Pumped

This weekend after an amazing service, the lead team at Fellowship Church headed North to Waterville Valley, NH.  I was excited to get away from home even for a night. 

On Sunday afternoon we had some free time.  Some napped, some read, some swam, other went for a walk.  We just relaxed.  We got together around 7:00 and ate and fellow shipped.  We had a time of prayer and focusing then we played.  The nerds played Boggle, the Geeks played on there computers.  I played on my laptop changing and customizing themes.   After that we played a few rounds of “imagine if” (this is a great game to see what others really think about you.) then headed off to bed.

The next morning the Guys woke up early and headed into a “meeting.”  I put that in quotes because it was less a meeting and more a dream session.  We were all allowed a time to dream out loud for our ministries.  We shared our goals, or ideas, our hopes.  It was great to hear from Al, Jeff, Marty, and Steve, what God is laying on there hearts for there areas of ministry, and to see what it may look like in the future. 

It was equally as great to share what God is doing in me and in my ministry.  To make clear what direction my teams are headed, and how I see them aiding in the mission of Fellowship Church “To lead people in a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.” 

After a short break we were lead in a time of training (ironically) on training.  Derek (no blog or twitter… yet) did a great job of imparting wisdom from his years in the business world.  I loved every word he spoke.  And was in awe of his knack for hearing what every person was saying no matter how poorly we were conveying our dreams.

SIDE NOTE: Isn’t it funny and a little cool when your dreams are so big and wide that your words actually fail them?  I know I was only able to impart a small part of the grand image of my dream.  The smaller subtle nuances (some would argue the important pieces) were lost in the vastness of the dream.

After our meeting we met back up with our wives and (at least for me) spent some nice quality time just one on one with each other.

I know our wives had a great time of sharing and community building as well.  Unfortunately my wife didn’t share details.  But she did say it was great and she feels closer to all the wives as a result.

So, that’s what has me pumped.  What has you pumped?

 

Billy