Xtreme Week

It's been an incredibly busy week and the it's not slowing down any for the weekend. Here are a few of the highlights...

• Wednesday evening I had the privilege of teaching at our church's Midweek Focus service. I taught from Psalm 119:97-104. The big idea: God's Word produces godly character. The catch, we have to be engaged in knowing God's Word and doing God's Word before it can have this effect on our lives. Basic, simple stuff - but oh so life-changing.
• Running has been especially challenging this week. The heat combined with the humidity is unbelievable. Good thing I'm now running with my brand new RoadID. www.RoadID.com
  
• This weekend our Women's Ministry is hosting a Beth Moore simulcast conference. I had the opportunity to welcome the ladies to the conference last night and be a part of the commitment time this morning. Awesome conference and really cool to see the response from the women attending.
• Tomorrow evening is our annual Sunday School Leadership Conference. Our theme this year is sacrifice. We're opening with a drama with 8 of us from our Ed Team. It's going to be hysterical (at least it should be). We even break into a musical number at one point. Dont' want to give anymore away, but it should be an incredibly challenging night for all attending.
• Trying to wrap up my Bible study on Hebrews 1 this afternoon. Saturdays can be a challenge to study and prepare - there are too many other things /distractionyou want to do.
• Speaking of distraction - X Games 14 are in full swing now. I love watching these extreme events. These guys/gals are amazing.
  
• I finish up week 5 of the 100 push ups plan today. One week to go and in theory I should be able to 100 push ups without stopping. I think I'm going to need at least an extra week or two. I'll keep you posted.
  

Exciting Time of the Year

I love this time of the year. There is always so much anticipation at McGregor as we prepare for the fall and the start of a new school year.

But I'm really excited about this Friday night. We have invited all of our Sunday School leadership to be a part of our annual leadership conference. Our theme this year is all about "team," and I can get real passionate talking about teamwork. To illustrate our theme, we put together a video entitled Cubicles. Actually, it's the opposite of what we hope to see on our ministry teams here at McGregor. It should provide a few laughs, especially since many of our Ed Team are the stars in the video. Click here to see the promo for Cubicles.

Hopefully I can get the video posted some time next week for all to see and enjoy.