying with these guys!
• They sounded great during their run through and did an awesome job during worship!
• This was week 3 in our Baggage series.
• Talked about the emotional baggage we all carry in our life.
• This was probably one of my most personal messages I have ever shared.
• By the end of the message you can see the FREEDOM in people's eyes!!!
• Lovin' this series!!!
• Don't miss the end of this series next week...it's going to be awesome!
• Looking forward to Palm Sunday and our Easter message!
• Interviewed a young man interested in our student ministry position...
• don't know if it's a right fit...I have literally spoken to or interviewed at least 20 individual about our student position.
• Although I have had some great interviews I can't rush this decision...
• DAGer's please pray for me as I continue the search for a new Student Ministry Pastor.
• Had lunch with one of our new families...the food was stinkin' amazing!!!
• Thanks Martinez family for the invite we had an awesome time hanging out with ya'll.
• Had a couple of teenagers at our Student worship experience tonight!
• I really hate rebuilding seasons...they can mentally kick the snot out of you.
• But I am so proud of our boys that showed up...remember guys someone has to take the FIRST STEPS. Thanks for taking them with me.
• LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!
• All in all what a great day!!!
• Except for the messed up comment I got on my blog...more about this later.
• As far as pastoring DAG I'm lovin' it!
• DAGer's thanks for letting us lead ya'll it truly is an honor and privilege for Tami and I to be apart of your lives.
• Let's keep DREAMING OUT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BAGGAGE WEEK 3

DAGer's just wanted to remind you not to miss week 3 of Baggage this Sunday. I promise that you'll walk out changed and challenged. I can't wait to see ya'll!!!

THE STICKS CONFERENCE

I just register for the Southeast Sticks Conference in Canton Georgia. Gary Lamb and Revolution Church is hosting this very unique conference. I love the concept this conference has...to help Pastors in small or medium towns have a big impact. I am so jacked up about this conference! Have you seen the line up yet? If not you have got to check it out here. If you're on the fence about going to the conference and you live in the Atlanta area let me encourage you to attend...especially with the Lambinator discount for the next two days. If you're coming in May lets meet up and network it would be great to meet new friends in the trenches. See ya'll in May!!!!

DON'T VISIT MY CHURCH...

I am HUGE on first impressions. If you ask any of our people at DAG they will tell you that I talk alot about how important first impressions are to me. I just read a series of posts from Herbert Cooper. He's the Senior Pastor of People's Church in Oklahoma City. He took a look at first impressions from a different perspective. I'm sure after reading this...you'll want to make some changes this week:)

Every Sunday, many churches have guests visit their church. Either we are ready for the guest when they arrive, or we are not. We never get a second chance to make a first impression. I want to share some ways to ensure guests have a horrible experience at our churches.

1. Don't have anyone in the parking lot to greet them or to assist them.
2. Have greeters at the front door who never smile and never brush their teeth. Be sure they give guests the impression that they wish they would have never shown up.
3. Don't have large, easy-to-read and understandable signs in high traffic areas of your building.
4. Make sure your bathrooms stink, the trash cans are full and you are out of soap and paper towels. It's very important that you don't tidy up the restrooms in between services.
5. Make sure your ushers sit all of the first time guests in the front row of the church. Every guest loves to parade down the aisle in front of the entire church.
6. Be sure to start the services late. Who really cares that the service was supposed to start at 10AM but begins at 10:17AM? Guests really do love to sit in an auditorium wondering what's going on and when is it going to start.
7. Make the guests stand up and introduce themselves during the service. When I visit a church, that's my favorite thing to do. :)
8. Make sure you don't have any children's ministry. After all, a five-year-old kid enjoys listening to a sermon on "Reasons Why Jesus Will Return By 2010 Because These Are The Last Days And The Mark Of The Beast Is On It's Way And Somebody Just Spotted The Anti-Christ."
9. Let praise and worship go for an hour and a half and then be sure to preach for two hours.
10. It's very important that you spend 45 minutes taking up the offering. Be sure to use gimmicks and manipulate people into giving.
11. Take time to announce everything going on in your church from birth to seniors. If you really want to make an impression, have four or five people pass the microphone to make all of the announcements.
12. Start studying for Sunday's sermon on Saturday night at 10PM.
13. Be sure the sermon does not apply to anybody's daily life. The sermon should be full of revelation but have no application.
14. Don't have worship practice. Just have the worship team show up 5 minutes before service starts and let the Spirit take over.
15. Let people in the audience play their own musical instruments and then sit all of your guests right next to them.
16. It's very important that you do not do any follow-up with your guests. Keep everybody so busy that nobody takes time to send a letter, email or make a phone call to all of the guests.

