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I'm the lead pastor of a great and very unconventional church - Church At The Movies, with campuses in Ronkonkoma and Mastic, NY - and I love doing what I do. We have hundreds of fellow radicals in our congregations who, like me, are committed to doing church for the unchurched. Totally apart from my church involvement, I work a few hours a week as a Weight Loss Consultant for Weight Watchers, which I thoroughly enjoy.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

MID-WEEK MEANDERINGS

+ Looks like the Mets have stopped their slide. Still not sure they'll make the play-offs.

+ Our small groups line-up for the fall is looking very strong indeed. There's a load of good stuff to choose from, with groups every day of the week except Sundays. We'll be unveiling them on Sunday.

+ Just about finished preparation for Sunday's teaching - How To Affair Proof Your Marriage. This is definitely one you shouldn't miss.

+ I'm curious about some of my overseas blog readers - email me and say hello!

+ Had a great time at Celebrate Recovery last night. Carrie is doing a remarkable job with this program and there were over 40 people there this week.

+ We've got all the graphics done for our next series and just wait until you see the invitations. You've never seen anything like them - I guarantee.

+ Looks like we're all set for Halloween, with a block booking of Fun For All, the huge indoor children's playground in Port Jefferson Station. While most of us don't like all the insanity associated with that date, it's important to offer kids an alternative.

+ Since Christmas Eve falls on a Monday this year, we reckon we might see folks choosing either Sunday or Christmas Eve and just going for one, dividing the crowd while doubling the work. So we're going to go for one blowout event on Christmas Sunday morning, December 23rd.

+ The tally of visitors over the past two weeks is somewhere over 100 now. Some great folks! A lot of course that I haven't really met or interacted with yet, so we're planning a getting-to-know-you lunch for our new friends on October 21st at my new favorite bar, Bruno's in Ronkonkoma.

+ We're holding off our Celebration Sunday until the first Sunday in November. That way we will not interrupt our ONE series and also it will give us time to work out how to go about doing communion in our new setting without getting too religious or formal about it.

+ Great months ahead of us!