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Easter Egg Drop

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach on March 12, 2013 | 1 Comment »

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Come out to Loganville High School on Sunday, March 24 at 4:00PM for Graystone’s Easter Egg Drop!  This year 20,000 eggs will be delivered and dropped by helicopter! Rumor has it that even some Chick-fil-A cows will be parachuting in. It promises to be one of the best days of the year. (Plus, The Varsity will be there…and who doesn’t love The Varsity?)

This is a perfect opportunity to invite that person you’ve been wanting to come to Graystone. Maybe it’s a friend. Or family member. Or neighbor. Or co-worker. Or teammate.

My question to you is: Who are you going to invite?

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Graystone T-shirt Contest

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Random on March 8, 2013 | 2 Comments »

I’ve been encouraging EVERYONE to wear a Graystone T-shirt on Saturdays (T-shirt Saturdays) and use it as an opportunity to invite someone to church.  I was recently wearing my red 03.03.13/Grand Opening of Graystone Walton T-shirt at the Hoover Dam outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. I had the idea that it would be fun for us to post pictures of ourselves and our friends/family members wearing a Graystone T-shirt in interesting places or events in our community and around the world.

So, if you would like to get involved in the fun, post your pictures on facebook or twitter and tag Graystone Church.  We will recognize monthly winners on my blog, and you will receive a million dollar cash prize or something else.  I hope to see you Saturday wearing a Graystone T-shirt.
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First-time Guests at Graystone Church

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Volunteers on March 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

CCLast Sunday (03.03.13), we had over 50 first-time families fill out communication cards at Graystone Church.  We know there are several visitors who did not fill out the card.  Most of our first-time guests attended our brand new Walton Campus.  Praise God!

Thank you so much to EVERYONE who invited your friends and family.  Thank you to EVERYONE who worked so hard behind the scenes, especially our cleaning team at the Ozora Campus and our set up and tear down team at the Walton Campus. ALL OF YOU are rock stars for the kingdom of God.  I want to thank EVERYONE for making it a priority to reach out to new people and welcome them with grace.  Also, thank you to EVERYONE serving in our children’s area.  Several kids went in “kicking and screaming” and left wanting to come back next week.  I love our church!

Let’s continue to pray for God to draw people to Himself and to use us to DOMINATE our community with the love of Jesus Christ!  Let’s pray for God to do it again this Sunday.  ”Lord, surprise us!”

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21

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God is building His church.

Posted in Bible, Discipleship/Spiritual Growth, Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Prayer on February 26, 2013 | 2 Comments »

Living Stone MsgLast Sunday at the Graystone Walton Preview Service, I shared the meaning behind the name “Graystone”.  I taught that God is building His church (Matthew 16:18) on the foundation of Jesus Christ, the Living Cornerstone (1 Peter 2:4-9).  And He is building His spiritual house with us, His people, who are “living stones”.  The church is not a literal building.  It is the people of God.

After the service, dozens and dozens of people signed the Graystone Walton stone signifying that they are “founding members” of the spiritual house (church) that God is building with Graystone Walton.  Also, each person wrote a name of someone on a smaller stone as a step of faith trusting God that he/she will become a “living stone” as a part of God’s church.  This is the person that each person will pray for this week and invite to the grand opening on 03.03.13.

Whether you are a part of Graystone Walton or Graystone Ozora, this is a HUGE Sunday to invite a friend or family member.  Who is God leading you to pray for and invite to church this Sunday?  Whose life do you want to see God do a special work?

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What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas!

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Vision, tagged , , , , , , on February 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

VegasJennifer and I spent last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.  We went to the Vegas Strip Saturday night and absolutely hated it.  It gave me a small glimpse of Hell.  Very sad.  Now, outside of the Las Vegas Strip, we loved the people, city and surrounding areas.  We toured the Hoover Dam and hiked a trail in the Mojave Desert.

The purpose of our trip was the visit Central Christian Church and learn all we could from their incredible staff and team.  Central is one of the top 10 largest churches in America and one of the fastest growing churches in America.  90% of the people who attend Central say that God has changed their lives through coming to the church.  They are ministering to 10′s of thousands of people in Las Vegas and around the world.

Central’s Senior Pastor, Jud Wilhite, was gracious enough to meet with us. One of their staff members led us on a tour of their amazing building and answered many of our questions about their various ministries and systems.  We also got to meet with their pastor overseeing their multisite strategy, and I think he has forgotten more than I know about starting expansion campuses.  Needless to say, I walked away with a notebook full of information and a much BIGGER vision for Graystone and beyond.

Once I’ve had some time to process things, I look forward to sharing new insights with our staff, elders and key leaders.  I enjoy going to conferences and reading books, but I learn so much more when I can see and experience something for myself.  I am blown away with how welcoming and helpful Jud and the staff and volunteers of Central Christian Church were to us.  They really are practicing RADICAL GRACE.