UNLEASH Recap

• I have no freakin' idea where to start...WOW!!!
• This was our first UNLEASH and it was awesome!
• First of all I was so jacked up that a group from our church made the time to go UNLEASH.
• They literally took time off of work to go to with me and my wife to NEWSPRING...
• It was an honor hanging out with them. Memories were definitely made:)
• The #1 thing that blew me away was the PASSION of the volunteers at NEWSPRING.
• The moment that we drove on the property we were greeted by happy and smiling faces.
• As we got closer to the front doors the excitement increased...honestly you didn't know what to expect.
• People were clapping, cheering, and I think that there was a lady with a bull horn announcing where people were from...CRAZY!!!
• Everyone was so helpful and nice...imagine that people being nice at church:)
• My wife (hey baby) was so overwhelmed that she started to cry and that's before we even got into the building.
• Newspring volunteers thank you for making us feel welcomed...you guys are amazing!
• I love that our folks got to see the passion that the greeters had at Newspring. I know that it inspired them to create that same kind of environment at our church.
• Our group learned a valuable lesson in the parking lot...FIRST IMPRESSIONS REALLY DO MATTER!
• I was so impressed with the campus at Anderson.
• I love the main building...it had a lot of room...signs everywhere...and once again amazing volunteers everywhere. Oh yeah the coffee was amazing!
• Sense I procrastinated on getting my tickets most of our group enjoyed the main sessions from the New Student building.
• At first I thought I was going to miss out because we were in the student building and not in the main sanctuary but I think it was actually better.
• We had more room to move around, the worship was great, and even though Perry wasn't in the building it felt like he was.
• After yesterday I have come to the conclusion that Perry Noble is the most honest and effective communicator in the church today.
• I realize that some folks had a problem with some of the things that Perry shared during the sessions but I have learned that when a Pastor who is obviously successful in reaching people says something that rubs me the wrong way I shouldn't ignore it just because it made me feel uncomfortable.
• Here's a thought maybe that uncomfortable feeling you have just might be the Holy Spirit speaking to you...but what do I know I am just a first time Senior Pastor:)
• During the first session Perry spoke about the "major break down between Jesus and the the church"
• I'll blog about the detail of this session in a later post. I want to spend some time with all the info I took in during this session.
• I really enjoyed the Q & A session with Perry. To me Q&A sessions are raw and real. They are opportunities to really see what's in a persons heart.
• Got to give a shout out to Gary Lamb. I got to connect with him at UNLEASH. Hey Gary I'll be calling next week to schedule lunch at CHILI'S!!!
• One of the highlights of the day was having lunch with Perry and several other Pastors.
• I honestly don't know how we got invited to attend this lunch but it was a huge honor for me and my wife to hang out with Perry and a bunch of amazing Pastors.
• I also got to share a few moments with Perry...the dude really is tall:)
• Perry thanks for listening and praying for me it meant a ton to me that you would actually take a moment to personally invest into me.
• After lunch my wife and I walked around the campus drooling and dreaming.
• DAGer's it time to start a REVOLUTION in Lumpkin County!!!
• I finally had a chance to check out Fellowship One. We're currently looking for a church software system that will help us keep our info in order. If you use Fellowship one or any other kind of system let me know what you think.
• Session 2 was amazing! Perry shared some stuff that most Pastors have a hard time saying to their leadership.
• It is such an amazing feeling to know that the folks that were there with us have our back.
• UNLEASH 09' was awesome I can't wait til next year!!!

let's try this again...NEW SERIES THIS SUNDAY!

