Well Sunday was an awesome day that started with me up at 5'ish and on my bike for a short ride over to the college which is next door to the Rec. to help with the 6 AM load in for BridgePoint Church along with a few other good men and women; actually the women come a little later but there are 4-6 men who push several huge containers from the truck into the building and then begin setting. The production team arrives as well as do other volunteers throughout the early morning and does the inside auditorium for the service on the stage while I usually stay away from there and work the area where folks initially come into the building and see all of the signs, tables with info and the Kidspoint area where they are checked into via computer and given name tags with all of their parents info. I head home around 7:30 and get ready to come back with Nancy.
Nancy and I both came back around 8:15 as the church was rewarding all of the volunteers with a catered delicious breakfast before the first service. There was yogurt with toppings, toast, egg and sausage casserole, juice and drinks. I would say we had a whole church of volunteers who man their posts throughout the morning in attendance with at least close to a hundred. Wow, its such a privilege to be a part of such wholesome enterprise from greeting, the cafe, door holders, ushers, kids helpers and just general all around "helping folks to get closer to GOD". There is no doubt that is definitely needed today within our society as the morale decay is prevalent since we as a nation have shunned His existence within the PC culture.
The message was awesome on the Collateral Damage as a result of our broken relationships which has been a four part series that ended today. We are getting ready for our first year celebration of the Seminole Campus at BridgePoint this Easter. It so far has been a success with many of our first timers now becoming volunteers and growing the family. Never have I ever seen such growth in a new church setting with new faces each week seeking the spiritual reward that comes from hearing about Jesus and Bible teachings. The staff at BridgePoint are committed to reaching a hundred thousand folks in our county with at least 10 campuses throughout; so far we have three and are working on another campus.
We stayed on until the end of the last service and then helped to pack up the area Nancy was working and then left around 12:30 or so to head over to Amy's for lunch. Bobby has driven over from his interim worship leader position in South Tampa to pick up Annsley and Gabe after they spent the night with the Ross Family. The cousins love each other and play so well together. They are in another world when together and are within 6 months in age of each gender. We had pizza and Nancy brought a huge fresh garden salad with dressing and the last of the oatmeal cookies for dessert. It was going on three before we got home and relaxed after an early morning start for me. It wasn't a great day for not eating carbs but it was enjoyable to say the least. We have been trying to stay away from carbs so as to drop a few pounds and so far its has worked with me down over 10 and Nancy close to that as well.
I vegetated on the couch with some boxing matches on HBO the rest of the afternoon while Nancy called her mom and several mountain friends. We skipped any supper after the late big lunch except for a snack around 7. We watched some old Duck Dynasty programs and then I got ready for some horizontal lab around 10'ish, LATER
