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-NEXT WEEK IS EASTER!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S ALMOST HERE!!!
-Foothills Toccoa went well this morning. A little rough with some technical issues… but all in all a good day.
-We did our first Acoustic Set ever. I think people didn’t really know what to think, but connected well once they figured out that you can worship either way.
-I challenged everyone at the very beginning that worship is a CHOICE… and then prayed over the service. I think that got some butts in gear.
-The set today was: Sing Sing Sing/Tomlin – My Savior My God/Shust – Revelation Song/Job – True Love/Wickham
-A video (WITH AUDIO) started during my solo acoustic rendition of True Love. It broke the mood, hard.
-God still moved in a powerful way during that song. Haha devil, eat that!
-I’m still losing weight. Another Weight Loss Journey post coming soon…
-We dropped Abbi off with Candice’s Dad and Stepmom on Friday… we really don’t know what to do with ourselves without the baby girl. We’ve been watching a lot of movies and napping. I miss her a lot.
-We had some sound issues this morning also. Someone blew our sub yesterday and we’re SCRAMBLING to get that fixed before Easter. It actually worked perfectly because today was Acoustic.
-Duplicity is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. Julia Roberts across from Clive Owen was brilliant! You should see it.
-Next week at Foothills is going to be AMAZING!! In Seneca there are services at 7:55a (Eric Peters), 9:30a (Eric Peters), 11:15a (David Odom – Big Room) and 11:15a (Eric Peters – The Venue)… and in Toccoa we’ll have a 9:15a and a 11a (identical). DON’T. MISS. THIS.
-Greg brought it today. Forgiveness is a message we all need to hear.
-You should check out the new Foothills website.
-My guitar is broken. I need a new one. Please Jesus, I need something reliable.
-I’m bummed about not having a reliable axe. Candice has a Grand Concert-sized Taylor, but too small and no pickup. My Old Martin is just that… old. My Tacoma won’t stay in tune because the HEADSTOCK IS BREAKING OFF AGAIN! This drives me crazy.
-I can’t wait to see what God has in store for FCC next week! We’re all predicting 3,500 between 6 services on 2 campuses and 3 stages. WHOA!
-That’s all for me tonight. Have a great day tomorrow!! Invite someone to church on Easter!

-First off, I didn’t do a blog post for last Sunday. It was an amazing day!
-Today at Foothills Toccoa was A BLAST!
-We had a record number of adults today… wow! Even on a weekend where it rained all day Saturday and parking lot was still pretty much a mess.
-We had a few technical issues today: Mics not being placed before the countdown started, Lights on and off in weird places, etc… HOWEVER… our technical team is amazing and I appreciate everything they do!
-My sound team came in Saturday morning and spent hours tweaking the system so we could still run fairly loud without it being ear-piercing. Wow, they’re awesome!
-From the feedback I got today, whatever they did worked, and people were engaged with the sound but not blown away by the high-end. Success!!
-Set today was: Today is the Day/Brewster – O Praise Him/Crowder – Lord I Give You My Heart/Deyo Version – Give Us Clean Hands
-I felt great about the set today, and the band played awesome.
-Our new drummer Jason plays loud… I’m gonna get him some lighter sticks.
-By the way, Jason is an amazing guy. They started coming to FCC Toccoa just a couple months ago… they’re already plugged into a life group, playing in the band, setting up sound every Saturday morning at 8a, tearing down stuff even when he’s not playing… that’s the kind of volunteers we love! This week our drummer bailed on Friday, and Jason even sat in with only 24 hours notice… SHOULD I GO ON??
-I had a band of Toccoa people, with one supplement person from Seneca. I like that. That is filling a task I was charged with when I was hired at FCC. Thanks to my people for all their help and support.
-Shannon is a great campus pastor.
-We had lunch at Bell’s in Toccoa today. Probably the best hamburger I’ve ever had.
-Be looking for a new Weight Loss Journey post tomorrow afternoon. I finally got going with that! Better late than never. (Spoiler alert: I’ve lost 13lbs in the last two weeks!)
-The baby is about to go to bed and Candice and I are gonna watch Nights in Rodanthe. Hopefully it’s not too stupid and sucky.
-Again, be watching for a WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY POST TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND MORE BLOG POSTS ALL THIS WEEK!