Someone was talking with someone this last week and upon mentioning Bay West and FBC, they responded with "hey thanks for the water"...pretty cool, huh? They had gotten some of the free water we've been handing out.
Keep praying for this weekend...please, please invite friends in Palm Bay, especially if they have kids...The Family Fun Night at Palm Bay Regional Park...4-7pm will be fun!
Bay West Church is just 12 days away from launching in West Palm Bay! It's an exciting and busy time. There are a lot of people picking up the slack and I'm reminded every day of two things....1) There is a LOT of things to do 2) God really is on top of things.
Look for our first service to possibly be on the Bay West Church YouTube channel...NO GUARANTEES...but definitely possible.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Just more evidence...
God sure has been in our corner throughout this process..so many things that I've missed and He's caught and fixed without my help...one more thing. For those who were at prayer last night...the whole water thing...God has now opened the door for someone to donate 20 cases of promotional water (and pay for the shipping) for us...God is truly good.
So, LAUNCH TEAM, be ready to get to work to bring Bay West Church to West Palm Bay.
A few things:
1) Sept. 6th...BOTH morning services will be praying over us and commissioning the ENTIRE team in the morning services. If you are in town, please plan to be in both services for the commissioning if you can.
2) Sept. 6th...EVENING...Family Fun Celebration. We'll be on hand to get things done at Palm Bay Regional Park that evening...do not miss it and bring all your friends from Palm Bay. You will be getting some phone calls about helping at various things, but the primary thing is for you to attend and make sure you mill around and meet people in the area.
3) This next Wednesday, Sept.2 and next Wed. Sept. 9th - BE THERE, be there, be there... There will be training for the KIDZONE teams both nights with Jenny Goodson, who'll be doing the training and there will be some things such as putting toys together and other things (First Impressions, Media Team, etc...) that have to happen.
Also, our leaders of teams will be recruiting, so if they call you, so stay receptive and open and we can do the work that God has for us in Palm Bay, Florida,
So, LAUNCH TEAM, be ready to get to work to bring Bay West Church to West Palm Bay.
A few things:
1) Sept. 6th...BOTH morning services will be praying over us and commissioning the ENTIRE team in the morning services. If you are in town, please plan to be in both services for the commissioning if you can.
2) Sept. 6th...EVENING...Family Fun Celebration. We'll be on hand to get things done at Palm Bay Regional Park that evening...do not miss it and bring all your friends from Palm Bay. You will be getting some phone calls about helping at various things, but the primary thing is for you to attend and make sure you mill around and meet people in the area.
3) This next Wednesday, Sept.2 and next Wed. Sept. 9th - BE THERE, be there, be there... There will be training for the KIDZONE teams both nights with Jenny Goodson, who'll be doing the training and there will be some things such as putting toys together and other things (First Impressions, Media Team, etc...) that have to happen.
Also, our leaders of teams will be recruiting, so if they call you, so stay receptive and open and we can do the work that God has for us in Palm Bay, Florida,
Thursday, August 13, 2009
another Thursday night...
There's some great things going on for Bay West Church...
We have us a Children's Leader...Bevan Brennan, a Melbournite and her husband Jason will be joining us in this endeavor. Katye and I had a great dinner with them tonight and feel very positive about them being part of the team.
They've been married 3 years, and they'll be coming around so look for them and get to know them...good folks. Jenny, David and I have met with them to interview them and it's a good deal. You might remember Bevan, because she was a music intern here a few years ago.
Keep praying, because I meet with a prospective Worship Leader tomorrow night AND I had an awesome lunch with a guy today who I've asked to be a part of our worship planning team...GREAT creative mind, we freakin' click....
Feeling good about stuff...met the Community Center Coordinator for the Ted Whitlock Community Center at Palm Bay Regional Park the other day...Rob Medina...GREAT guy, great guy! Talked with him about distributing some promotional water, if we donated it for his different classes and stuff and he was all for it...he's a believer and sincerely loves Jesus. Great contact....btw, thanks again to Larry and Doug for maintaining such a great rep in this area, that definitely helped out the cause here!
Another story of how God just works stuff out here...Jeff Cooke, one of the guys on the Launch Team, was at the prayer time Wednesday night (DON'T MISS THAT) and I was talking about taking water down to the Community Center next week...then I remembered...I'm in Fort Myers all next week at this mandatory training from the FBC (pray for my attitude about that, I don't like being made to go somewhere when I feel I've go so much work to do here), so I can't deliver the water when it comes on Thursday...Jeff pipes up and he's a Landscape Tech with the county in Palm Bay, lives right near the Park, has a truck and says "no prob", he knows Rob, so, done deal...water is right on schedule to be delivered. See how God works...solving problems I didn't previously even know were problems.
