Who's Your Daddy?

Sorry Russ & Susan (our resident FSU Fanatics), I couldn't resist, especially after coming to church proudly wearing your FSU jerseys on Sunday. Well, Christopher and I left pretty quickly after church on Sunday and just got back yesterday afternoon, so I haven't had the chance yet to post about Sunday or about our weekend Father/Son getaway. Not only was Sunday a part of Labor Day weekend, but it rained - typically, not a good combination for church attendance. But honestly, it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. We still had visitors. When I asked them how they heard about our church - their response, "Your website." More and more people today find our church through our website - which is why we put up the banner out front that simply lists our website address. We wrapped up, "Just Walk Across the Room" with a message on Grander Vision Living. Tonight we finish up our 4 week Small Group Experience at the church. I sincerely hope, as I said this past Sunday, that this has been a life changing experience for those of you who have participated.

The Clemson/FSU tickets were a part of my 40th Birthday present from my family. Christopher and I left early so we could go to the 6PM service at NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC. Since there was no Youth Group Sunday night, Jeremiah & Cyndi took Ryan and Cameron to the service as well. It really was awesome! It's just exciting to see what can happen when a church focuses on the vision of reaching people with the gospel. As I mentioned in an earlier post, we'd love to take a large group from Coastal to their Unleash Conference, Thurs. March 13, 2008. It might seem like a long way off, but mark it down and let me know if you can go! We're planning on renting a couple of vans, leaving early that morning, and coming back that night. Half the fun is simply the trip up and back.

Christopher and I really did have fun. We stayed at Eddie Evan's cabin up in Mountain Rest SC, about 45 minutes from Clemson. We cooked big, thick porterhouse steaks on the grill late Sunday night. We slept in a little bit on Monday, got up, went down to the lake, and Christopher caught a fish. Actually, he "gigged" it, since we didn't have any bait. But, as they say, a catch is a catch.

And yes, you knew it was coming, a win is a win. And we won Monday night! No matter what my sad Georgia and South Carolina friends would have you believe, it still goes down in the W column and I'll take that any day of the week. We left early for the game, picked up some fried chicken, walked around and took everything in. (Tony Morgan had a great blog about the game and leadership lessons learned.) We had a blast! A great Father/Son game for a great Father/Son getaway! Janet, Lydia, and Christopher - thanks for the birthday present! Christopher thanks for wanting to hang out with Dad! I couldn't ask for a better son! I'll forget about the game soon enough, but I'll carry with me forever hanging out with you!