John Bishop

Church in a Bar

We started out a campaign this year called "This Is Your Easter."  I would have never guessed what God was going to do when we created environments of encouragement and empowerment. One example is Treasa and Rick Conn, who with the help of Danny Joe and the rest of our teams, are starting a church in a bar. Specifically Dodge City Saloon (I know, we live in the west). Over the course of the weekend and during the last several days, there has been nothing but incredible momentum, buzz and support over what ONLY GOD might do.  I feel like we're stretching and risking like Paul did, who wrote most of the New Testament. Paul was a legalist, a Pharisee, went to the best schools, from the tribe of Benjamin, he knew more than most in his day, and was respected by most everyone in his day.  Yet when God broke his heart, his faith became break-through and he saw EVERYTHING differently.  Look at the words he told the church at Corinth:

1 Corinthians 9:22-23 says, "...Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some. I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings."

I love that!  I try to find common ground with everyone, and do everything so that I might bring them to Christ. The thoughts are pretty radical.  When we broke the news about Dodge City, with over 5,000 people in all of our campuses, I thought that people would be frustrated, and I assumed people wouldn't understand, but it was just the opposite. We didn't hear any negative comments.  Only positive, only encouragement, only support for Rick and Treasa, and in the end, ONLY GOD will be glorified.  Thanks to the owner of Dodge City Saloon who is not only helping finance the campus, but is allowing us to use the facility every Sunday morning for no charge.  Did you get that? Every Sunday morning for no charge.

I hope that we continue to find common ground and do whatever it takes to reach someone for Jesus Christ.  When the day is over, the bar is simply a building.  I'm glad to be a part of a church that always does whatever it takes to reach the next one person for Christ, which brings me to Easter.  The total for Easter services at this point is that we have around 200 homes hosting Easter (Channel 12 at 10:00am). Here's the Easter service times for the Brush Prairie campus (10702 NE 117th Ave, Vancouver WA 98662):
Wednesday at 7:00pm is the taping for the tv program.
Friday services at 5:00 & 7:00pm.
Saturday at 3:00, 5:00 and 7:00pm
Sunday at 9:00 & 11:00am and 1:00pm.
Sunday evening I will be preaching a completely different message on Baptism at 4:00 & 6:00pm. So if you attend a campus or have watched our service on tv and would like to be baptized, you can join us Sunday evening.

This weekend you'll be able to check our website for our other campus service times and locations.

To close, here's a bit of encouragement when it comes to inviting friends and family to Easter:
1. Find common ground with those you know. Accept them like God accepts you. (Rom. 15:7)
2. Be intentional. 
3. Be invitational. 
4. Be unconventional. (Maybe host an Easter House church...)

-John

BREAK-THROUGH FAITH

Big idea from the weekend. 

When your heart is really broken, your faith will be really break-through.

We looked at the story that is told in three of the Gospels (Mark 2, Luke 5 and Matthew 9).  The story of the friends who were desperate enough to bring their paralyzed friend to Christ.  They were friends who were intentional, courageous and creative.  Seeing their friend healed is the only thing that mattered to them, and they weren't going to allow difficult situations to stop them.

I shared about a friend that I knew in High School, whom I did not "seize the moment" with, and the next time I saw him never came. I ran into his brother and he told me the untimely and unfortunate news that Doug had died.  I made a commitment to always reach people and to try and take advantage of every moment, but when the time came, my faith shrank back and I NEVER told him about my faith.  Sucks, but true.

This weekend, we talked about how being desperate as a church to reach lost people won't happen until everyone in the church is desperate for the people in their world.  I guess I get a little passionate about this.

The story of these friends, sacrificing to carry their hurting and "broken" friend to Jesus, is the story of Living Hope. Our story has been people coming to a place of brokenness in their hearts, and then as God stirs or causes what I call a Holy Agitation to reach their friends, their faith becomes break through because they will do whatever...whatever it takes to get their friends to Christ.

We wrote down the names of hundreds and hundreds of people on the banners that are at the road.  All week, if you want, stop and write down the name of a person who you will "carry to Jesus".

We can't wait until "next time" because we don't know.  What we can do is allow our hearts to be broken with what matters to God.  We can always focus on what is temporal, like the roof being messed up or we can keep our eyes on all that matters which is people.

