He's Still Workin' On Me...

...to make me what I ought to be... I love that song. I remember growing up and singing it (it's by 'The Hemphills). Still true...he's still working on me.

Monday's at the Elevation Church Offices mean MOMENTUM. That's our all-staff meetings. Each meeting can be so different...and today was no exception. Pastor Furtick led MOMENTUM today. He prayed for each staff member individually. What an amazing honor to be prayed over by him and to hear his prayers for my amigos in the ministry. We are all on the same team...and to hear the prayers for each person go up makes me want to weep. I guess I just wanted to take a minute to share how incredibly honored and blessed I feel. Thank you Jesus for your grand design and plan.

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This past week was crazy. Crazy busy. But God is good..and it was fabulous! We photographed a couple from our small group on the most important day of their lives next to salvation...at their WEDDING! Eric was such a gracious groom. I can't wait to post some of their pix soon...

Today we are photographing Mack & Meredith. Meredith is the Creative Director here at Elevation. The girl is crazy talented and a gifted leader. Mack is a worship leader at Elevation. This dynamic duo is doing AMAZING things to further the gospel. Our gift to them are their pictures for her CONGO missions trip coming up. So cool we get to photograph them.
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Thank you God for your unfailing love. I just had to say that. There are times when I just run up and grab Daniel to hug and hold onto him. He'll respond, "What did I do to deserve all of this attention..?" My response is.."I was just so full of love for you at this moment, if I didn't show it...I was going to burst." That's what I feel for God right at this very moment. God. You are so good.

Audio Blog, Anniversary Recap & March Badness

SO many things to talk about today…but I’m going to make it short. First things first….I had the honor of being a part of Pastor Furtick’s audio blog post for today. Vision Flows from the Top Down. Go check it out.
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Daniel and I had a fabulous time last night. Daniel of course spoiled me with flowers, poetry and a meal that only God could have created for himself. It was that good. We ate at The Capital Grille (featured in Shallow Hal). Our waiter Chris was fantastic…and even gave us a dessert in honor of our anniversary (crème Brule cheesecake with fresh raspberries/blackberries/strawberries and fruit sauce). The restaurant did a really nice job of making our anniversary special by decorating our table with a few anniversary style things. It was so nice, and we hope to send people there in the future. Our lobster and filet mignon was to die for. Ahhh…what a great night in Uptown, thank you Daniel for planning such a special night for us.

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Don’t forget to visit our March Badness pictures for your viewing pleasure.

If God Ain't Good!

I just wanted to take a second to brag on God. Today at Elevation of the 4833 people in attendance....He came into the hearts of over 500 people. That's 500 individual lives that asked Jesus to be their Lord. I am convinced that God is the coolest thing and most rewarding thing I've ever witnessed in my lifetime. That's only something a big God can do.

Thank you Jesus for caring about people. Thank you Jesus for the sacrifice you made for us all. I am forever grateful for you. I am so honored that Daniel and I get to wake up and be a part of something bigger than ourselves.

All glory to you, my Lord.

A Special, Special Sunday

My last Sunday at the Providence Campus was this past Sunday. It couldn’t have gone smoother! I was so proud of our communion volunteers that served almost 4000 people so smoothly. Thank you volunteers for committing to do all the services. I will be starting at the Butler campus this Sunday. What an honor. I love that both Daniel and me will have the unique opportunity to get to know such a wide variety of people at Elevation. God has truly ordered our steps.
Speaking of Sunday, we had the wonderful privilege of Cliff Barrows speaking with Pastor Furtick on Sunday. I cried and cried as he prayed over Pastor and Elevation, and as he quoted scripture and as he humbly received kind words. What an amazing man of God….and to top things off, he sang during our communion, ‘Just As I Am.’

You must watch the service. Click here to see it. (It is Week 5 of the My Generation Series...and will most likely be put on later today or early tomorrow morning.)

On a quick thought change….click here to see what few pictures we took from the UNLEASH conference held at NewSpring last week. We were able to take almost 150 volunteers with us! Amazing!

Hard to keep up.

Thursday of last week...was my last day at work...at the shelter that is. I had mixed emotions as I left. I love the work that the shelter does for the homeless men of Charlotte. Each of those men have affected my life in more ways than they'll ever know. I have each of their names written on my heart to pray for until Jesus takes us all home.

I was sad to leave them, but so excited about what the Lord has in store for me at Elevation Church. What an honor to be a part of a vision that is truly changing hearts by the multitude for Jesus. What Pastor Furtick said to me is so true, "God had to connect all the dots in my life to get me to this point." I'm so thankful the Lord did. I start in an 'official' capacity on Thursday!! It's going to be the ride of a lifetime for both Daniel and me, I'm sure.

Daniel and I have been hanging out with all of his family since Thursday. His parents, 3 sisters, 3 bro-in-laws and 2 nephews. It's been fun. Yesterday we had the pleasure of visiting the Billy Graham Library. What a sweet honor that is to the lives and legacy's of Ruth & Billy Graham. As I went through it with Daniel, listening to different video presentations and seeing different artifacts, amazing pictures and more...I just wanted to weep. Billy Graham is a humble man and his message was simple and always the same--Jesus loves you, he wants to save you and help you through life (with more detail...this is obviously my simplified version). As we saw his 'Journey of Faith' I just thought of all of the many lives touched through the Graham Ministry.

Daniel said to me at the end of this thing, "You know, Pastor Furtick's ministry seems to be a lot like Billy Graham's, to seek and save those that are far from God." I thought to myself, you know....you're right.

SOOOO much more to come....but we still have company over until Friday....hope your week is fantastic!

Before's, After's and all the MUD that lies in between...

Pastor Steven ROCKED it on Sunday with his message, The Method To His Madness. (you can listen to it here or download it off iTunes). It was actually a real comfort to both Daniel and me....so to understand...you must listen to the message (bwahahaha...yes...this is me, again encouraging you to listen to it.)

....more to come...

Powerful.

Read this blog post. Powerful.

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Life is going good. Daniel and I are getting more involved at our church as the days pass on. It's amazing how church can provide such a wonderful breeding ground for community. We are so thankful. Daniel shared a really cool story about his baptism....you should read it. I'm really proud of him.

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I have the 3 cutest nephews in the whole world. Want to see them? I thought you would say that...below are the cutest boys under 7!

Blake....


Micah....


Brock....


Yeah. They are the cutest.

You really should....

...come hang out with Elevation on Sunday. Yeah. I said it. You should. If you live in or near Charlotte and you are looking for something ....on.... Sunday, come here....you get to hear (click here to find out)...and you will not be sorry. Want a preview...a trailer of sorts? Click here.

Holla. (yes. I realize I am 27...and I said 'holla' like I was 18 once...)