Alright I’ve been teasing you for months now telling you some big things are in the works.  Today I’ll share one of them with you and I may share another tomorrow…or possibly even 2.

In John 17 Jesus prays that we as believer’s might be one.  This summer we have been asked to join over 900 other churches world-wide to do just that.  For 4 weeks starting June 15th we along with them will be doing a series called “One Prayer”.  I will preach one of the weeks, but then the other 3 weeks will be taught by some of the biggest names today in Christianity via video.

We will each preach based on answering the following question…”What would I pray if God would answer One Prayer for the Church at large?”  In addition there are projects we will all work on together including helping to plant 500 churches in Cambodia, India, Sudan, and China.

This is going to be a life-changing series and I’m really looking forward to exposing you to some of the greatest communicators in the church today.  To have these guys in as a guest speaker would normally cost thousands of dollars, but we’re going to get 3 consecutive weeks for absolutely FREE!

Please join me in prayer in the next few weeks leading up to this that Jesus prayer that we might be one would be fulfilled.  Also, use this opportunity to invite new people in…literally this will be like going to see an all-star game…the best of the best will be participating and I guarantee you these guys will make you wish you could hear them every weekend instead of little ole’ me.

• Wow this weekend whipped me pretty good.
• From having company staying at the house to the excitement of what I thought God was going to do, to the nervous energy of Sunday morning and knowing my in-laws were going to be in the crowd to actually delivering the message and see it all come together…whew, I’m beat…I took not 1 but 2 naps yesterday…went to bed at a decent hour, but still feel like I’ve been shot.
• Not that I know what being shot feels like…but I can imagine.
• You know what…I’d do it all over again…oh yeah I will this up-coming weekend.
• It’s just a part of the job.  You put so much time, energy and effort into a solitary event and then the adrenaline rush of seeing it all happen creates such a high that coming down off of it is hard.
• I LOVE MY JOB!
• Poor Lisa…when I’m really beat, I snore…usually she can go to the guest room, but with her parents in there she ended up on the couch in her office last night.
• My in-laws love playing the Wii.
• My father-in-law and I have also been shooting a lot of pool.  There is this game you can play called golf that is just as frustrating as the real thing, but we keep playing it thinking that we’ll “do better the next time.”
• We invited my intern from last year Brian…who is also the lead guitarist on the worship team…and his girlfriend Chrissy over to dinner on Saturday night because his parents are out of town.  We had a good time and afterwards of course there were some spirited games of Wii being played.
• Chrissy and I were boxing and just absolutely going crazy with the punches.  In the first round we each knocked the other to the canvas twice.  In Round Two, we were both pummeling each other (of course everyone in the living room was rooting for her…quite loudly I might add) when all of the sudden we hit each other so hard…at the exact same time…that we both collapsed to the mat.  It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.  We both ended up getting up and finally I knocked her out later in the round.
• No I’m not ashamed of beating a girl.
• Yes, Brian did tell me Sunday that she was literally worn out for the next 2 hours.
• Hmmm…maybe that contributed to my tiredness.
• If you haven’t played the Wii yet, it is a good form of exercise.
• Speaking of Chrissy…her and a few other females have complained to me that they’d rather be the sugar of the earth rather than the salt of the earth.   Hey don’t yell at me…if you’ve got an argument take it to Jesus…He’s the one who said it.   ; )
• I had a great devotional time with God this morning…He really confirmed some things to me.
• Part of which had to do with the big announcement I’ll be making this week right here on the blog…keep checking back…it’s coming.

Don’t be scared, I’m not moving…NO the Experience this week is going to be very moving.  We had our run through last night and I had goosebumps even though it was extremely hot in the Multi-Purpose Room.  This is one of those can’t miss weeks…make sure to come and why not invite someone to come with you…you’ll be glad that you did.