Easter Sunday Thoughts...

** Wow... what a day...  I just had a great nap... and believe me.. I needed it!

**Had lunch with several of our families after church.. Mexican at Toro Bravo... and two of the guys tackled the El Gigante.  Its one of those burritos that are so big that if you eat it... you get a tshirt and a free dessert...  Well, my administrative assistant Scott (on the right) has done it three times and he pulled Ken Arnold along for the ride... the first pic is a pic of the burrito they had to eat... They each had to eat one of those... they didn's share it.  And the second pic is a pic of them in their award winning tshirts... By the way, after that burrito, you can only wear a double xtra large.

**Coast was packed today... beyond our imagination... We've got to start imagining bigger.  What a cool day with lots of new smiling faces... the band rocked... the Choir blew the doors off the place... and we have new brothers and sisters in the kingdom today... along with a large group who stepped back into their faith today!   Homerun!

**About ten minutes before the service started, I looked at some of our 1st Impressions team and told them, "We are running out of church."  It was packed!

**Thanks to all the teams and volunteers that it took to make this morning happen. It was one of the most volunteer intensive days we have ever had and people took it above and beyond...  Thanks to everyone for the hard work!

**The stage design looked great... it was warm, inviting and funky.  Great job Kara!!!!

**So many new faces... it was wonderful...

**I just want to give serious props to our staff... they worked so hard to make Easter pop... and they did it!

**Thanks to all the great folks who ministered with Children today... every report that I heard indicated that it rocked back there...  You guys are awesome!

**I know I say it all the time, but I love our church... and with our tenth anniversary coming up... I don't think I could be any happier or any more excited.  Its so obvious that God is doing something special.

**Happy Easter!!