What a Week

What a week it’s been, ManUp was a huge success as we crammed 210 men into the conference room at Cabela’s. There is a real enthusiasm for God among the men of HOF and we want to see it expand and grow. We’ve scheduled our last ManUp of the summer for Sept. 8, 2008 and Joe Champion will be our guest speaker. He pastors a great church of over 5000 in Austin, TX. He’s a former LSU player and we’re going to have a great time. We intend to do something like a huge tailgate later this fall after the weather turns nice. Stay tuned.
Our Wednesday night service, One Heart, was also a homerun. Three of us spoke about A heart for God, A heart for the Church, and A heart for the City. We ended with a unique time of ministry that really touched people’s lives. It’s always great to see different generations come together to worship the One True God. He’s what we have in common. I’m so excited about the future of HOF that I can hardly wait till Sunday. I’m sure the devil’s not happy and will resist us, but God has already taken care of him. It’s not about what we do, but what He’s already done. I believe!

ManUp #2

ManUp is right around the corner again this Monday night and as you can see we are going to be in the fishing theme while we are hanging out at Cabela’s. What a great night it’s going to be, looking at sporting goods, hanging out with men of God, and talking about being men. This will be no place for wimps or panties as we are on a mission to see God make men into His image. Come and see the largest spinner bait in the world (at least the largest I’ve seen) up close. Last month’s meeting set the stage and Monday we’ll continue to see what God has in store for the men of the House. This would be a great venue to bring a friend or family member and come early and look at the store. If you don’t trust yourself in Cabela’s you might want to leave the wallet in the truck, but trust me you’ll want to be there. Hey man, we’re going up.

Back From Conference

A team of us just returned from Hillsong Conference and once again it was a powerful experience. The themes were worship, leadership and justice. Worship most everyone knows about Hilllsong worship as I would say that most of the cutting edge churches sing some Hillsong worship songs. Leadership is always strong with many well known pastors teaching on leading God’s people such as Brian Houston, Judah Smith, Joyce Meyer, Paul deJong, Marcus Witt, and many others including the Hillsong team. The area of justice is something that I feel the Lord is putting His hand and His heart into these days. A good definition of justice is righting the wrong that you see, whether that wrong is hunger, poverty or sex slavery at home or abroad. The heart of Jesus was always on display when He ministered life to the hurting and those on the margins of society like the widow and the orphan. I was impacted in each of these areas and convicted that I need to grow, that we as a church body need to grow in worship, leadership and justice. Enjoy the pics of the venue, the stage and the place.

Man Up

Wow, what a meeting we had Monday night. Everything just seemed to be in place and on time. The food was phenomenal, thank you Joey Nasser, the worship was hot, thank you Michael and the band, and the word was rich, thank you Pastor Van. We had a full house, every seat filled with men of HOF and some new men also. It just seemed like men were ready to get together and hear from God. It was satisfying seeing young and old, regulars and visitors, and men from a few other churches all together. Pastor Van rocked it, he really has a gift to minister to men. Men dealt with our issues and at the end of the night my feeling was, “God, I’m glad you made me a man” and “I want to be a man for Jesus”. So often men get ripped for all of our faults, but we left knowing that God loves us and wants us to Man Up for the kingdom. I can’t wait till the next one.