We had an awesome day today at R2C2! I can’t believe what we (God) have done with our new setup and the look of our church. Here are some of the thoughts I had…

- Our volunteers are all AWESOME! My buddy Gary Lamb picks a “freak of the week” at his church; someone to highlight for doing an exceptional job that week. If we had a “freak of the week” I would have to pick every sing person who volunteered yesterday and today to pull of our services this weekend. All of our volunteers are the “freak(s) of the week”! WAY TO GO!

- The pipes and drapes made the place feel intimate, even though we had the second largest non-holiday crowd ever at R2C2. That’s with no signs (yet) and no promotion! It just felt good in the room.

- Brandon, Steve, Mark and Jeff did a great job working through our sound gear and figuring out what our needs are and putting the right equipment into place. The sound was off the hook today.

- Tami! What can I say? The hospitality table and greeting team were great. I had a come in today and tell me that at least 8 people said “hello” and asked if they could help him get where he was going. That is the way to greet people right there!

- To our regulars: We are going to reserve the front parking lots for first-time guests, expectant moms, and senior citizens. We’re going to put up a banner to let first-time guests, expectant moms and seniors know to turn on their headlights so we can get them parked. Our parking team did a great job getting people in and out. Jamie I knew the parking team would do a good job but you guys really had a great plan. I was beyond impressed!

- The Rocky River Kids area was so cool today that I wanted to be in Middle School again! And that is saying a lot.

- Our kid’s stuff is just awesome right now. We have a couple things to add in the nursery but they have done a great job. And I heard that a Preschooler today actually cried because he had to leave? Way to go Johanna, Dan and team! That’s great!!!!

- I’m not going to mention any more names because if I get into that I’ll miss someone important. Let me just say that all of our leaders, staff and volunteers did a GREAT job! Ya’ll are truly the best.

- Did I mention that Project 252 had their highest number of students EVER?! They literally had to add chairs!

- We have some bugs to work out still. We have to make some adjustments on the lights and a few other things. But all in all today was a great success! I’ve very proud of our church today!

See ya’ll again next Sunday!