Break-Through faith.  It matters and it is how the world is changed.  One friend, one mess, one person being willing to be interrupted for the sake of Eternity.

Next post I want to share about all the Easter updates.  We have 200 homes (that we know about) who will be opening up their homes.  We have signs for all the homes that are for their yards that say EASTER SERVICE HERE 9:30 AM.
I have heard of SO many stories of people being intentional and creative to reach their friends and people they know and work with.  Businesses closing for Sunday, but opening for church, apartment complexes, retirement homes, the Clark County work release center, and the list goes on and on and on.  Let's not forget about Dodge City....

Those friends lived in Capernaum, which translated means villiage of comfort.  They chose to not be comfortable and to risk and to do whatever it took for their friend.  When the day was over, he got up, walked out and the Bible says the onlookers were "stunned" and they all praised God.

Broken hearts will always result in break-through faith.  Will it be messy to reach your friends?  Will it cost us something?  Definitely, but truly wouldn't it be more messy not to?

Thanks for being the church you are.

John

TALK LESS....SIN LESS

The Bible has SO much to say about words.   

I have been thinking alot and speaking less for the last 10 or so days.  Not because I wanted to but because my voice hasn't "worked" very well.  I am better, but my voice still isn't "there" yet.   

I think so often, we don't stop to really appreciate the things God has done in our lives or gives us to use or enjoy.  For 10 days, at first I thought how I have never been this sick, like I was throwing my own little party.  Then, as the week progressed, I started thinking about how blessed I have been in my life.  Words always matter.  They always heal the people around us or they can be used as weapons to hurt those same people that matter to us and God.  We are all products of words to very large degrees.  I am not sure we quite get how much words matter.  At least I don't and thought a blog devotional may help us.

This verse is a powerful thought and carries with it eternal ramifications.   

"The tongue has the power of life and death..."   Proverbs 18:21

Confession.  Prior to this week, as a speaker or pastor I have never really thought about or NEVER thanked God for the gift of talking.  The ability to use words and speak into people's lives.  Out of necessity, I have, this week thought more about my words.  What to say, what not to say, what I can say with the least amount of words, etc.   

Check it out.  The Bible has a lot to say about words.   

Jesus said in Matthew 12:37, "For whatever is in your heart determines what you say..."

Like in many areas, we so often are sorry for what we "say" and what we ought to be about is getting beyond the spoken word and get to the words in our heart.  Figuring out why we say what we say will ultimately and more permanently change what we say. Jesus reminds us that what we say reveals what is in our heart.  Your mouth is simply the exit point for what was already there.  When people say, "Where did that come from?", Jesus would say, "from your heart."  He was speaking, rather frustrated actually, to the religious leaders who were so about how good they looked and how others could never measure up.  This was one of those times you see Jesus really really not cool with stuff.

What words come from our mouth? When people say, "I just speak what's on my mind", first of all no, you speak what's IN your heart and secondly, why would you brag about that?   

So often, we think we will try harder and not be angry.  I met a person at our Longview campus this last Sunday who boldly admitted how he was angry and wanted to change how he acted and what he said to those he loved.  I loved his heart and it was a privilege to pray for him, but my prayer was that God would reveal why he was angry.

Anger (for example) is always a secondary emotion.  When you unpack it, and get to the "heart" of it you find out that every time you are experiencing anger, you are either hurt, frustrated or fearful.  If I don't change the source, I won't change the outcome.  I have to change how I think, allow the Spirit of God to cleanse my heart, to confess what isn't good, to see different and then the outcome will naturally change.  It is for sure a process.  Trust me.

Another one is sarcasm. I can be so careless sometimes. Really hate that about me and the words I say to people I would in reality die for.  Sarcasm comes from a Greek word "sarkasmos" which means to tear flesh. 

Heck, maybe we will have a whole blog series on words.  So much to say... carefully....

To start with, let's make a commitment to talk less.  Talking less was the thing that made me think about all of this.  For me, it wasn't because I thought about it, it was because God allowed my voice to almost be coughed out of my body.

If you talk less, you will sin less.

Proverbs 10:19 says, "When words are many, sin is not absent."

