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Bedtime Stories

And so we have right here right now the Tuesday night edition of ‘Bedtime Stories’ – brought to you by Zicam.

My unexpectedly long Good Friday / Easter Sunday holiday weekend will soon come to a close as I pray to God and lay myself to sleep in about 2½-hours. I’ll get about 6 hours of sleep tonight, and then I’ll wake up at 5 AM tomorrow morning and be at work by 6 AM. I’m looking forward to getting back to my desk at work and catching up with everything there. Once upon a time I dreaded going to work, but now I adore it.

I saw the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the eastern skies of Homestead tonight just after 8 PM. It was so cool watching the Space Shuttle play tag team with the ISS up in Earth’s orbit from practically sea level.

I bought my very first atomic radio-controlled clock today. It picks-up its signal from the NIST signal out of Fort Collins Colorado. I now know exactly what time it is, and I can set my watch and VCR clocks to its precise time.

FedEx delivered my fresh new 2GB iPod Shuffle from Apple late this afternoon. Now I can get to work and fill that thing up with today’s hottest Christian rock, pop, and hip hop hits !

And that’s how I roll tonight with my ‘Bedtime Stories’. Be sure to catch this blog in action again tomorrow for some more cool stuff, and don’t forget that Thursday night is ‘Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame’ night. Until then remember this:

Zicam – Get over your cold faster.

Good Night Everyone !  Good Night Nancy !

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Bedtime Stories

It’s time for the Sunday night edition of ‘Bedtime Stories’ – brought to you by Puffs.

Another 7-day week has concluded here on this blog, and it was the 2ND busiest week in our WordPress history based on total views. It was the busiest Monday in 5 weeks, the 2ND busiest Friday of 2008, the busiest Saturday ever, and the 3RD busiest Sunday of 2008. It was the busiest Thursday / Friday / Saturday / Sunday 4-day period ever!  Thank You Everyone for reading this blog on a regular basis !

I’ve got what appears to be my unprecedented 3RD cold in less than 5 months. Once upon a time I used to get a cold about once every 18 months to 3 years. Of course that was back when I was a plastic mannequin. This past Friday night I was amongst an estimated 5,000 to 9,000 adults, teens, and kids at the ‘Moonlight Easter Egg Hunt‘ at Harris Field, and on this glorious Easter Sunday morning there were over 700 of us at the movie theatre for Life Pointe Church services. I was shaking hands and hugging people all over the place this morning, and now I have a head cold. Go figure !

I’ve already E-Mailed in sick to work for tomorrow. I think that it’s best for me to sleep-in tomorrow morning and feel better before I go back to work (hopefully on Tuesday morning).

So until you hear from me again here on the blog please pray that I feel better soon. Oh yeah, and remember this:

Puffs:  A nose in need deserves Puffs indeed.

Have a safe and peaceful night everyone. Good Night Venus.

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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

1.  When I arrived at the movie theatre a few minutes after 7:30 AM on this glorious Easter Sunday morning I was not the 1ST or 2ND or 3RD person to arrive. I was more like the 25TH person to arrive. A few people such as Pastor Paul and Alex and Tom were there all night long (just like Lionel Richie).

2.  For the first time ever we did 3 services on a Sunday morning – at 8:30, 9:40, and 10:50. It’s a good thing that we did. All 3 of them were pretty much full – especially the first service. The parking lot was full, the main lobby was buzzin’ with activity, the hallways were congested, and the services were alive and kickin’. God was all over the place from Campbell Drive southward all throughout the entire Flagship Cinemas complex. He was livin’ large and totally in charge !

3.  I didn’t recognize the faces of about 50% of those that showed up for Easter Sunday services this morning. A bunch of our guests got to know us at Harris Field this past Friday night. A bunch of our guests got their first glimpse of the goings-on of our church on this Sunday morning. Some of them will return again next week, and we will recognize them. Some of them will return again next Christmas or even next Easter Sunday. Some of them will never return again. If we introduced just one man, woman, or child to Jesus Christ this morning, and that person is saved and joins us on His fantastic journey then it was all worth it my friend. Saving just one person will always be more important than any other number.

