We’re moving!

Yep, you heard right! We are moving. And, it’s a good thing. A very good thing!

 

After a full year at the Schaumburg High School, we have been blessed with a tremendous opportunity. SummitView Church, a neighbor of ours, presented the chance to share their facility. They have a beautiful place, and a separate office building to boot, and they are going to let us share the use of it. This is a blessing is several ways:

Join the conversation!

In keeping with our new series, “Frequently Avoided Questions” we started a new blog, www.AskGodBlog.com. This is an online community where we can ask questions and have an open discussion. We even put a billboard on I90 that looks just like the black box in the center of this picture, but with the website at the bottom. We think this can be a great way to start dialog on tough subjects. Join the conversation!

What if you could ask God anything?

We are starting a new series at Waterfront, called “Frequently Avoided Questions” and each week we will discuss a question someone has for God. Now, on the surface, that can sound a little crazy, that we would attempt to ANSWER for God. But that’s not necessarily the goal here. I mean, sometimes there is a question within a question. And this is usually the case with spiritual stuff. Mostly, people just want to be heard. And, of course, the Bible does have a thing or two to say about many of these topics, so…………….

What a summer!

Wow, it has been a great summer, and it has flown by! Here are some highlights:

• The arts small group recieved free tickets to the Schaumburg Flyers game. We had a blast! Our small group is really growing.
• We had an awesome church picnic, with almost 100 people attending.
• We have added several new members to the Arts team, and numerous leaders in the other ministries as well.
• We have had 2 great outdoor concerts, with members of our worship team, as well as other musicians. Thanks Scott and Jin for hosting these!

We are planning for the Fall season, but I am in no hurry for summer to end, it’s been great!

Crazy Day

What a day. This is a photo of the house across the street from mine. Or, more accurately, what’s left of the house across the street. I was home loading up the van for a busy day in Schaumburg when this house blew up. Literally! You can read more about the story here. The good news is, only 1 injury, to my neighbor Mary, and we think she will be OK, with some burn injuries to recover from. We were evacuated from our homes and couldn’t go back to get our cars, or anything from our house, until about 6pm. The blast occorred at about 10 am. This day was such a great reminder that possessions can be replaced; people can’t.

How “Real” is Real?

We are in the middle of a very challenging series called “Things I Wish Jesus Never Said.” CCC did it about 2 years ago, and it was one of the better series we did while I was there. We decided to domething a little different, though, when we got to the “Gouge Your Eye Out” week. We did 2 weeks, back to back, on the same scripture. And, we invited a couple who had a very personal story, to share it on the second week. The husband, Justin, was the pastor for a growing church in Indiana. But somewhere along the way, things got off track.

Twitter…..hmmmmmm……

I know, it’s been a while! I just saw this article on the web, what do you think? I am on the fence in regards to Twitter.

a Nielsen survey reports that only about 40% of users who sign up for Twitter are still around a month later. And that’s bad news. David Martin, Vice President, Primary Research, Nielsen Online, says:

it is clear that a retention rate of 40% will limit a site’s growth to about a 10% reach figure. To be clear, a high retention rate doesn’t guarantee a massive audience, but it is a prerequisite. There simply aren’t enough new users to make up for defecting ones after a certain point.

Nielsen Online has a graph showing how Twitter is faring against the similarly hyped MySpace and Facebook social networks. Martin says “their retention rates were twice as high. When they went through their explosive growth phases, that retention only went up, and both sit at nearly 70% today.”

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from Waterfront! We had a wonderful weekend. It started with a Good Friday Worship experience in partnership with the Romeoville campus of CCC. Our worship team did an amazing job! Then, Sunday morning was powerful! The worship, teaching, and fellowship was spectacular. Kids Cove was decorated like a party, and the kids had a great time. Our attendance was great, and we saw many new faces. What a mighty God we serve!

Nice article!

This article just came out at Christian Standard, which seems to be a pretty cool site.

Read the article here.

My awesome talented daughters!

Dedicated to my Dad!