EPIC

Wow! It's finally here. Yesterday we launched the EPIC adventure that I've been praying for and waiting for these past 6 months! I'm so pumped and ready to grow personally, in our family and with my church over the next nine months. If you're not familiar with EPIC let me point you to our web site at www.riversideconnect.org or our EPIC blog which is www.rccepicblog.blogspot.com.

Our family began our devotions over the weekend and I'm already feeling more deeply connected to Amie and the kids knowing we're going to be on this journey together for the remainder of the school year.

I hope you can join us!

Divine Vision

Yesterday we kicked off the new Fall Semester of small groups at RCC. It's been great to see things get underway again and I'm thrilled with the excitement and enthusiasm our church family has when we return from the Summer break.

Last night at our Small Group Leadership Training I asked us as leaders to consider what kind of a vision the Lord would give us for our small groups in the coming months. In that talk I shared some qualities of divine vision that I thought I'd include here too. They are from John Maxwell's Leadership Bible notes ...

Divine Vision …

1. It is not discovered or created, but revealed.
2. It doesn’t compete with others, but completes others.
3. It is captivating, not optional. You can’t get it out of your mind.
4. Its goal is to meet needs.
5. Its success depends on serving others.
6. It stops me before it drives me to act.
7. Its fulfillment rests on simple obedience.
8. Its purpose is to glorify God!

Great stuff! I hope you will be able to see the divine vision God has for you personally.

U.S. Open Concludes

Serena and Roger ... not too much of a surprise on either front. I've been too busy and haven't had the chance to see much of either final but am looking forward to watching them on the DVR later this week. I'm glad Nadal didn't take the title and am pleased Murray had the chance to get his feet wet in a grand slam final.

Now that the majority of the tennis season is over ... I'm heading for the racquetball courts again.

Family Updates

It's hard to believe but the school year is underway once again. This year Joshua is in 4th Grade and Jenna is starting 1st Grade. Both of them are being taught by Amie as a part of the PA Cyber Charter School.

Joshua is taking tennis lessons at the Monroeville Racquet Club and enjoys hitting with me which I love too.

Jenna is going to be taking cheerleading classes at the Penn Hills YMCA. I'm not sure how I feel about this but at age 6 I suppose this dad can handle it for a while.

I'm praying that they both will continue to grow in character, knowledge and wisdom as they embark on these new educational experiences.