We continued the Y series today. Joel Schmidgall, our point pastor @ Ballston, talked about Y Serve. Great message. I think the message really resonated because Joel walks the talk.

Sundays are so relaxing when I’m not preaching

I think every pastor needs to find a preaching rhythm. I typically preach about 42 out of 52 weeks. I think I’ll preach a little less this year. I think it’s healthy for pastors and congregations to mix it up a little bit.

Two years ago I preached 26 weeks in a row without a break and I made an important discovery. I discovered that you can preach because you have to or you can preach because you have to. The first “have to” is because you’re on the schedule. The second “have to” is because you’ve got a word from God.

We handed out our small group guide today and started promoting our Spring Semester. We’ve got sixty-one groups this semester. The response to the National Community Geographic was pretty overwhelming. We put a lot of time and energy into promoting our groups because that is where discipleship happens at NCC.