Last Sunday we were suppose to start our new series BAGGAGE but since I was laid up in the hospital that didn't happen. I hope ya'll are ready for this Sunday because I am ready to teach. I really want to encourage you NOT to miss this Sunday especially the first five minutes of the message. Here's a hint of to expect the next five weeks.

Baggage...when we hear this word we usually think of airport security lines, traveling, and of course packing. But if we were really honest with ourselves the word BAGGAGE reminds us of past pain and hurts. Those things that have kept you from living life and dreaming big. My goal and hope is that through this series you will learn how you can pack up the pain and hurt, find release from addiction and torment, and break free from the battles that keep you – and your baggage – grounded. Here is a preview of what to expect in the next few weeks ahead.

• March 8th - Baggage Check: Discovering What's Inside
• March 15th - Overcoming Addictions: Send Bad Habits Packing
• March 22th - Emotional Baggage: Taking Out Laundry In Our Lives
• March 29nd - Released From Depression: Joy Is Here To Stay

DON'T FORGET!

Hey DAGer's I just wanted to let you know that you don't want to miss the first 5 minutes of Sunday's message...it's going to be AWESOME! So don't forget to set you clocks ONE HOUR AHEAD on Saturday night. Can't wait to see ya'll!!!

What People Are Saying...

Hey DAGer's have ya'll ever wonder why we fill out those connection cards every Sunday? It's all about FIRST IMPRESSIONS. It's important that we stay sensitive and open to what our guests are thinking and saying. The information on these connection cards helps us continue to build and create an environment where people can Connect to God so that they can Become like Jesus so they could Influence the world. So here are a few comments that our guests have shared with us regarding their first visit to DAG. I hope this inspires and reminds you why we work so hard to try to make the greatest first impression.

1. When you arrived today, what made you feel welcome?

• friendly staff & members
• the people
• everyone
• friendly people
• the friendliness of the people
• door greeter & the Pastor
• all the smiling faces

2. Did you feel the message was relevant and did it help meet a need in your life?

• very much
• yes
• awesome job!
• it was for me!

3. Did our facilities meet your needs?

• yes - very much
• yes

4. What inspired you the most?

• good people
• the message Pastor Gabe preached
• kindness of everyone
• presence of God
• the Pastor talked about the growth of the church
• the worship was awesome and the truth of the message

5. What was your overall impression?

• Good
• the church is a Godly body of believers that love one another
• We loved it!
• Great

6. Any other comments?

• we will be back!

WOW...I hope that this jacks you up! Thank you for making every single person that walks through the doors special and accepted. Let's continue to show compassion, grace, and mercy as we move forward and into our destiny!

Sunday Night Mind Dump

• What a crazy weekend!
• I'm finally home!
• For those of you who don't know I spent the whole weekend in the hospital.
• Friday night I started to have sharp chest pain but I thought it was something I ate so I ignored it.
• On Saturday morning I still had the pain and then I felt my left hand go numb. I'm sure I don't have to tell you that this FREAKED MY WORLD OUT!
• I told my wife how I was feeling and she told me to get my butt to the doctors.
• I went to Urgent Care but they told me to immediately go to the ER.
• So that's where I spent my entire weekend.
• Thankfully I didn't have any heart damage.
• In fact my heart looks great, blood pressure is great, but my cholesterol level is too high!
• So it's time to change some things in my life.
• It's time to replace bad habits with good habits.
• I see my future filled with a ton of grilled chicken and veggies:)
• and of course a lot of exercise.
• Tami and I want to say thank you to all of you for your prayers and concern.
• WE REALIZED THIS WEEKEND HOW BLESS WE ARE TO BE SURROUNDED WITH PEOPLE LIKE YA'LL.
• We love all of you.
• Also I want to thank all of you who stepped up today for church.
• It was so good to know that I don't have to be there for the church to move forward.
• DAGer's ya'll are amazing!!!
• I want to give a special shout out to Pastor Dustin Hall.
• Dustin thanks for filling in for me. I heard you brought the WORD this morning!
• Thanks again for all the prayers and we will see all of you on Wednesday night.