Did you know that every day we speak enough words to make up a 50-60 page book? The average person speaks around 18,000 words per day.  That makes up a library of books in a year, 100 books a year with 200 pages each.  They say that most people by default talk too much.  Like in fact 35% too much. Talk less, sin less. 

Maybe we should just let this first "words" talk sink in.  Maybe we should think more and talk less.  Maybe before we go angrily into a conversation with our teenagers we should stop to think about where they are coming from.  To think about the words we want to say and process them more through the grid is this what Jesus would say. 

Maybe?

I think when we realize that our words have the power to bring life or death and we think about the ways we have helped each other or hurt each other, we can have a sobering wake up call to the power of our words. 

Let's do this.  How about getting real and practical?  TODAY.  Let's talk less and think more.  Let's make this blog pact together today for our words to be used to change lives.  Words bring healing and life or death and pain.  When you allow that to sink in, it just may change you enough to begin the process.  As we continue to learn, and unlearn, we will over time begin the slow process of being more strategic, intentional and life-giving with our words.   

I have thought more about what I should say, what I shouldn't say, and in some cases what I haven't said. That has been the big 10 day lesson for me.

So, as God leads you, why not encourage the rest of us?  Your stories become things we can share together.

DANGEROUS TRUST

I am pretty excited about Easter.  The service and details are coming together.   

I believe in my heart God wants to do more than we can imagine. I think we have these self-imposed limitations. 

"You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.  I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father." John 14:12-13 

That is such a radical thought.  Anything in the name of Jesus that brings glory to God.  You have to picture it.  Jesus has been with His disciples for over 3 years.  He knows that that historical moment where He will die and raise from the dead is hours away.  Jesus is in this timeless moment, after He washed the feet of His friends, and after He shared His last passover meal with them, He begins what He began when He called them to be His disciples.  He always was about the people He led.  There is the common and intentional thread through His life that was pretty cool. He believed in the people who followed Him.  He spoke enouragement and truth into their lives.  He let them lead, He let them fail, He loved them in a way that was so different and is so captivating.  They gave up everything they knew to be part of Jesus' dream of changing the world.

Some things never change.  Can I say that Jesus believes in you more than you believe in you? Really  He does.  Not only does He believe in you, He wants to do amazing things for HIS GLORY through your one and only life.   

Anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done and even greater works.  This isn't a self-promoting look at me statement.  This is about a God who risked everything for you to know Him.    He is not only about risking, but is also about releasing each of us to do that thing that God has uniquely gifted us to do.  I love that so much.  He believed in His friends and then He released them to begin the church that all of today so much appreciates.  He released them (AND YOU) to do greater works for His Glory.  He releases us to take the message to people everywhere.

Talk about radical?  Talk about dangerous trust.  Talk about letting go of control.  It seems that we over organize and in the process over complicate what I think ought to be organic and simple.  I love churches.  I love pastors.  I also believe that too many churches in the name of religion and control prevent people from being whom God created them to be.

I think lately, as I think about the future of Living Hope, I am most excited to release people, to empower them, to trust them, to help and support them be about that "thing" that God made them to do.  I think our greatest destiny will not be in what we do, but in investing in others.

Easter is in just a few weeks. I can't believe the amount of people that will be hosting Easter services in their homes.  I am excited about campuses that are beginning now, preparing for Easter weekend.  When the vision was announced, I really had no idea it would spark the creativity and dangerous trust in so many people.  It is truly a God thing.

Easter will be one living example of this statement that was said by Jesus 2000 years ago:  Whoever believes in me will do even greater works....  How sweet it that?  We will collectively take Easter to as many people as we can in and around the greater Portland metro area this year.  Our primary focus is taking the message to everyone everywhere, to people who may never otherwise darken the doors of any church.  It is the message and the freedom and the story of Easter that will change people forever.  Our goal is to see thousands saved and connected to local churches around the Vancouver/Portland area. We are working on details right now, call center details, follow-up details, launching churches everywhere details.  Stuff God already has answers for.  After all, it is His church and He promised to grow it.   

We will leverage technology for God's glory and for eternity.  People are stepping up in pretty cool ways. 

