Brewing

This is shaping up to be one great year. On top of the great things happening at church (you can read more about that here), our largest client, Bruner Motors, has purchased two dealerships in Brownwood, Texas. We've officially begun work for the new stores so this should have a huge impact on the future of the business. I'm also still handling the creative direction on The Business Journal, our other large client which is beginning to grow. In between that, we have a steady flow of smaller design work coming in.

Between these new things and the massive things going on at church, there is a lot brewing for this year.

As promised

Here is the new blog I'll maintain for all the church-related happenings.

Movin' on up

Yesterday at church we had a special service where myself and my friend James Fesser were appointed as associate pastors. This is a big step for each of us and the church. We are the first associate pastors in the short history of the church and I think we each bring things to the table to help the church grow.

I'll be in charge of all children, youth, and college ministries as well as all creative direction and advertising/marketing.

I'll be starting a new blog very soon for all church-related material (I'm expected there to be a lot of it).

Good week

I'm declaring right now, it's going to be a good week. Wednesday, we should work out a deal for a semi-new account, which should be good for business.

We may also have something big to announce at church. It won't be for a couple of more weeks, but it should be great.

Plus, we'll probably be taking a trip this weekend.

Oh yeah, and my wife tells me I'm going to LOVE Valentine's day.

Should be a good week.

Geeking out about The Noble

Doing some research this morning I noticed I had a link from Perrynoble.com.

This reminded me I haven't really written much of anything about Perry or Newspring Church. They are located in Anderson, SC and man, do they have it going on. The church has exploded in the past year and just about doubled in size. God's hand is all over their ministry and they, along with a few others, have inspired me to think bigger. We are planning some new things for our church, but it seems like I'm constantly hitting walls of doubtful people. Watching the success of others has helped me get past these doubts and continue to look at what God can do, not what we can do.

On the off chance Perry happened to be the visitor from Perrynoble.com, I just wanted to say thanks for all you do. I know your mission is to reach the people in your surrounding area, but God is using you to inspire people a long way away to reach our areas too.

And by the way, anyone who's man enough to name his son Boaz is good in my book.

Interview with Lee McDerment

Here is a great interview with Lee McDerment, worship pastor at Newspring Church in Anderson, SC.

Lee has some great thoughts on dealing with the team, changes, staying grounded in the word, and his musical influences.

I'll soon be starting the proccess of searching for members for a worship team, so this is great advice.

Via Tony Morgan Live.

Debt and excuses

Joseph Sangle put up a great post about excuses when it comes to getting out of debt. His philosophy is it doesn't matter whether you are making $25,000 or $200,000, there is no excuse for the mountains of debt we carry.

He's mad and he's not going to take it anymore. Joseph has a great blog dedicated to helping people get out of debt. He is, I believe, the pastor in charge of such things at Newspring Church in Anderson, NC.