As far as I’m concerned, “What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas!”  Put on your seat belts Graystone Church.  We are about to kick it into overdrive.  We launch Graystone Walton in 10 days (03.03.13)!   If you cannot tell, I’M PUMPED!

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Graystone Walton: A Successful Set Up Sunday

Posted in Graystone Church, Leadership, Missions/Outreach, Vision, Volunteers, tagged , on February 11, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Around 50 folks from our Graystone Walton Set Up Team met at 8:00AM Sunday at Loganville High School.  They set up the children’s area, lobby with Guest Services and Coffee Bar, and the stage/sound system.  It took approximately 1 hour.

I hear it was very organized and the set up and tear down went smooth.  And from what I saw in the pictures, it looked incredible.  I am so proud of our amazing staff and volunteers, and I know God is going to use the Graystone Walton Team to impact hundreds of lives for all eternity!

Here are a few pictures:

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Friday 5: Brad Paisley, Bulldozer, Walton, Vision Night, & Hyperbaric Chamber

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Random, Sports, Vision, Volunteers, tagged , , , , , on February 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

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1.  Last Sunday, Graystone’s band played Brad Paisley’s song, Online.  We had to change the lyrics a little.  It was the perfect feature song for our new message series, Identity.

2.  This Sunday at Graystone, we will show video footage of me driving a bulldozer.  It was a blast, and I think I may have missed my calling in life.  Not really.  I’ll explain Sunday.

3. Graystone Walton launches in 22 days (03.03.13).  Our incredible Walton staff and set up team will be setting up EVERYTHING this Sunday at 8:00AM at Loganville High School.

  • This Sunday we will set everything up: parking signs, coffee bar, guest services, sound system, drums/instruments, children’s area, etc.
  • Next Sunday, February 17, we’ll have a practice service at 10:30am.
  • Then, Sunday, February 24 will be our Preview Service where I will be speaking live at 10:30am.  I’m so pumped about this.
  • Then, the grand opening is March 3, 2013 (03.03.13) at 10:30am.

Who do you know in Walton County that you can invite?

4.  Vision Night is Wednesday, February 13 at 7:00PM.  If you are part of Graystone Church locally, please make it a priority to attend.  This is one of our favorite nights of the year.  In 2012, we held hands around the entire outside of the building (Prayer circle) and from the roof, I prayed for our church and community.  It was freezing cold but AWESOME.  I can’t tell you what we’re doing this year, because Heath likes to keep things a surprise.  You don’t want to miss it.  It only happens once a year.

5.  I’m looking to barter for a hyperbaric chamber.  I would like to use it for our Graystone Basketball Team.  If you haven’t heard, we are the best church basketball team in the universe.  We are getting a little old, so I need an edge to help my players recover quicker from injuries and sore muscles.  If you have any leads, please let me know.  We have an awesome set of woodworking tools that I would like to trade.

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Do you see what I see?

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Volunteers, tagged , on February 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

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I see a ball field full of hundreds of kids who will be impacted for all eternity by the love of Jesus Christ.

Can you see it?

A big THANK YOU goes out to Casey Cagle for donated thousands of dollars of time, labor and equipment to clear the land and move dirt.  We’re hoping to lay sod next week.  The multi-purpose field will be ready in plenty of time before Sports Camp.

Also, Casey gave me a quick operating lesson and let me drive the bulldozer.  You will get to see video footage of this adventure on Sunday at Graystone.  I didn’t realize operating heavy construction equipment could be so much fun.

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“I’d take a group of ordinary people devoted to an extraordinary God…”

Posted in Leadership, Missions/Outreach, Volunteers, tagged , , , , on January 31, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

hmacd198-1Brian Houston, Founding and Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, wrote a recent post: 10 Principles of Church Planting and Expanding.  All 10 principles are golden but #8 seemed to truly resonnate with me:

8. AVOID THE PERILS OF SHORTCUTS, OR INDIVIDUALS WHO PROMISE THE WORLD:

Church planting is TEAMWORK, which means building a leadership team who are there for the long haul. My experience is that often the people who promise the most, don’t always come through with the most. Great churches are built with people who are faithful in the little things. I’d take a group of ordinary people devoted to an extraordinary God, over a charismatic someone that talks a big game, but hasn’t proven faithful in the ‘day of small beginnings’. (Underline added by me)

We have had some amazing miracles with land and buildings in our history, but we have also said no to numbers of opportunities and partnerships because there were ‘strings attached’. If it looks too good to be true, it probably…………………..!”

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We’re clearing land at Graystone!

Posted in Graystone Church, Missions/Outreach, Sports, tagged , , , , , on January 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

We’ve started clearing land and moving dirt on our Graystone Ozora Campus.  The football/soccer/lacrosse/multipurpose field is under construction (See video below).  God will use this ball field to impact hundreds of kids for Christ.

Thank you for giving to our 2012 Christmas Offering to make this possible.

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