Catalyst

Catalyst was awesome!  This is a leadership conference held here in Atlanta Georgia.  Most of all of our administrators go to this conference.  This year was awesome.  Andy Stanley of the North Point Community church was the opening keynote and also closes this conference out. He is my new hero.  He has an amazing insight to Leadership in our churches and our institutions.  

I actually needed this conference after our JV Volleyball season. I got the chance to go to the Preconference labs and the actually conference itself.   I am always introspecting and after this season I have done it more than I needed to but did it anyway.  Leading is hard!  No one wants to do it these days.  People are always second guessing the leadership.  I have to admit I question a lot in an attempt to make things better. I offer solutions, not just complaining about how things are going.

Many great speakers at this conference.  My favorite was Dave Ramsey.  He is on the radio and TV.  He talked about how Christians should not have that fear that exist now in our world.  We should be the model on how to handle things during this tough time.  I also got a chance to eat lunch with him thanks to Andrew Baker, a good friend who works for Harding's Institute for Church and Family.  I am very thankful to him(Andrew) in allowing me to join him for lunch/ He gave great insight on how he runs his business and shared stories that I will never forget about the atmosphere there.  I would love to one day run my own company with many employee's.  

The music was incredible.  I don't listen to a lot of contemporary christian music.  Strange for a worship leader, but I truly enjoyed the music this year.  I love to get lost in the praise.  As a leader, I had the opportunity to just praise God without thinking about anything but God.  I still love Acappella singing, this was one experience I will remember for along time.

I highly recommend this conference for ministers, educators, and anyone who would love to learn more and be encouraged while doing so.  They do a great job at Catalyst.  Hope to see you there next year!

October is here!

15-6 is our final record for my JV Volleyball coaching career. I am done. I will say it again, I am done! I remembered why I quit when I was in Dallas besides moving to Atlanta. Coaching is different from being the Chaplain. Chaplaincy is a very positive job. One would have to try to make it a negative one. Coaching can be fun. It does involve parents, players, and fans. If you could get them all rowing in the same direction the coach would have fun. Please understand, I am an intense coach who likes to win. Every game if possible, you understand. I don't like to lose. Anyway, it is over and my prayer is that my players learned something about life while playing for me.

Catalyst is this week. Anyone going? It could not have come at a better time. I have it from Wednesday to Friday. Next week is our annual Washington DC trip with 7th graders. I have already seen who I will be chaperoning so it should be a good trip. I love this time with the kids.

JH missions is kicking in now. I just finished Volleyball and now it is time to kickoff our Missions and service program in the Junior High. We will be going to New Orleans during winterbreak, and Phillippi West Virginia during Springbreak. Both trips are service oriented. Life changing events for some, because they will be introduce to hard labor. Yeah!

October, I am or will be focusing on the social life. I know I am getting older, and probably need to channel some of this energy of mine.(Don't laugh, I know you knew this long time ago) Please be in prayer for all that will happen here in October.