Rearview Mirror

• We had our 3rd week in our "August Rush" series yesterday......this has been a timely series for me & for many at NStar!
• May have been the largest crowd outside Christmas & Easter that we have ever had! The hospitality team had to start finding seats during the first song.....this is crazy!! We have always been the "LA Dodgers" with our crowds arriving late....things are changing!!
• The new Third Day song "Slow Down" was right on the money!! Ryan Williams nailed it!
• Met tons of new people and it was so incredible to hear all of their stories!
• Over 5o went through our monthly membership class....the room was slammed
• 32 people went through the Growth Starts class on prayer
• There were over 400 middle & high school students again....WOW!
• We had a super Management Team meeting early this AM and these guys had some solid stuff that was right on the money for me! Their wisdom is so good and timely in my life!
• A few of us went to Red Top Mountain for a day of "brainstorming" for our next 3 series.....The Kingdom, Average Joe & 21 - Some good stuff was flowing today - I am always blown away at the creativity of our team! There is no doubt I am the dunce on the room but it is fun being around smart creative people!
  
• A little bummed that Casey's tryouts for the Allatoona High School baseball team got rained out.....he is so ready to get out there!
• Started Mark Batterson's book "A Wild Goose Chase" -----quite possibly one of the best books I have read in a long time! You have got to get a copy and read it!! I will post some of his thoughts soon that spoke most to me!