Mighty Men of God - MEN AT WORK - Construction Night Blowout

What a great night for the Lord we had last night at the Dream Center!

Over 85 men came to our Men at Work - Construction night. We had an amazing time of competition and worship. The games were are huge hit. The worship was strong and the men were excited about the message that Pastor Mark Stermer delivered from God.

After the message we ate "sausage dogs" (MAN FOOD!) and even had a Jesus sausage shaped like a "J."

Thanks to Adam Hymel and his team of volunteers for putting on an awesome night for Jesus. Thanks also to Derek Smith and the guys of Ascension House who oversee the events and the facilities.

What an awesome Pastor and Leader!

Every time I mention that I am affiliated with or attend Healing Place Church the response I hear almost every single time is: "Your Pastor is Dino Rizzo, right? He's a(n)...awesome pastor, great man of God, amazing speaker, good teacher, etc." Without fail the person that I am speaking with always has something positive to say about Pastor Dino.

And I could not agree with them more. The Wednesday morning men's breakfast meetings at Frank's in Prairieville are the only times during the week that I get to hear Pastor Dino in person. This time is a great time of food and fellowship and I enjoy hearing the vision that God has placed on his heart to be a healing place for a hurting the world. I also know how hard he and his staff works as unto the Lord to accomplish this vision of God.

I am so thankful to be a part of such an amazing church lead by such a great Pastor and his family. I can not say enough how much respect and appreciation I have for all he does for me and my family, for the HPC community, and for those around the world who are touched in some way by HPC.

Thanks, Pastor Dino.

Step Out Program - Mentoring

For the Step Out program, we mentor our clients every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. The meetings have been going great and the clients are really responding to this format. Donna and the rest of the team do a great job with preparing the teaching for the night and then leading the small group sessions.

Great job, Step Out Team.

Healing Place Golf Tourney - Santa Maria

My mom, dad and me played with Paul Solomon in the 3rd annual Healing Place Church golf tournament. We shot even par 72 at the Santa Maria golf course. We had a great time and the tournament was a huge success. The proceeds went to HPC athletics and helps with all of the programs that the kids enjoy at church.

Thanks to Kerry Wilkerson and his team for all of their hard work.

We had a blast and look forward to next year's tourney.

THE SALAD!

I had my staff over for dinner the other night and had to put a picture of the salad that Michelle made (or cooked or designed). Thanks to Michelle's mother for her help.

We all enjoyed the most beautiful and creative salad any of us may have and will ever eat.

Thanks Michelle.

We love Hillsong - Kiev, Ukraine - Pastors Zhenya and Vera Kasevich visit the Dream Center

Elizabeth and I had the honor of hosting Pastors Zhenya and Vera Kasevich and their kids, Roma and Dianna, at the Dream Center this past weekend. They are the pastors of the Hillsong Church in Kiev, Ukraine. Pastor Zhenya spoke about living a life of "significance" by discipling fellow members of the church. It was an amazing weekend for us as we went out to dinner at the Grapevine after service last night. They are an amazing family and pastors of a 3,500 member church in one of the poorest area in the Ukraine (see Dinorizzo.com)

We were blessed to host them and will continue to pray for them as they return back home. I got along great with the guys because we talked about rock guitar. Roma is supposedly a serious player and got to play at the Highland Campus Sunday morning. I wish I could have seen him play.

Thanks to Pastors Dino and Delynn for allowing us to serve their vision at the Dream Center and letting us meet such amazing men, women and families of servants of Christ. What an awesome year this has been so far!