Can't wait!!

I cannot even tell you how excited I am about this coming Sunday!  Week 3 of "Still Standing" is going to be one of the most unforgettable services we have ever had at NorthStar!!  I hope that you are making plans to be with us!

On another front, I have an idea for something that if it comes through could be HUGE!  

I am off to spend a day with Annie.....I love our Fridays together!  We have had a crazy few months with one in high school & one in middle school and going different directions - we always enjoy our Fridays!!  Today we are going to catch a new movie.......!!!

Still Standing - week 3

I absolutely cannot wait until Sunday @ NorthStar! We are talking about a personal relationship with Jesus and how that will always keep us Still Standing! We have something so incredible planned.....if you are a regular at NStar, you absolutely have to make plans to be there & bring a friend with you!!! If you don't normally come & you are one of my, I guess, 5 readers......make plans to either come or listen in next week!!

Can't tell you any more - just know - you can't miss!!!

Rearview Mirror

• Great night Friday night for Allatoona Football, the team finished their first season by beating the Varsity Team from Murray County!  These guys came so far this year - I was so proud of them!!
• Tough day in the College Football World on Saturday with GT and WVU taking big losses.....Not a lot of smiles around the Linch house!!
• Incredible week 3 of Still Standing!!  Packed house at both hours in our Compass Room and at True North at 11am!!  I talked about "Truth" and God's word.  We gave out bibles to anyone that did not already own one.....WOW....we ran out!  Hard to believe in the world today there are still people who have never owned a bible!  Met a couple that just moved here from Cuba and it was their first time ever in church and they had never had a bible of their own!!  Pretty awesome!
• We did a video of Rev. Jett, the 94 year old pastor I interviewed, mixed in with "Word of God Speak".....it was strong!  Visit the NorthStar site to catch up on the video interviews....they are pretty awesome!
• Started talking about our 5pm service beginning in January - great feedback so far!!  We are praying for 500 people to make the move from Sunday AM!  I can't wait!!!
• Baptized after our last service - nothing like closing the morning seeing people take their faith public!!  One of our staff, was able to baptize his mom & dad......pretty special!!!
• Enjoyed being outside yesterday afternoon with some good friends....playing a little cornhole & football and going back inside to keep up with the Falcons who spanked the Saints!!!  How bout the Falcons!!!
• We had Newcomers last night and had a full crowd!!  Hearing the stories of how people got to us never gets old!!  Long night but a fun one!!!

Allen Hunt

Yesterday, Allen Hunt, from the Allen Hunt Radio Show led our staff meeting!!  He was incredible and right on the money for the challenge that we needed!  Allen was a super successful pastor at a great church in Atlanta when God laid on his heart to start a talk show on a secular station that deals with faith & life.  The show is going huge across the country right now and is currently on weekend (Saturday & Sunday) evenings!!  In Atlanta, you can catch on WSB 750-AM.....!!!  Allen eventually resigned his senior pastor position and left for the vision that God had laid on his heart!!

The challenge for me was the passion he has to reach "lost sheep" and to do whatever it takes to stay connected to that world!  The main strategy in putting it all together was....prayer.  Amazing when prayer takes front & center, how much power there is!!

Make sure & listen in and I promise, you will not be disappointed!

Happy Birthday!!

Today is the 1 year birthday for my little niece & nephew (John David & Lucy Linch)!!!  They are two little miracles!

Rearview Mirror

• Incredible AM at NorthStar.....HUGE crowds - great energy to start our Still Standing series!!  
• You could have heard a pin drop while we were talking about what it means to be "forgiven"
• Anne walked in the 9:30am service and said it was the wildest she had ever seen it trying to get on campus!
• I sat in a meeting a few years with Rick Warren and he said the 4 biggest attendance of the year are:  Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day & Time change Sunday in the fall!!  He is SO on the money!
• The band nailed "It's not my time" by Three Doors Down.....pretty rockin!!
• Went out and enjoyed the afternoon with Mary-Michal....she is SO fun!!  I love that girl - she has more energy than anyone I have ever met!
• Got home to watch the Falcons smack the Raiders!  It is a new day in ATL!  Way to go Birds!! 
• Matt Ryan is the Rookie of the Year and Mike Smith should be the Coach of the Year!
• New Polls are out in College Football and GT is at 22 and WVU is at 20....Anne is thrilled!
• Great day yesterday with GT surviving FSU and UGA getting slammed against UF!  LOVED IT!!
• Big week this week - have tons to get done getting things ready for our new Sunday night service in January.....It is going to be awesome!!!
• Watching the Amazing Race right now and getting psyched up for "The Unit".......after I pick Casey up from Satellite Groups at NStar!
• Great weekend - sad it is over already!

I am Forgiven!!

Today we begin our "Still Standing" series at NorthStar talking about what it means to be "forgiven".......this is true "debt-free" living!!  When we get what it means to be forgiven completely - it will give us a freedom we have never known!!!  

Heading out....can't wait for the morning!!!