Last Sunday was Father\u2019s Day, and Kate and I believe it will be a Sunday that goes down in our (LW) family history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may read that with a bit of an\u00a0eye-roll if you\u2019ve been around the block a time or two with \u201cchurch speak\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, we can be a bit prone to hyperbole from time to time \u2013 \u201cyou don\u2019t want to miss this gathering\/conference\/retreat\/event\/opportunity\u201d, \u201cit\u2019ll change your life\u201d, and \u201cthis is going to be the best Sunday\/workshop\/gathering ever!\u201d We tend to get excited\u00a0about something and oversell it. We want people to show up so we make big claims to catch their attention! We mean what we say, but if you\u2019ve heard it all, the first line of this writing may not\u00a0catch your attention the way I\u2019d like it to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So allow me to break last Sunday down without\u00a0exaggeration<\/strong> \u2013 we started the morning knowing it was going to be well over 100 degrees, we had a skeleton crew doing worship\u00a0because so many\u00a0people were out of town for Father\u2019s Day, our live stream broke right at 10:00am and we didn\u2019t start until close to 10:15! After we worked out those technical difficulties, more kept popping up and ruined the\u00a0recording, and the livestream of worship. Did I mention it was super hot?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It wasn\u2019t one of our more polished and professional mornings. But, we don\u2019t exist to be polished or professional \u2013 we exist to know Jesus, make Him known, and create an environment where people can experience His presence, and that happened in incredible ways!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week we roll back into Acts 5 with Drew Berryessa!! And, good news for Sunday: It won\u2019t be cold so you don\u2019t have to bring a coat or blanket to our outside gathering. Will Andy survive the whole morning? 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