Tommy Bowman's Worship Dependency

Paint Job

We're blessed to have office space at Restore. It's been great for our month Leadership Commnunity, weekly band practice of course, and our weekly staff and creative planning meeting. The walls just went up to close off our "conference room". It was painted, but all one color and I thought it needed a little life to spark some creativity.

Josh Jackaway (Restore's Student Ministry Director) and I spend some time Friday painting the room and bringing it to life.

Whatta ya think??

Before


After
 

Patrick & Troy, time for some furniture now!!

The Story of Restore

Week 5 of our 6 week series, "The Story of Everything" was The Story of Church. We thought it fit to tell the story of Restore and show everyone what God has done in such a short time!! Nate did a great job pulling everything together in this video:


The Story of Restore from Restore Community Church on Vimeo.

Too early for Christmas cups??

Too early for Christmas cups at Starbucks?? It's my opinion is that Christmas trees, music, & shopping belongs AFTER Thanksgiving. What's your thought??

Is it too early for Christmas cups at Starbucks?? Leave me a comment and let me know!

What the arrival of a son taught me - Part 1 of 2

We love control. I would bet that the majority of our days are spent just trying to gain and regain control...

Friday October 24, 1 week until our due date, our Dr told us that the baby was arriving "any time now". Those 3 words were all it took to throw me off course.

I spent the last 9 months writing the same prayer in my journal: "God, I give the arrival of this baby to You. I entrust this to You completely."

Yet, I was so easily distracted. I heard something that I wanted to hear and I grabbed hold of it. We called family in to town and changed everything assuming that this Dr knew everything. Then when she was wrong, we grew impatient, I grew impatient.

In the end:
Tristan was born on his due date
Our Dr, who's only on call every 6 days, delivered him!
Every family member(that planned on being there) was there that day
My wife delivered without an epidural as hoped for

God gave us everything and more that we had hoped and prayed for. Amidst the tremendous joy my son brought me, I felt God saying to me: "You trusted me for 39 weeks...why not the 40th??"

In everything, think about how God fits into the equation during the 11th hour. If we only trust Him through the preparation and not the execution, is it really trust?? I saw again this week that my God is good and my God is faithful!

Sorry, I've been distracted

And here's the reason why...

Tristan Thomas Bowman was born November 1st @ 9:21am!! I started getting back into the swing of things today. I look forward to adding posts about Tristan to my blog.

You'll be hearing from me soon!!

Submit Your Guess: When is this baby coming??

Our Dr. told us last Friday that this baby was only a "few days" away and that it could be "any time now". Well, it's exactly a week later...and nothing.

So the due date is Saturday, November 1st...

When would you guess the baby arrives?? 

We'll do 3 hour blocks from Friday, 3pm til whenever. Leave a comment with the day and block of time. THE WINNER GETS A GRAND PRIZE OF...something, I just don't know what yet.

So leave a comment and let me know when you bet the baby is coming!!!

October ServeFest

Interstate Batteries runs "God's Love" ad on TV

Last night as I was watching TV, I saw an ad that I sort of half watched and when I saw the end, I skipped back to check it out again with my full attention. It was an ad from Interstate Batteries entitled God's love, encouraging viewers to spread God's love. Considering it's the first commercial that I've ever seen that encouraged it's viewers to do this, I was stunned.

So here is a video of the ad, with an explanation from the CEO of Interstate at the beginning, explaining why they did it. Not the greatest commercial I've ever seen, but I applaud Interstate for spending to money they did to spread God's love.

Have you seen this ad??

Do you ROOV??

What is ROOV??

ROOV.com is an online community designed to connect like-minded individuals around their shared experiences and passions within their church and city.

Do you ROOV?? If so, what are some networks that you're in??

Day 12 - Luke 1 & 2

Key Verse:
Isaiah 53:5 "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed"

Jesus...
Luke 1:32 He will be called: "He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David..."
Luke 2:7 is born: "and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger..."
Luke 2:11 is Savior: "Today in town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord"