Well, I’ve been on vacation all week now…

First few days full of mowing and other outside activities.

By the third day I couldn’t quite grasp “not doing anything” and my body was trying to tell me to do something. I couldn’t sleep and wasn’t quite sure what else to do.

By day four and five I started to relax a bit. I’ve been reading multiple books. Really enjoying “The Tipping Point” by Gladwell. Very intriguing stuff. Next up – this book. I have heard it is amazing.

It’s Saturday. Softball makeup games – all six of them. Tomorrow? Off to St. Louis with friends. Going to try to check out services here. Rumor has it that this guy will be there over the weekend as well.

Still lots to do and think about. One week to go.

We completed another year of the Meadow Heights Worship Concert. This weekend seems to get better and better every year!! Of course, it would not be possible without an awesome team (I think more than 40 music team members participated this year!) and some great people leading those teams (props to Jeremy and Craig for a job well done!).

It’s amazing to me how God has grown our Creative Arts teams over the past year. The funny thing is we still get comments from people that don’t think they could possibly be a part of the team – and boy are they wrong! We are continually looking for more artists and I’m pleased to say that we’ll be adding a few more this month. We’ll be adding a new musician and a new vocalist to the team as well as adding some new folks to our tech teams.

I thought it would be interesting to post this year’s top ten. You can go here and check out last year’s top ten as well. The number one song held steady for the second year in a row. It was nice to see some new stuff cracking the top ten as well. Thanks to all of you who voted. We’ll do it all over again next year!

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Frustrated. Amiable. Contemplative. Elusive. Satisfied.

Five emotions I experienced today. How about you?

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