NEED YOUR HELP...

Hey DAGer's with Easter right around the corner it's time to get ready to BE THE CHURCH in our community. On Saturday, April 11, 2009 at Yahoola Park in Dahlonega Georgia we will be hosting a Community Wide Easter Egg Hunt. We're currently working on the details for this amazing event but what we need from you RIGHT NOW are plastic eggs and candy. WE NEED A TON OF PLASTIC EGGS & CANDY. My goal is that we have over 10,000 eggs on Saturday April 11th. Let's make this happen for the kids in our community. I promise this will be the greatest Easter Egg Hunt that Lumpkin County has ever seen. So please start bringing your eggs & candy this Sunday. Thank you for dreaming with Tami & I as we INFLUENCE OUR COMMUNITY.

NEW SERIES!

Baggage...when we hear this word we usually think of airport security lines, traveling, and of course packing. But if we were really honest with ourselves the word BAGGAGE reminds us of past pain and hurts. Those things that have kept you from living life and dreaming big. My goal and hope is that through this series you will learn how you can pack up the pain and hurt, find release from addiction and torment, and break free from the battles that keep you – and your baggage – grounded. Here is a sneak preview of what to expect in the next few weeks ahead.

• March 1st - Baggage: It's Time To Let Go
• March 8th - Baggage Check: Discovering What's Inside
• March 15th - Overcoming Addictions: Send Bad Habits Packing
• March 22nd - Emotional Baggage: Taking Out Laundry In Our Lives
• March 29th - Released From Depression: Joy Is Here To Stay

I hope to see you this Sunday as we start this new and life revolutionary series!

THANK YOU!

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of you who have made Faith Promises to our Missions program this year. Words can't express how grateful Tami and I feel. I realize that times are financially tough right now but thank you for DREAMING OUT LOUD with us!

Here is a quick look at how your FAITH PROMISE will impact the world forever.

Because of your faithful giving churches will have a MAPS team come and help team rebuild and finish long waited projects. Because of you faithful giving lives in Europe will hear the gospel and experience the compassion Christ. Because of your faithful giving middle and high school student will experience a 7 Project at there schools. Because of your faithful giving lives in Latin America will be changed. Because of your faithful giving college students in Columbus Georgia will grow in their faith. Because of your faithful giving children in Cambodia will hear the gospel for the first time. Because of your faithful giving children in India will find HOPE. Because of your faithful giving the LA Dream Center will be able to complete their building project so they could house 1600 more people. Because of your faithful giving Missionaries will be able to purchase the resources & vehicles they need to share the gospel around the world. Because of your faithful giving lives will be changed for all of eternity.

DAGer's thank you so much for investing into something that really matters...PEOPLE! I am so honored to Pastor a church that understands that since PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD THEY NEED TO MATTER TO US.

Now let me challenge us first, if you have not made a Faith Promise for 2009 jump on board this Wednesday or Sunday and make a commitment to missions. Second if you have made a commitment...KEEP IT. Every penny counts! Once again THANK YOU & LET'S KEEP DREAMING OUT LOUD TOGETHER!

