Candy Trail 2010

Candy Trail @ 3trees Church --- Friday, October 29th @ 6pm!


We are less than 48 hours away from one of the most significant events 3trees Church has the opportunity of hosting all year long...... CANDY TRAIL!!!

Kids will come from the north, south, east, and west.  It will be a moment unparalleled for our church as we have the opportunity to truly host our community. The night will include, but not be limited to:

• Candy Trail (Trunk-R-Treat)
• Candy Kingdom (Lots of Games, Including Inflatables)
• Hot Dog & Marshmallow Roast
• Multiple Hayrides
• Hay Maze
• Free Winter Clothing
• Kick-off Concert
• FREE PRIZES!!! (worth over $250)

Candy Trail @ 3trees Church --- Friday, October 29th @ 6pm!

Five Suggestions...

Five suggestions, for spiritual and life development, accompanied by some thoughts and questions:

DISCOVER the WHO
The success of our lives is greatly impacted by WHO we are trying to most effectively serve?  WHO do you desire most to impress?  WHO do you spend the majority of your time attempting to please? If no obstacles stood in the way, WHO would you become?

DISTINGUISH the WHY
WHY do you do the things you do?  Is it to make other people happy? Are you desperately trying to find acceptance?  What is the true ambition behind your endeavors? WHY do you do what you do?

DEVELOP the HOW
HOW we do things will greatly determine whether or not they are effective. It is imperatively important that we develop our HOW.  If you sing, develop your style and gift.  If you serve in a volunteer ministry, offer your time in the most excellent way possible.  May everything that we do, be done as unto the Lord.

DETERMINE the WHEN
Some of the worst mistakes in my life have been WHEN I missed God's timing.  Right place, right people, right plan.... But wrong time.  It is not enough to simply have a: WHO, WHY, and HOW. We must know the times and seasons of God, so that we may walk in HIS order for our lives.

DELIVER the WHAT
James perhaps said it best, "Be ye not only hearers of the Word, but be ye doers also..."  At some point we do have to deliver the goods.  It is great to insure excellence before we bring our seedling out of the greenhouse.  We should even attempt to polish our approaches, but sooner or later (specifically, once God has revealed HIS timing for your life) we must pull the combines out of the barns and go reap the Harvest...

Fall Break

Mandy and I have journeyed into the mountains of Tennessee for Fall Break.  We have greatly enjoyed some private time with Nat & Dawes.  They are growing too fast it seems.

The unique thing for me is that I have not been concerned with the happenings back home.  I have been able to--for the most part--completely disconnect from all of my pastoral responsibilities for a few days, and devote my undivided attention to my family...

I have never been able to do that before.

In previous excursions away from home, I would have worried about this, that, and the other.  But not this time.  I have developed a total and complete trust in the team at 3trees.  Some of the most capable ministers that south-central KY has to offer have gathered together under the banner of one vision that shines like a lighthouse from a hillside in Russell Springs.

What little bit of contact I have had with the outside world (thanks for keeping my cell phone Charlotte!) has been filled with compliments for our entire staff.  KJ & Aaron evidently both hit home runs while delivering the Word on Sun PM & Wednesday night and I'm now not even sure that there is a valid reason for me to return and fill the role of preacher!  Which is one the best and most gratifying testimonies a lead pastor can ever have in regards to the trust he has developed towards his staff.

I'm grateful to be a part of something that is bigger than the part I play.  3trees is a God-thing, and that fact seems to be more effectively established each and every week. I love our team.  I love the Kingdom Connections that God, HIMSELF, has established among us and I am ecstatically anticipating the greater things that are yet to come!