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Coastal Community Church is off and running!!!

September 22, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

It has been a couple of weeks since my last blog post and I apologize.  The last two weeks have been a dream come true for me.  On September 13, 2009 we had the very first service of Coastal Community Church.  It was probably the 3rd greatest moment of my life besides accepting Christ and marrying my wife.  We had 357 people show up for that first service. The room was filled with anticipation, people gave their all in worship and the word of God was preached.  At the end of the day I was exhausted but at the same time I was invigorated.  It was one of the most surreal moments of my life.  I am not an emotional guy but when the commitment song, Came to my Rescue, was being sung and I looked out and saw hundreds of people worshipping God I just broke down.  There is nothing greater than seeing the Spirit of God move in peoples live to draw them into His presence.

I am so thankful to all of you who have been praying for Shayla, myself and our team.  You have no idea what is about to take place in Ft. Lauderdale because of your faithfulness.  To all those who have contributed financially to the vision before it was a reality, thank you so much for your belief and faith in us to do a Greater Thing down here.  Finally, to those who sacrificed by moving your families and giving up jobs, family and friends, you are my heroes.  We could not have planted this church without you and you have been such a huge encouragement and source of inspiration to us.

It’s about the DETAILS!!!

September 3, 2009 in Uncategorized with 2 Comments

Over the past 3 months I have learned a principle that has changed my life.  I am one of those people who is all about the big picture.  The thing about being a big picture person is that you are not necessarily a detail person.  I like talking about what it will look like when and dreaming about the future.  I am not real big on getting all the minor details in place.  The thing that I have learned is that life is culmination of all the details adding up to the big picture.  The details are what sets a good thing apart from the great thing, it’s what changes something from ordinary to extraordinary, and it is the difference in a good idea and a God idea.

I have come to find in planting Coastal Community Church that God is about detail.  He doesn’t just want us to have a good church service every weekend but a great one.  That means we have to plan for more than just some people greeting at the door, good music and relevant teaching.  It means we have to think about every sign that directs people, every word that goes on the screen during worship, our follow up on people who come to church, the curriculum we use to teach our children, the way we communicate to our community through our advertising, to the words we speak when we are in front of people.  It is all about the details.

This isn’t a new concept either, if you were to read Exodus in the Bible you would see how detailed God was about His first portable church that was planted in the desert.  They had to make the temple exact and precise.  It was all about detail.  I believe that God is looking for people who are about His details.  They are looking at what most would think of as meaningless but to God is extremely important.  I believe that the details take us from being visionaries to revolutionaries.  God is looking for a people who are all about the details, who can take a vision from concept to a reality and be the catalyst for a generation.

  • What details are you forgetting about right now in your life?
  • Where have you been slacking in life that you know you should be doing but you have just been lazy in?

Lets decide to be a people that are about the details of life!

Don’t forget this detail: SEPTEMBER 13, 2009 Monarch High School 10am COASTAL COMMUNITY CHURCH IS LAUNCHING!

Less than 2 Weeks!!!

September 1, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

This past weekend was amazing. The Dream Team went in and set up Monarch High School for the first time and turned it from a school into a church. It was hard and tiring but invigorating at the same point. I think the highlight for me was at the end when we let the worship team get up and play a couple of songs on our new sound system. It was great to hear all of their hard work paying off in the sound quality of their musicianship but what really got me was to not just see them playing but seeing them worshiping.

I know that God is up to something BIG here in Coconut Creek, Florida. God just seems to be orchestrating opportunity after opportunity for us to reach out to people in our community. I am reminded of the verse in 2 Chronicles 7:14
“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.”

I believe that we have been called by God to humble ourselves, pray and seek after God that he will hear our prayers and forgive sins and heal peoples lives.  That is what this church is all about.  We are about bringing people back to the heart of God and I believe that his heart is for people who are far from him.

Over the next 2 weeks we have tons of outreaches planned, lots of things to get ordered in order to get ready for September 13th at 10am and a practice service this weekend for our Dream Team.  Please be praying for us for a couple of things:

  1. We need to purchase a projector that is not in our budget that will cost $6500.
  2. Our direct mail piece is being sent out to 72,219 homes this week advertising our church and new series Paralyzed?.
  3. We are starting to receive calls on some local magazine advertisement we did and that we would connect with people.
  4. Our team is working really hard, that they would have peace and strength throughout this process.
  5. That we would have wisdom in every decision that we are making here in final preparations for the launch.

Thank you for all your prayers, encouragement and financial support for Coastal Community Church.

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I am a shoe guy

August 27, 2009 in Uncategorized with 2 Comments

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I am a shoe guy.  I know that is typically something a woman would say, I can’t help it, I LIKE SHOES.  To me it is one of the most important decisions you will make in your day, what shoes are you going to wear.  So are you a shoe person?

Less Than 3 Weeks from Launch

August 26, 2009 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Costal Community Church Logo FINALI am so excited about this weekend.  We are going to be setting up Monarch High School this weekend for the very first time.  We will be trying to work out all the kinks in our setup and tear down so that when we launch the church on September 13, 2009 everything will be perfect and ready to go.  This past 2 weeks we have been receiving shipments of equipment for our sound system, boxes full of envelopes, bulletin shells, info cards and all kinds of other goodies that I can’t tell you about or it would ruin the surprise of being at the first service.  Did you know that we are a little over 2 weeks away from our launch?

I want to thank everyone for their prayers, encouragement and their financial support.  Without these things Coastal Community Church would not be happening.  If you haven’t gotten involved and you would like to there are numerous ways that you can partner with us to reach this community for Christ.

  1. You can Pray, Pray and then Pray some more.
  2. If you know someone in the Ft. Lauderdale area, please invite them to visit our church on Sept. 13 or our website.
  3. You can move here and be a part of our Dream Team. (I know this one is a bold move)
  4. You can give financially.

Thank you again for your support of Coastal Community Church, we are Loving God, Loving People and Showing It.

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