There's loads of stuff like this that makes me hopeful...I can't plan this stuff, it just happens. There's big stories and small stories (like just meeting up with Cliff the other day, the guy who runs the Cricket Club down at the Park and then Rob setting me up with a contact for a future community service project...HUGE! to Truth Advertising finding a string to pull to get our mailer out with a short turnaround - thanks Geoff) You just can't buy this stuff...not to mention the money that's been raised in THIS economy to make this happen....you just can't deny that God has something planned. I'm not sure what it is...maybe three of us sitting in that big school in learning about Jesus...but we'll see.
Anyway, here's to more successes in faith as we follow God to try to help bring Jesus to West Palm Bay...adding to the Palm Bay Churches.
We have us a Children's Leader...Bevan Brennan, a Melbournite and her husband Jason will be joining us in this endeavor. Katye and I had a great dinner with them tonight and feel very positive about them being part of the team.
They've been married 3 years, and they'll be coming around so look for them and get to know them...good folks. Jenny, David and I have met with them to interview them and it's a good deal. You might remember Bevan, because she was a music intern here a few years ago.
Keep praying, because I meet with a prospective Worship Leader tomorrow night AND I had an awesome lunch with a guy today who I've asked to be a part of our worship planning team...GREAT creative mind, we freakin' click....
Feeling good about stuff...met the Community Center Coordinator for the Ted Whitlock Community Center at Palm Bay Regional Park the other day...Rob Medina...GREAT guy, great guy! Talked with him about distributing some promotional water, if we donated it for his different classes and stuff and he was all for it...he's a believer and sincerely loves Jesus. Great contact....btw, thanks again to Larry and Doug for maintaining such a great rep in this area, that definitely helped out the cause here!
Another story of how God just works stuff out here...Jeff Cooke, one of the guys on the Launch Team, was at the prayer time Wednesday night (DON'T MISS THAT) and I was talking about taking water down to the Community Center next week...then I remembered...I'm in Fort Myers all next week at this mandatory training from the FBC (pray for my attitude about that, I don't like being made to go somewhere when I feel I've go so much work to do here), so I can't deliver the water when it comes on Thursday...Jeff pipes up and he's a Landscape Tech with the county in Palm Bay, lives right near the Park, has a truck and says "no prob", he knows Rob, so, done deal...water is right on schedule to be delivered. See how God works...solving problems I didn't previously even know were problems.
There's loads of stuff like this that makes me hopeful...I can't plan this stuff, it just happens. There's big stories and small stories (like just meeting up with Cliff the other day, the guy who runs the Cricket Club down at the Park and then Rob setting me up with a contact for a future community service project...HUGE! to Truth Advertising finding a string to pull to get our mailer out with a short turnaround - thanks Geoff) You just can't buy this stuff...not to mention the money that's been raised in THIS economy to make this happen....you just can't deny that God has something planned. I'm not sure what it is...maybe three of us sitting in that big school in learning about Jesus...but we'll see.
Anyway, here's to more successes in faith as we follow God to try to help bring Jesus to West Palm Bay...adding to the Palm Bay Churches.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
woo hoo
LOTS TO DO! Bay West Church is on the move!
Just a few quick hits
- just recorded some spots to start airing on some cumulus radio stations in the area
- look for Facebook ads to hit soon (I'm paying per click, so if you already know about the church, doooooon't click it)
- We've got a HUUGE potluck for the Launch Team coming up on August 23rd (Sunday night) in the Fellowship Hall..EVERYONE on the Launch team needs to be there...BIG TIME.
- September 6 - Sunday night - We are having a family night at Palm Bay Regional Park to gear up for the Launch the next day...tell ALL your friends in Palm Bay. We'll have bounce houses, refreshments, (possibly) live music and it will be from 4-6pm...and it's FREE!
- I've just decided on the first series two, possibly three series that we are doing at Bay West and this should take us through the end of the year... You know me, so it's INTENSE, so be ready for it...
- we are still looking and praying about the children's leader and worship leader...we are close, but I'll let you know as soon as we do.
Things are really looking up and I'm getting the second wind to pull this thing off...so hang in there. We are really serious about being a Palm Bay Church and doing what we can to bring Christ to West Palm Bay
Just a few quick hits
- just recorded some spots to start airing on some cumulus radio stations in the area
- look for Facebook ads to hit soon (I'm paying per click, so if you already know about the church, doooooon't click it)
- We've got a HUUGE potluck for the Launch Team coming up on August 23rd (Sunday night) in the Fellowship Hall..EVERYONE on the Launch team needs to be there...BIG TIME.
- September 6 - Sunday night - We are having a family night at Palm Bay Regional Park to gear up for the Launch the next day...tell ALL your friends in Palm Bay. We'll have bounce houses, refreshments, (possibly) live music and it will be from 4-6pm...and it's FREE!
- I've just decided on the first series two, possibly three series that we are doing at Bay West and this should take us through the end of the year... You know me, so it's INTENSE, so be ready for it...
- we are still looking and praying about the children's leader and worship leader...we are close, but I'll let you know as soon as we do.
Things are really looking up and I'm getting the second wind to pull this thing off...so hang in there. We are really serious about being a Palm Bay Church and doing what we can to bring Christ to West Palm Bay
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