06/23/08 UPDATE

I participated in the second of my Coaching Network meetings last week. They are proving to be a tremendous benefit. God is teaching me a lot and giving me the confidence to go for the things He is leading me to do. I've begun implementing a lot of the changes and they are being well received.

We had a great day at church yesterday. Although the numbers were lower - 39 (24/15) - we had 4 first time guests. We tried something new - we bought a djembe ("jim-bay" - it's a bongo drum). We don't have a drummer, but we bought the drum anticipating that God will provide a drummer. Jared put it at the front and told everyone to pray for musicians whenever they saw it. After church, i talked with one of the first time guests. He plays drums and his wife bought him a djembe a few months earlier. coincidence? Another funny note was that they came to church because a friend told him about the church. He said he didn't think the friend has come to church here, but he knew about it. I'll take 'em any way i can get 'em.

Continue praying for us this week. Pray for God to continue drawing people and for many of them to plug in with us. We're beginning to get more of our new people involved but there's still a lot of work to do.