The waiting continues…

by admin on November 21, 2009

It’s ironic that in the midst of The Waiting Room series we are forced to delay our annual Oklahoma Thanksgiving trip with possibility of canceling. The flu hit 3 of our kids and it has delayed our trip thus far. It’s frustrating waiting without knowing whether or not we will be able to go. Of course, I’m much more concerned about my kids getting better and that is why we are waiting. It has just reminded me of the frustration of waiting. Wait that’s not right.

It has reminded me of the frustration of unexpected waiting.  I think waiting is bearable when you expect it and can prepare yourself for it.  But when it is unexpected it’s the worse.

So we are patiently waiting…and not so patiently waiting and learning to enjoy the unexpected time at home.

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The new Suncrest-East Extra e-newsletter

by admin on November 19, 2009

We have a brand spanking new Email Newsletter for Suncrest-East.  If you attend or are interested in staying up to date on the happenings of East campus, will you subscribe?  This is designed as the very best way to stay informed and engaged on what is going on with East Campus.  Also, we are going to have some great articles on integrating our faith with everyday life.  Don’t miss out!  If you subscribe below, you will receive the Suncrest-East Extra in your inbox every Wednesday morning. Just to be clear this is different then subscribing to this blog’s posts. The Suncrest-East Extra is something new and different.

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Enough for today

November 18, 2009

I’ve been doing a little reflection on the concept of the waiting room that we are using for our current message series.  You can find the others here and here.
Today I’d like to reflect a little on the experience the Israelites had in between when they were slaves in Egypt and when they entered their [...]

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The fine art of “sitting with it”

November 17, 2009

I’m continuing some reflection on the waiting room of life.  You can read the other post here.
Someone gave me a compliment yesterday.  They told me that they saw real growth in me recently.
For me, my greatest growth has come because I gave myself over to a process of transformation where I have allowed someone, a [...]

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Don’t do something, just sit there

November 16, 2009

On Sunday, Greg at Suncrest challenged us to do nothing for 7 days.  If you find yourself in the waiting room of life, maybe the best thing you can do is just wait.  Here is a phrase that grabbed me:
When it comes to waiting, I think transaction; God thinks transformation.
One of the things I have [...]

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Someone really has some issues

November 13, 2009

Every time we do a direct mail campaign we always get a positive response and a not so positive response.  We typically get a few phone calls from recipients at the office explaining that they are Catholic or whatever and would NOT like to receive mailings from us.  Or we will receive a note saying [...]

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Mall Servolution

November 12, 2009

So our team had this crazy idea…
What if we invaded the mall and served as many people as we could?
As wild as it sounded that is exactly what we did last Sunday.  A few families met at the food court and then tried to bless as many people as possible.  It was a great experience [...]

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A new church is born

October 25, 2009

It was great being with the gang at Northpointe Christian Church today as they launched.  It ocurred to me that the only other gathering I witnessed the launch of was Suncrest-East’s!  Northpointe meets in a movie theater as well so I loved learning from what they are doing.  It was a great morning with lots [...]

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A new church is coming

October 22, 2009

I’m so excited that this Sunday, Northpointe Christian Church launches in Providence, RI. I’ve had the privilege to serve on the partnership team and can’t wait to be there and help out this Sunday. I love their mission which is to be a “transformed people led by God to change lives.” I [...]

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Suncrest staff retreat 2009

October 21, 2009

Note: We took this personality test as a staff and about half of us have this certain characteristic that describes us as liking hip hop music. Oh yeah…that is definitely us.

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