I have an exciting 10 days ahead. I get to go hang with my East Coast Fam this weekend in Virginia. It’s been too long since I’ve seen most of them and I am looking forward to sharing all the great things going on during this transition time. I mean, they all know, but sharing stuff in person is a whole different satisfying dynamic than that of e-mail, Facebook and even the phone.
Then Mon. the 29th I fly to Kansas for a week. Looking for a place to live, meeting with a couple churches and Jason Lewis is coming down for a couple days to check it out! I’ll also get the chance to see some of you guys! If I don’t get to, we’ll be back in only five short weeks!
Then July 4th weekend I get to go see Dave Nelson and Great Lakes Church in Kenosha, WI! Not only will I get to see friends that I miss, but it will be a great reminder of what it was like when EastLake Seattle started. And this time, I will be taking many notes on what more we can apply that we aren’t already from their journey.
I finally wrapped up my long hours and weekends at my job! It’s now time for the full gear switch to EastLake! Not that things haven’t been going on in the midst of work stuff. We got Dave, Becky and Jason during that time. I finished my ordination stuff during that time. So yeah, things keep moving!
So this Friday I will head to D.C. to visit my east coast fam, Monday the 29th I head to Lawrence to spend a week finding more financial support from surrounding churches, visiting friends, showing Jason around the “state” of Lawrence and then little details like trying to find a nice house to rent for Emily and I. We got a place for the church to meet but not us yet!
If you haven’t yet, mark your calendars for August 15. It’s gonna be a great time to bring friends who just wanna hang out, eat some food and hear about EastLake!
Yesterday we added another launch team member from Seattle. Jason Lewis is one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met - and he can’t wait to help launch ECC! Below is a blooper reel from some of the promo ads we’ve done for ECC Seattle. In the American Idol spoof, you’ll see two of our launch team: Jason doing a hilarious Randy Jackson and Heather spoofing Paula. Great stuff.