We have business owners opening their stores and offices to have Easter services.  We have more campuses starting on Easter than we could have imagined.  AND, we will have all of our normal Easter services at ALL CAMPUSES.

I hope this year will be marked with us Risking more, Releasing more and REACHING more for Jesus Christ.  I hope you walk into a dangerous trust relationship, and believe Him to do even greater works than He has ever done in and through your life.  I am excited, as you risk, release and reach more.

TWO WORDS....

John

PS:  I am still not the best.  My voice is really bad.  Really bad.  I can't believe it.  I sound terrible and feel better.  All good.   I can't wait to see what God will do.

No You Don't (Retraction by Erin Clinton)

Hello blog family (and John). I am posting this retraction 1) because I can, and 2) because I don't think he looks constipated. He looks like a lean, mean, pastoral machine.  I agree with Brent (thanks buddy) that we are not used to John looking so "resolute".  (I had to look that one up...)  But as an artist, John's blog manager, his creative assistant, and his friend, I feel it is my mission to explore the different shades and depths of the person who we know (and love) as John. I picked this picture, not in jest, but in a way as one would look at a diamond in the light where you can see the multi-faceted colors of it's uniqueness.  I have unveiled a brand new color, so to speak.  So now that I have given you, in essence, new eyes to view this picture with just open your mind(and your heart) to take in a new view of the man we call John Bishop.

Sincerely,

Erin

P.S.  Since I'm here I wanted to give you guys heads up that we are going to be moving John's blog to a new location.  I don't have an exact date yet, but I will let you know as soon as I know.  However, I do know where we are moving it.  This is very exciting.  We are moving it to a place called Kuzoa which will allow you to be a part of a community where you can get to know your fellow bloggers, share pictures, bulletins, etc. Just go to kuzoa.com and create an account.  This will give you a head start to already be a part of the network. The blog will be moving to John's new website (soon to be up), which will be hosted through Kuzoa.  I hope this makes some sense. I will get some more info and have John blog on it soon.

See ya!

KIDSWORLD AT HOCKINSON LAST WEEKEND

The Kidsworld band is officially on tour.  They were at Hockinson last weekend.  I, even though I was sick, wanted to go and support the kids.  Even though I may be biased (OK, I am), I have to say they did SO good.  The environment, experience, energy and excitement were awesome. 

Hockinson campus has such a good feel and Jon and Michele Andersen are so loved at their campus.  Check it out, they even served a killer breakfast (every Sunday at 10 AM). 

It was nice to see a couple campuses.  I was able to visit both Fisher's Landing and Hockinson.  Thanks Seth for giving me a mic before I entered the theater.  I heard about your projector dropping ...  I guess I could have stuck around and heard you speak?

This week I want to visit a couple campuses on Sunday again.  For sure I want to see Woodland and Longview (the kids are going up there) and hopefully there will be time to visit either Orchards campus or Portland campus. 

So much going on with our campuses.  Our newest downtown Vancouver campus is on the hunt for a weekend location, Woodland is off and running, Camas/Washougal has secured a school to meet in, and there are a couple other campus announcements that I will hold off on until another blog. 

Suffice it to say, the campuses are amazing.  I love the sense of community and teamwork. I just love seeing God work in so many lives. 

So here are some pictures of last weekend at Hockinson.  The kids did so good.  They will be in Longview this weekend.  IF you can, meet me up there.  Or Woodland.  Service is at 10:00 AM in Woodland and 11:00 AM in Longview.

Thanks all the campus teams.  Your hospitality last weekend was cool.

John

I look constipated

Sorry, I guess being real is what I stay focused on.  Can you give me an amen?  SO...  That is the worst picture of my life.    

Erin Clinton does all of the blog creativity and she is all about it, but... I guess I need a new face, because that picture looks like an ad for some sort of constipation medicine....  (sorry)

I love Erin, I love the blog, I hate the picture.  Go ahead, this is a "laugh at me moment".  I give you the liberty and freedom to lol, cry out loud, show your friends what a dork I am and then in a few hours from now that nice little picture will be retired to the archived photos that normally don't get out to the public....

Enough said.

Contagious on purpose

Funny, when you are sick people avoid you.  Don't we all do it?  You do the proverbial grab your shirt, pull it up over your face (as if it matters and they won't notice???).

