Shot in the Arm

Just got back from the Churchplanters.com conference in Cumming ... WOW! What a shot in the arm for us at Rock Bridge! I am pumped and excited about getting back to work on the vision & mission we have at RBCC!!
Here's some of the things that are sticking out in my mind right now:

--Be mean about the vision. (Shawn Lovejoy)

--Seek to relate the Gospel to people not just creativity. We relate to people in our culture so we can take them to the Cross. (Ed Setzer)

--God wants our churches to be successful more than we do.
--Value risk taking for the kingdom more than success.
--When was the last time you/we/I took a risk on God. (Dave Ferguson)

--God wants us to live with holy urgency for His mission.
--God is resolved to bring us to a place of trust. (Matt Carter)

--Then Perry Noble spoke from Exodus 33 and challenged us to RELOOK at four things:
1) Our calling: God always calls us to things that are unsafe
2) At our people
3) At our vision
4) At our potential -- Eph. 3:20-21

This conference was a shot in the arm for me. It affirmed a lot of things we are thinking about and things we are doing. I am more excited than EVERY about what God is doing and is ABOUT to do at our church!!