Sunday Night Mind Dump

• TODAY ROCKED!!!
• from my understanding there were 9 first-time guest this morning!!!
• it was so exciting seeing so many new faces!
• someone told me that they had a hard time during our meet & greet time trying to meet all the guests.
• what a great problem to have!
• another great problem that I think we are going to have to deal with is our parking space.
• our current parking lot is small and from what I heard it was pretty close to capacity.WOW!!!
• So DAGer's I need your help. Can you please park in the spaces furthest from the main doors.
• Let's give our guest the "red carpet" treatment when they visit us for the first time. THANKS!
• If this great problem continues I'm going to need ya'll to park on the grass and along side of the building...I can't wait to see this happen:)
• Who knows maybe by summer we'll have to update our current lot and add more spaces...JUST DREAMING OUT LOUD:)
• Once again our worship team did an amazing job!!!
• It seems like every week it gets better and better and better!
• This morning when I got to the church someone shared with me that they had a dream that the stage had a ton of people in our worship team and that the sanctuary was packed!!!
• I LOVE HEARING ABOUT THOSE KIND OF DREAMS!
• DAGer's it's just a matter of time...
• Did I mention that we had 9 first time guest;)
• I finished our God's Game Plan series today. I had a lot of fun teaching this series. It seemed like many people were challenged throughout the entire series.
• Remeber DAGer's I would love to hear about your stories of faith as you begin to step out to make the "game winning touchdowns".
• Finally, tonight we relaunched our Student Ministry.
• So with a handful of teenagers we ate pizza talked about the future and started to dream about how God could use us to start a REVOLUTION in Lumpkin County.
• I hope that Lumpkin County is really for a REVOLUTION because Revolution Student Ministries is going to turning our community upside down!!!
• I can't wait until Wednesday and Sunday!!! I love Pastoring DAG!!!

Sunday Mind Dump

• What a fantastic day!


• We had several new faces in the crowd today.


• It was great getting to meet our first time guest.


• My wife and I did notice something today. We got a little taste of what will happen when we have several first time guest at one time.


• More kids in kids church more babies in the nursery caught us off guard today.


• DAGer's it's time to step it up and become Partners in Ministry in these areas.


• If today was an indication of what the next couple of months/future is going to look like it's time to bring our "A game" every Sunday.


• Our kids deserve our best!


• Our worship team did an absolutely tremendous job today!


• I personally want to say thank you to everyone on the worship team. You guys are amazing thank you for using your talents and leading our church into God's presence.


• At our PM worship experience our worship team came together and sang and play a song that they literally learned this afternoon...AND IT WAS AWESOME!


• YOU GUYS ARE FREAKIN' AMAZING!!!


• I want to give a special shout out to Laura for stepping up and jumping on the keyboard! Seriously I almost cried as she played in the background while I was praying:)


• One of the things that I love about this church is its heart for missions.


• So today was all about Foreign & Home Missions.


• During our Morning Worship Experience Mike Holt was our guest speaker.


• He is a missionary to our public/private school systems throughout Georgia.


• It was so great to hear how God was moving throughout Georgia schools.


• During our PM Worship Experience Ben & Kami Heilman were our guest speakers.


• They are newly appointed Missionaries to the country of Cambodia.


• I am so excited for Ben & Kami their passion for the Cambodian people is so infection.


• I can't wait to see how God uses this amazing couple to change the country of Cambodia.


• If you want to invest into people who are making a difference for the Kingdom check out this website.


• Mike, Ben & Kami thank you for being so passionate about Jesus and for answering the calls on your lives.


• DAGer's I personally want to thank all of you who made Faith Promises today. I realize this isn't the greatest time to make financial commitments to anything but I am so honored and proud that you are willing to DREAM OUT LOUD with me as we send out missionaries all around this world.
• If you haven't made a Faith Promise yet I want to triple dog dare you to DREAM OUT LOUD with me as we INFLUECE THE WORLD through giving to missions.
• My hope and goal is that we will be able to continue to support ALL our current missionaries, fulfill our $10,000 commitment to the LA Dream Center and add two more missionary families to our list.
• Let me make this very clear NO AMOUNT IS TO SMALL!
• In fact one of our high school students has committed to give $2 a month to missions for the entire year. THAT'S HUGE!!!
• When you think you can't give...that is the moment to give!
• YOU CAN'T OUT GIVE GOD!
• In a couple of weeks after everyone has had an opportunity to make a Faith Promise I will be sharing with ya'll our monthly Faith Promise amount!
  
• I LOVE PASTORING THIS CHURCH!!!