I think that is what I hate most about sickness.  Being CONTAGIOUS.  Last week, as I went up to talk to people or hug them, as soon as they heard my voice which sounded...like...you know...they did the pull the shirt over their mouth thing.

Makes you feel special doesn't it?  Being sick or contagious.

Contagious.  That's what I am.  Look at the definitions for it:

1. communicable by contact : catching  <contagious diseases>        

2. bearing contagion <contagious people>        

3. used for contagious diseases <a contagious ward>        

4. exciting similar emotions or conduct in others <contagious enthusiasm>

Every meal, my kids are sure not to eat or drink after me.  I am marked.  Contagious.  Sick.   

Every time you hug someone, they are sure to keep their "distance" from you.   Usually they back up, cover their mouth and say something lame like "sorry".

When you have a cold or illness, it is an interesting thing how people avoid you.  Guess the truth is I do as well.  Who wants to get sick "on purpose" ?  Not me or anyone else I have met.  We should do a survey, fake being sick and watch how other people respond.  THEN, when people (the same avoidance people) who run and mask themselves, well let's see how they deal with rejection.

Sickness rejection.  Contagious avoidance. Marked by coughing and fevers. 

Being contagious and keeping your distance.  We have all been there.  Loving someone but "keeping a safe distance" from them?   Aren't we like that?   

Funny, when you look at the stories in the Bible, how many times did Jesus heal people who no one else would be around? How many blind people, lepers, diseased people who most would say, "How are you?", and as they back up toward their car (or camel) they would scramble to cover their face.   

Sounds weird, but I am glad that Jesus wasn't or isn't that way.  He always treated people different. He would be the first to hug them or hang out with them.  Guaranteed if Jesus ate salsa he would have been all about double dipping. Jesus liked the people we have a tendency to avoid.  No, I take that back, He loved them.  For real.  AND, those same people loved Him.  AND, can I add followed Him to listen to His teaching.  I guess it comes down to the old adage "people really don't care what you know until they know that you really care".

He was always about the rejected sick people (like me at the moment) who, when met by most of the crowds, covered their faces in sickness avoidance.   

Truth is, I do it more than anyone, and really don't notice it until I am the one coughing my face off.  I don't think I have coughed harder, louder or longer IN MY LIFE. Thank God for Dayquil, Nyquil and all of the other cold stuff.  (sorry side note)   

I have this thing in me to reject people, to be rude to them and to ignore them.  I maybe don't "cover my face" with my coat or shirt collar, but really I may as well, because if someone doesn't fit in what I think, I can easily do the rude ignore thing.  We are pretty good at it.

I wonder if everyone who called themselves Christ Followers actually "followed" Christ. How different would the world be if we all really stopped covering our faces and actually looked into the eyes of people who so desperately matter to God?  People who will spend eternity somewhere.  People who need to be loved, colds and all (pun intended)!

The wonder of grace is that we accept each other (colds, coughs and all).  Love each other.  Like each other.  Cheer for each other. Pray for each other.  Hug each other.  Help each other.  Encourage each other.  And, when the day is over, actually like each other.

OK, those are my thoughts.  Cold medicine and all.   

Contagious.  Good word.  I can't wait until I am not contagious any longer and in some ways I hope I always am.

Cheers with cough medicine.

First time in 11 years

I have been anticipating this day/weekend for over 11 years.

I have NEVER, due to illness, missed an entire weekend at Living Hope.  Have never had to "call in sick".  Guess that perfect record turned into a perfect little storm.

This little mutated flu, severe cold thing going around?  I got it Thursday.  Pastor Rick told me to stay home Friday and rest.  He cares about me (and knows how stupid I can be).  I didn't, in fact was at church Friday from 9:00 AM staff meeting to around 8:00 PM to see the Worship night.  The teams did so good.

Saturday morning, I woke up pretty sick.  I mean, my pain tolerance is higher than most people, especially women, so it is hard to comprehend the reality of just how sick I felt.  I had a fever of 100 (I know...),  I had congestion in my chest that felt like a gallon of super glue.  My nose felt and LOOKED like the commericial where the guys nose just is so red and swollen.  I was so hot that my eyelids were even hot.  I was afraid my eyes would burn? I was sick (still am). Do you feel for me yet???   For those of you who never get sick, or if you do it is once in 11 years.... I know at least you can empathize with me, and sympathize for me.  Thanks, only in Heaven will you know how much it means......

