deep purple

This weekend has been great! Here are some highlights…

I was able to participate in our first “I Heart Savannah” event at Hitch Village. Click here for more details.

This morning was by far (in my opinion) the best gathering  Canvas Church has ever had.  lots of new faces. The band was awesome and Doug spoke truth. I think he knocked it out of the park. I was convicted. Jared started the whole day with giving God our first and best. 

I went on a photo shoot downtown and then came back home to relax and watch a movie. While I was flipping thru the channels I stumbled upon “The Color Purple” It’s a movie that I’ve seen a few times in my life. I watched it and it was like I was seeing it for the first time. This is a very powerful film. I recommend it highly! Infact… I am moving it into my top five movies. 

 I poured out and got filled up all in one weekend. God is good

Top Five (#1)

So… Richard is always posting “top 5’s” and after having a conversation with a friend today, i decided to post my top 5 indie films.

1. junebug
2. mozart and the whale
3. garden state
4. donnie darko
5. juno

L.O.V.E.

click on the logo…

a whole new world

I was at a church planter conference earlier this week.

I like to people watch.

as the story goes… I was standing in the lobby noticing all the different kinds of people walking around, networking with each other, telling about their churches and I noticed a trend.

wait… i Digress…

Do you remember when you were little (or even now) all the old fashioned Pastors in their neatly pressed suits driving their big Lincolns and Cadillacs? Or the preachers with the real brightly colored suits and LOUD ties? It’s a stereotype!

Nowadays… we have a new stereotype among church planters… It’s called Buckle. I mean “WOW” I have never seen so many ripped (nealty pressed) jeans, glittery button down shirts with graphics and pointy shoes in one place. Did I mention the awesome hair. Now… this is one area that I have a lot of envy. The faux-hawks were as abundant as the iPhones! And what is it with the new worship leader hair cut? They all had this weird spiky thing going on in the back with a flat ironed piece covering up one side of their face.

As I close this rant, I want to make perfectly clear that I am not making fun of anyone. I am simply stating that some things never change.

There are old stereotypes and new ones.

laugh so you don’t cry

So… The Canvas group is at a conference in Atlanta for a couple of days.(Except for Jared & April because of work)… we miss you guys! It’s been nice to see familiar faces and old friends. That is my favorite part of a conference. We are headed back this morning and then will be getting on the road home tonight. It’s going to be a long day! I miss all you Savannahians!

For all you spiritual people out there, if you want to know all the details, check out my buddy Tim’s blog. He has written all the notes from the two main sessions.

p.s. I have lived in Atlanta my entire life excluding the past year and I think it’s an amazing place to grow up. It will always be home and I miss it and the people in it.

 But here are a few things that I don’t miss…

1. It’s really cold

2. It takes at least 20 minuted to get anywhere

3. the traffic is stupid

4. it’s really grey in the winter

5. there is no beach

6. piedmont park holds no comparison to forsyth park

Free

sweet emily

My sister Erica and niece Emily have been visiting for the past couple of days. It has been really nice having some family around. We went to the beach today, it was absolutely beautiful. It was almost 80 degrees.

here are a few photos…

imagine

so… imagine you are at Canvas Church. it’s february and 75 degrees outside. You are having a conversation with a friend…

you: what are you doing after church today?

friend: i don’t know, it has to be free though… i’m broke!

you: let’s go to the beach.

I love living in Savannah… here are a few photos…

the look of love

1/3 of the vision at Canvas Church is “action”. 

We believe that followers of Jesus Christ individually and as a church collectively are called to act out their faith in tangible ways. We want to reach into the city and figuratively be the hands and feet of Jesus. It is our aim to be involved in the improvement of life in the city, and to physically be active in changing the way people view the church.

This is where I come in as a staff member. God has shown me a few things over the past couple of years about being the hands and feet instead of just donating my money. I have been burdened for the city of Savannah and beyond. I have been taken out of my comfort zone.

Over the past 2 weeks I have sat in and listened in on some great meetings about the future of Canvas Action. I have been a little overwhelmed as to how God has positioned the church and our community for some great things. People are excited about what will be happening. 

I will have some amazing news to announce soon! I wish I could tell you now, but I want to wait until all the I’s have been dotted and all the T’s have been crossed. Just know that God is about to transform a city!

We dream of a church that would be sorely missed if suddenly absent.

I can’t wait to see the lives that will be transformed through it… Mine already has.

bottom of the barrell

my mind is racing! Just thought I would take a break to blog…

canvas action:

Let’s Get Going!!!

God is making it evident of what He has in store for us. I have had some great conversations this week with different organizations in Savannah. I am able to start planning  events for the later this year as well as work on some really cool stuff that will be happening in the near future.

if you give a person that has to sleep outside a sweatshirt. it may not be enough to keep them warm, but it does add another layer to what they already have or will be given later.

Right now… Canvas Action is layering. In some ways, we may be the first and only layer but then in others we will  be adding to what God has already begun in another organization.

stay tuned to the website for more details or come Sunday morning to elevate at 10am!

www.savannahcanvas.com