4.  I drove Pastor Paul’s ‘soccer-mom-minivan’ for the first time ever this morning. I got tired of looking at it parked illegally right in front of the front doors, so I took matters into my own hands. I grabbed the keys from Ms. Annie H. and I parked that thing over at Christ Fellowship across the street. (Just kidding – I parked it in a legal parking space nearby.)

5.  Pastor Travis was particularly loopy this morning during the 10:50 service. I think he overdosed on caffeine again. But he got the message out in-between the laughter. Jesus Christ was human – just like us. Jesus was a guy – just like us. Jesus was funny – just like us. Jesus was passionate – just like us. Jesus had emotions – just like us. Jesus had financial problems. Jesus was verbally and physically attacked. Jesus was lonely. Jesus was sorrowful. Jesus was exhausted. Jesus cried. Jesus bled. Jesus died. Jesus did all of that for us and for this moment in time. Jesus died on that cross so that we could Live !

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Life Pointe Church Moonlight Easter Egg Hunt Tossed Salad

1.  When I arrived at Harris Field shortly after 3 PM yesterday afternoon one of the first persons I recognized was Tom. He was up on a ladder posting huge signs on the fences of the baseball fields which were later transformed into our MASSIVE egg hunt fields. After that Tom recruited me to assist him in putting up and securing into the ground the four canopies that spanned the Registration area. Tom is a genius with his hands, and when all was said and done Tom put in about 14 hours yesterday of blood, sweat, and tears. Tom is what Life Pointe Church is all about !

2.  The lines at the Registration tables began forming well before 5 PM, and at their peak they were over a quarter of a mile in length. I’m no statistician – oh wait a minute – YES I am – so if I had to estimate how many people actually showed up for our event then I would put it in the general vicinity of about 5,000 to perhaps 6,000. That’s pretty much triple the amount of people that we were expecting. If 2% of those adults and kids show up for one of our three Easter Sunday services tomorrow morning (8:30, 9:40, and 10:50) then we will be quite busy at the movie theatre.

3.  From inception to event we had exactly 4 weeks to plan and prepare for everything. We did an incredible job pulling everything together, working as a team, and putting on this event for our thousands of guests. Ms. Annie H. and Ms. Kelly J. were absolutely amazing as leaders of the overall Registration area. Sure we had our glitches that occurred, and chaos that ensued, and tempers that flared, but at the end of it all this event was nothing short of an overwhelming success story. We came. We saw. We conquered. We will go back to the drawing board once the dust settles, and decide if we want to do this all over again next Easter. If we do then we will begin planning for it many months in advance to greatly improve upon everything.

4.  Based on various reports all throughout Harris Field the kids and the teens in attendance were very well behaved. We had some problems with some of our adult guests. We encountered a few of these problems during the lengthy Registration process, within the concessions area, out on the egg hunt fields, and especially during the prize-claim and exit process. It was a long night for everyone. In response to one particular verbal outburst that occurred late in the evening we may be ‘church people’, but we are also regular human beings – just like you. We are no better than you. We never make that claim. We make mistakes too – just like you. We also learn from our mistakes – just like you.

5.  We took Harris Field back at around 10 PM, disassembled everything, and cleaned-up the joint with several boxes of trash bags chock-full of garbage. I was absolutely proud of my City Of Homestead for being there on-site with a pick-up truck to collect all of the trash that we collected. They have learned from their mistakes in the past, and we will as well.

6.  Pastor Travis brought us all together at the end of it all to cap off the night with an awesome prayer to put everything back into perspective. This event was not at all about us. This event was all about giving back to our community. That is why we exist – to serve God first and foremost – and to serve our guests – those who live and breathe all around us. Some of our guests will hopefully join our rapidly growing family and mission in the future. God is always at work here in Homestead Florida. Unfortunately Satan is working hard too. On this night God absolutely won hands down – no questions about it !