Anyway, sorry for the descriptive-ness of my sick, flu assaulted life.  I just am a bit upset, frustrated, bored, mad and I want to say there are no good movies on Saturday.  Michelle had to be at all the services, so I even had to make my own chicken noodle soup.  Can I just say I hate being sick.  Not sure if the adjectives are allowing for a memorable post.

OK, that is enough complaining.  I am like some of you.  I have the spiritual gift of complaining.  I think we can be so good at it.

Mike Miller was called Saturday around 9:30 AM, and stepped up.  Because Mike is on staff at Living Hope, he is speaking a little more, but that he was willing with basically a few hours notice, I want to say thanks to Mike.  I have heard great things about his message. 

Being sick.  There is really nothing good about it except for the fact it forces you to slow down or in my pathetic state to stop.  I am wired in a way that slowing or stopping doesn't happen easily.  I am way more wired to do, to run, to plan, to be active. 

I guess we have to learn to see what the ONE thing God is doing in the moment of our sickness.  What is He doing or trying to do?  I think there is always only one right thing in the moment to do, or be, or think about.  I think, in simply "being", we eventually are better because of it. 

In Luke 10:38-42 there is such a powerful story about doing the right thing.  Chapter 10 is packed full of action for God's Kingdom.  I love it. Jesus sends out 72 other disciples in pairs to share the message. Then Jesus shares the great commandment, then shares the story of the good samaritan.  Talk about a busy day? 

After all the activity, Jesus and the disciples were on their way back to Jerusalem, and Jesus was invited to eat in a home.  Take a moment and read the story.

"As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. 40 But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.”

41 But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details!

42 There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”

A couple thoughts.  First of all, Jesus isn't condemning activity or the absence of it.  So many times we will hear messages where Martha gets beat up.  The issue for Jesus wasn't what she was doing, but what she was worried about because of what someone else (mainly her sister) wasn't doing. I think everyone is wired to be more like Mary or more like Martha.  I am not sure how I am wired?  lol   

What Martha was "doing" wasn't bad.  She was stressed and worried about so many details.  Isn't that so the way life can be?  When we are stressed, or upset or worried, the problem is we miss the ONE kingdom opportunity God has for us in this moment. When the day was over, I imagine Mary helped her sister, but what she needed was to sit and listen to Jesus teach.  It is sitting that we are better prepared for doing.   

I hope we all can, as Jesus said "discover it" today.  Time with friends, time in God's word, a phone call, a prayer a moment to sit with your kids, an unscheduled (needed) vacation with your wife, OR, in my case sitting on a couch with ONLY GOD.   

In that one moment to discover the Kingdom thing God has for you is the real only thing that matters.  It is in sitting, and being we are better prepared for doing.

My sickness discontent was met with God's incomparable presence.  John and Jesus on a couch, hanging out.  That is what my Saturday (and looks like my Sunday) will be.  Time with ONLY GOD.

There is always only ONE thing that matters most.  I pray we discover it, and you know what else I pray?  I pray that we wouldn't take it away from each other.  So often we think we know best for others.  Maybe sometimes we do, but I wonder if we stopped and allowed God to do what He can only do in their lives. 

Discover it and be blessed because of it.  Mary was.  Pretty sure Martha was.  Today I am learning to be.

Thanks for your prayers. They are helping and so appreciated.  I am thinking about going to Hockinson campus to see the kids perform today.  If you can, see you there, today.  11:00 AM.

John

Living Hope Woodland Soft Launch

I am excited about Living Hope Woodland. They are officially soft launching tommorrow, February 24th, Sunday, at Woodland High School. I love the organic-ness of our campuses. Woodland is an example of what it means to give the best they have and figure it out as they go. Thanks to our Woodland Team. IF you can visit them, head up to the Woodland High School auditorium this weekend to support their church. The official launch is on Easter Sunday. Here are some pictures of last weekend, pre-launch set-up, prayer, etc. Gary and Dave, you both look so good...