Reconnected...

Well call me a Falcon, I haven't blogged for a natishly long time...

Today is midwife day. I enjoy these trips...generally. The one thing that gets me is how the mid wife can often, unconsciously, assume the woman is doing all the work with the pregnancy. I want recognition for my hard work. Does she think conception is just a matter of lying around and waiting for...hmmm

Seriously (slightly) though, there is a lot of adjustment for the man even in these early stages - its all very well to experience nausea but whats worse: Spewing or watching someone spew? Not eating cos you feel sick or changing your diet for no reason? Having an over developed sense of smell or having to eliminate all odours from the house even the ones you can't smell? Then there's the assumption about certain medical choices that affect both the woman and the child - I think the guy gets a vote...anyways its not so bad, I just felt like being dramatic...

We had a combined worship celebration with our sister churches on Sunday. We filled the new venue with around 300 - it was very cool because when we started 4 years ago we had 187 to the same event. The growth of the morning congregation, the launch of the Mandarin church and now the growth of cession has seen our numbers swell. Great food as well and we did some cession programming following the service which seemed well received. I had Rob Bell preach. He did OK.

We used the "Luggage" nooma DVD and built around the luggage concept as a metaphor for unforgiveness and revenge. It was fun. If you haven't seen this you should grab a copy. Great production values, strong message and an excellent twist at the end that will have you replay it over and over again to work out if it was real or not...

Starting a new small group tomorrow morning - a leadership circle for my benefit as much as anything - with 2 cessionlcore leaders and a third guy with potential who currently works as programme director for our main Christian contemporary radio station in NZ. Should be interesting. We're thinking of mixing accountability with studying Andy Stanley's The Next Generation Leader. I'll keep you posted. All 2 of you ;)

Alright - better get into the day...the sun is shining...its a good start!

Jonesboy