GREAT BOOK:
Month: May 2008
1. Before we get to Sunday morning at Life Pointe Church at Flagship Cinemas in the east of Homestead I must first mention Saturday at Life Pointe Church at our fresh new offices in Uptown Homestead (NW 15TH Street a half a block west of Krome Avenue). I had planned to stop by and check out the new office space and maybe even help out a bit for perhaps an hour or two. As I was getting ready to leave Richie told me to grab a paint brush and get to work pronto. 8 hours later I had wrapped-up a fun-filled day with my friends as we painted that place blue, green, and brown. I plan to move in to my new office this Thursday. 😉
2. I came up with the idea of a Father’s Day barbeque, official ribbon-cutting ceremony, and open house of our new offices in June following Sunday morning services. Paul said, ‘That’s a good idea. Put that on your blog.’ Travis added, ‘Yeah we can do that. Tell Paul.’
3. Venus D. came up with an interesting idea for Mother’s Day next Sunday morning, and she got Tere and Patricia to join the bandwagon and rubber stamp it (naturally). She wants all of the LPC dudes to dress up in full tuxedos next week so that they can wait hand and foot on each Mom and then escort them into the main theatre. I vetoed the idea, suggested an equally degrading idea for Father’s Day, and then Anne J. playfully hit me like nobody’s business ! I’M SAYIN’ !
4. ‘The Fortune Cookie Message Of The Week Club’ (TM) has inspired this month’s message series at the LPC. Pastor Travis spoke on fate and destiny. The future is definite. Your future is changeable. God polishes your missteps and causes them to work in synergy with His best hope for your Life. Your path is determined by your next actionable decision. God is omniscient; therefore, He knows how it all turns out. He calls us to Himself for redemption.
5. Pastor Paul bookended Pastor Travis before and after the message with communion before and time set aside for completing our connection cards after. The connection cards are an extremely valuable tool for keeping in touch with us and ensuring that we have your correct information on file. It also lets us know how we’re doing as a church family. You can utilize the connection card to write down your comments and prayer requests. You can also use it to request additional information about becoming a follower of Jesus, getting baptised, serving, and then ultimately becoming a member of Life Pointe Church. Use the connection card regularly no matter if you an occasional attender of our services or a long-time member. We need to constantly hear from you. The connection card is an excellent form of communication between you and your LPC staff.
In this week’s edition of the always interesting ‘Top 5 Saturday’ over on my buddy Phil’s blog he counts down the 5 most notorious, famous, and infamous inventions of the infomercial era.
The infomercial era on television dates back about 30 years. If you’re old enough then you may remember those classic 90-second commercials from way back then for the Ginsu knife. Those long-form commercials are widely credited to be the inspiration behind the even longer-form infomercials (of 30 minutes in length) that took off late at night on the tube during the 1980s.
Let’s take a look back at this Ginsu knife commercial from 30 years ago in 1978:
Sky: Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 73°F
Relative Humidity: 77%
Winds: E 5 MPH
Barometric Pressure: 30.02 Rising
My thoughts:
1. It’s the first Saturday morning of May, and the walk continues. We’re enjoying an unusually cool Spring here in South Florida. Later this month the rainy season should be kicking-off, and that will pretty much bring an end to these weekly walks for the season.
2. It was another 2.2-mile walk for me this morning, and I did it in 40 minutes flat. That’s an average of 3.3 MPH. I always feel refreshed and alive during and after the walk. I think that’s the whole point of exercising.
3. U.S. 1 is known as the ’18-Mile Stretch’ from Florida City to Key Largo. I’ve got the ’18-Minute Stretch’. That’s the middle portion of my walk that takes me from the main gate of my neighbourhood, completely around its southern hemisphere, down the spine, and back to the main gate again.
4. 2 little dogs were out for some early-morning shenanigans without their owner. I think they escaped from their patio. They were having a good ole time running all around in the street and on the grass – until they saw me ! That’s when they ran behind me and straight outta sight – probably back to where they belong. I wonder which one of those little dogs was the trouble-maker ? Which one said to the other one, ‘Hey, follow me. We’re gonna go out and paint this town. We’re gonna go and get us into some monkey business this morning. Let’s go dog !’
5. Most neighbourhoods have a lack of parking. My neighbourhood has an over-abundance of parking. I think we may even have one parking space for every man, woman, and child that lives here. At least it seems that way.
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