Step Out Program - Family Awards Banquet

We hosted out first Family Awards Banquet for all participants of the Step Out Program, the prisoner re-entry initiative that I am the coordinator for for Church United. We had a wonderful turnout out for some Curtis "Big" Mack burgers and fellowship at the Healing Place Church trailer. Over 30 people showed up and we were very thankful to God for giving us great weather and a great time of fellowship.

I could never thank my team, Colleen, Donna, Michelle, and Curtis for all of their hard work and effort in helping our clients have the successful life that God intended for them. They are an amazing team to work with and I am honored for the opportunity to work with them for the Kingdom of God.

Grocery Giveaway - Dream Center Church, HPC

Last Friday we gave away groceries to the community. This is something that we do on a regular basis as God blesses us to be a blessing to the community. The beauty of this day was how the local community (mostly ladies - come on, guys, where are we?) took over and ran the event. Derek Smith and his guys from Ascension House were a tremendous help (as they always are) in getting the food where it could be loaded into the cars and then our DCC members took over.

Here are some pics of the great day of service.

Great Weekend at DCC

What an amazing week and weekend at the Dream Center Campus. Pastor Mark Stermer was out of town traveling to Israel, Mozambique, and Swaziland so we had 2 guest speakers for the weekend services. We had a baby dedication, we recognized our high school graduates, and gave away groceries on Friday afternoon.

On Wednesday night, Elizabeth (my beautiful wife) preached about not being a "dum-dum sucker (lollipop)." She spoke mostly to the Refuge (youth) Ministry and the singles of the church about staying pure and waiting for the perfect spouse. She noted that even if you had not been living for God up until that night that God could still put the wrapper back on the candy and make it brand new again for your spouse.

The Saturday night service was amazing as Pastor Scott Bledsoe, lead pastor of Household of Faith church in Sorrento, La. spoke. He delivered an awesome word from God from the book of Titus about how God is a God of order. 25-30 people came to the altar at the end asking for prayer from Pastor Scott and to help get their lives in order.

On Sunday, Pastor Mike Davis, Director of PRC Compassion spoke about the secrets we know being servants of God. He delivered a great message from God that the true servants of God know details that no one else does.

Later that night we hosted our volunteer Dream Night. Pastor Mark returned in time to share the vision of the house to all of the leaders and the volunteers and then we broke bread together and fellwoshipped. Over 90 people show up for that night.

Praise God for another amazing weekend at the Dream Center, HPC.

DCC Women's Blowout - ROYALTY NIGHT!

The Women of the Dream Center Church hosted their May Blowout Night with a Royalty theme. Pastor Elizabeth Demarest spoke about how each woman is a bride and princess of the Lord Jesus and how they should all act that way. The team showed a clip from Cinderalla and even had a couple of slow songs to dance to - with Jesus. Over 100 women from the Donaldsonville and surrounding areas came out for the night of great fun, great food, and awesome fellowship.

Great job, Women of Destiny. This was another great night for the Kingdom of God.

Dream Center - Family Series and Worship

My wife and I have so much fun at the services at the Dream Center. I love HPC so much for the atmospheres that are available for all types of woship. Our campus in Donaldsonville is smaller and more intimiate because of the size of our building. We love the intimate setting for Life U. and for the weekend services. Here are some shots that might be able to give an idea of what it's like. There's even a rare picture of me (playing bass) while Wayne W. tears up the "axe." Spice is on drums.

AMDG - Ad Majoreum Dei Gloriam - For the Greater Glory of God. This was the mission statement of my high school - Jesuit High School in New Orleans. I love living for Jesus and am grateful that His mercy endured with me even before I realized it.

We love Dr. Cherie Leblanc

Dr. Cherie Leblanc is an internal medicine physician at HPC who dedicates her time to a ministry that travels throughout Baton Rouge to provide medical care for people who do not have insurance or the means to get to a doctor. Her ministry has also started travelling into the FEMA trailer parks around Baton Rouge to provide services for the evacuated New Orleanians.

There are not enough blogs on the internet to sing her praises and the praises of her team for all they do.

Dr. Gary Chapman - The Five Love Languages

This past Saturday my wife and I attended our second seminar with Dr. Gary Chapman. We had a great time listening and learning from one of the best marriage teachers in the world. I love being part of HPC who is always giving the members of the church the best opportunities to grow in Christ and in family.

I also thought it was great that a Catholic priest felt comfortable enough in his skin and with HPC to come to the conference. That's really cool stuff!

Trying to keep up...

Here are the latest pics from the last couple of weeks. I am finding out just how difficult it is to keep up with a blog on a regular basis. These pics include the weeks after Easter service at the Rivercenter. Over 7,000 strong worshipping and over 200 committing their lives to following Christ. I also included some Dream Center baptisms. We are having a baptism revival as over 40 people have been baptized in the last 4 weeks! I also included some pictures of Pastor Mark Stermer preaching to the church at Life University as well as to the Mighty Men of God Blowout Night. Anyone who has not been to a Dream Center service is missing out on an amazing move of God.

We had a guest apprearence by Keith Staten. We had a graduation from our spiritual formation class. God is really showing up every service at the Dream Center.

Elizabeth and I are so thankful to be a part of this. Please come visit us. Our services are Wednesday nights at 7 p.m., Saturday nights at 6 p.m., and Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. I promise it will be a church like you've never done church before.