Your WB Team

Most of you probably don’t know this, but we have an all-star team of staff people who are assigned to the WB campus.  Many of them you never see on any given weekend because they are faithfully in a backroom somewhere making everything fly. 

This last week we took time for our first-ever retreat.  Let me tell you, you’re not only in great hands with your kids, technology, sound, worship, production, pastors and facilities, you also have a team of great people helping take our site to the next level. 

Here’s a few shots of our time away that was filled with lots of fun, spiritual renewal and strategic thinking…

P.S. – Thanks to the very generous WB family that let us steal away to this amazing location which was a perfect spot for our team.

Group Leader Training

Attached is a link to the group leader training that was done late in March.  The first 10 minutes is a skit they roped me into.  You might enjoy the “wus” comment. (you might have to give it a minute to load)

http://www.eaglebrookchurch.com/media_player.asp?type=large&messageID=31090

Easter Highlights

Hey all – Here are some shots from our memorable Easter.

Enjoy

Easter at the Bear

Hello Friends of WB,

I apologize for the long period of time since last posting.  Vacation for 2 weeks in Florida is to blame…not that I’m complaining.

I just wanted to send a note to say thanks to all of you for making such a great Easter.  At our site we had over 2800 people (with kids).  I have to look around a little more, but I’m pretty sure that’s a new site record.  Our church as a whole had just shy of 20,000 people in attendance.  Amazing!  Not only that, but over 300 people changed their eternities by saying Yes to Christ…kids representing the largest part of that number.  Again…amazing!

It wouldn’t have happened if many of you didn’t shift out of your normal Sunday pattern and come on Saturday.  Our Saturday services held over 1200 adults which brought quite the energy right out of the gate!

I just thought I’d say it again.  I’m proud of you and thankful for your generosity and desire to reach new people.  God’s doing some great things at our church and at our site.  I find myself regularly thankful that I just get to see His work.

Just a quick reminder – we start our new series this weekend on marriage.  If you know of someone that might benefit from this shoot them an email so they don’t miss out.

See you this weekend,

Don

 

PS – I’ll post some Easter photos when I get them…

How’s our church doing?

Hey all,

I had an interesting thought come over me earlier this week and I’ve been noodling on it ever since.  (Actually I’ve had a week full of “noodlings” but) I got to thinking about the parable of the talents in Matthew 25.  Many of you are probably aware of this story that Jesus tells how 3 different men are given different “talents” or portions of money.  These men are expected to do something with this money.  In 25:19 it says, “the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.”  Each man then has to account for what he had done with the dough.  While the response of the 2 men with more money was positive, the man with 1 talent did nothing with the money and was scolded.

This reminded me of  how I will have to give an account one day of my life and ministry.  I will give an account for my role as pastor of the WB site.  I was struck by this.

This means – that if you are reading this now and are a regular attender of the WB campus, I will give some form of accout for you.

If we have a church that is living out of God’s principles and I do nothing about that…

If we have a church of people who say they believe in God, but fail to take steps toward godliness…

If we have a church that is not moving toward a radical love for God and for others…

To say the least…I was a bit inspired to think again about how we can all move into a deeper relationship in our relationship with God.  I will give some form of an account for this.

Now – before you feel sympathy for me (which I’m not looking for), I need to put you on the hook as well.  What will you hold account for?  Your marriage….your family…your work…your health…your job…your time…your money…etc.

I believe Bob will be referring to this passage this weekend, but let’s all take some time to consider how we’re doing as a church.  how we’re doing as individuals and how we can best invest our “talents” and assets for Him so that we might hear – “well done – good and faithful servant.”

There you have it – “Noodlings from the Bear”

See you this weekend!

Fellow WBLer

Many of you see Dave helping out around our site with our facilities.  He’s a great addition to our staff and his story is even more amazing.  Many of you saw this on the weekend some time ago, but it’s now available for you to give it a second look…or maybe shoot it off to someone that could use a dose of hope today.

God is good…all the time…

http://www.eaglebrookchurch.com/media_player.asp?type=large&messageID=27656%20

EBC Recording Studio

Many of you commented on what a powerful night the recording of the EBC CD was like.  Here’s some pix to help you remember the great night…or see what you might of missed out on.

http://www.eaglebrookchurch.com/pages/page.asp?page_id=61288

Pinch-hitting

Hey friends,

Just as an fyi – I’ll be away from the mill for the next week.  Tyler Gregory will be stepping in for me for the Campus Pastor during the weekend.  Make sure to heckle him as you would usually do to me on a regular basis.  He’s one that really enjoy’s hugs.

Next week I’ll be taking a study break.  I used to actually use study breaks for school purposes and this is the first opportunity I’ve had to focus on something of my choosing rather then school’s.  I’ll hope to get some good thinking time in as well as a little time of solitude.

BTW – This upcoming weekend I’ve heard Bob’s message and it’s going to be great…don’t miss out.  Next weekend we’ll be hosting a Child Dedication during the 9:00 service.

See you around…

Famous Dave’s at WBL

Hello to my fellow blogging friends.  Just a quick note today to remind you that this Saturday in between the 2 services is Famous Dave’s BBQ night.  I believe meals include ribs, slaw, beans and drink for $6…quite the steal.  Also – here’s some insider news – we’re planning to show the DVD from the men’s Ribs and Blues night this last fall.  It’s not a guarantee, but if everything falls together, this will be a chance for those of you that were unable to join us last fall to see what you missed out on.

See ya this weekend!

Some pictures for you

I think I get about a month to update you on what’s happened in the past.  Isn’t there some rule that allows for this?

Anyway, I apologize for the delay, but today I finally plugged through some of the pictures that were taken at our Christmas Eve services by Emily Steffen.  Check em out and let them remind you of the amazing services we had on Christmas as well as the work God did and is doing at our little site…