Dust it off!

March 30th I began this Bible study by Beth Moore. It is 90 days with David, having a heart like His. It was supposed to be a 90 day Bible study and here I am on July 31st and just finished day 31. WOW! A little behind. Somehow I misplaced it and didn't even think about it until I found it a couple days ago. Maybe it's time you find that book, bible study, or Bible dust it off and get back into it as well. I promise you wont regret it. When we stop growing we stop leading.

Life after LegoLand Series

Since LegoLand finished we have been doing a series called Life after LegoLand. I am very excited about it because it is all about the foundations of the Christian faith. We are using a devotion book (see below) by LifeWay as our guide which we have encouraged everyone to buy for $7. The 4 week series covers Salvation, Baptism, Lord's Supper, and the role of the Church. I highly recommend this book. I'll post more on it another time but it's great.

My thoughts summed up in a song.

This past month has been such a great month it has left me literally speechless when trying to talk about it. This video is basically the sum of everything I'd like to say. The David Crowder Band is one of my favorite worship bands and as always he leads you to the feet of Jesus. If you are unfamiliar with the David Crowder Band check them out and buy all their cd's.

LEGOLAND Recap Part II

Back from a mini vacation and feeling refreshed and revived, ready to rock n roll. You can check out the LEGOLAND pictures just above this post. It's so hard to put into words what took place last week. It was an event that felt more like a mission trip. The way the body of Christ worked seemed like it was straight from Acts 2. People were worshipping, serving, giving (of their time, energy, and money), sharing, caring, teaching, encouraging, and then we got to see God move into the hearts of 70 kids for the first time in their lives. That Rox!!! Here are some LegoLand fun and random facts for you:

• We used about 1,000,000 legos.
• We had an 8,000 sheet paper fight.
• We smashed over 20 pies in peoples faces.
• We watched 8 leaders eat peanut butter off of plexi glass.
• We had inflatable water slide that was bigger than our 28 foot building.
• We served over 660 kids.
• We saw close to 230 volunteers serve throughout the week. Thank you so much volunteers for all your hard work and servanthood, you all ROCK!
• We witnessed 70 first time decisions.
• We think over 600 learned the verse of the week which is John 15:13 "The greatest love a person can show is to lay down his life for his friends."
• We passed out thousands of "Keep On Brickin" encouragement stickers. When a child did something good/positive a leader would give them a "Keep On Brickin" sticker and send a note home to the parents telling them what their child had done.
• We met 100's of new kids.
• We saw over 30 new families come to our church during last Saturday night's service alone.

Now in ministry a lot of people get weird when talking about numbers (big or small) and I sort of get that but as long as each number has a face and soul I will always be about numbers because Jesus is about numbers. That's why in Luke 15 He went after the 1 lost sheep. Here are a couple true stories about some #'s. We'll call this one #248: his mom just left him 2 weeks ago for good and a friend invited him to LegoLand and one thing led to another and this 5th grader gave his life to Jesus. Story # 412 During the school year kid A makes fun of kid B for reading the bible and believing in God. Long story short kid A came to LegoLand and gave his life to Jesus and now of course believes in God. There are so many stories of God just showing up and doing miracles in the lives of these kids. I am in AWE of all God has done, is doing, and will continue to do in this community. If you have a story from last week please share by commenting on this post or emailing me @ dustin@fellowshiporlando.com We'd really like to hear what God did for your child, you as a parent, or you as a volunteer. Thank you Lord for a week we can only describe as "God showed up".

Life after LegoLand

LegoLand is officially over and we had a great weekend with all three services. Next week we start a new series called, "Life after LegoLand". For the next 3 days I'll be spending time with my family. Later on in the week after all the LegoLand dust settles I will have lots of pics, videos, and stories of all God has done at LegoLand. Parents thank you for trusting us with your child. Volunteers, simply you rocked it this week, well done! Also if you have a story of something cool that took place last week just comment back from this post. Thanks

LEGOLAND: Final Day

It's crazy how fast the week went by. Today was the last day of LEGOLAND and it was another great day. It's too late for me to give a full report of all that went down today so here is a small glimpse I'll call "part 1". I'll complete "part 2" tomorrow.


This is me "surprising" Pastor Chad by coming out of the big barrel throwing paper balls at him.

The Chick Fil A Cow joined us today during the morning session. He greeted kids at the door then danced with us. They hooked every kid up with a free kids meal, gotta love that.

We've had a lot of people ask about the songs we've picked out for LEGOLAND. Here is who they are:
Brother, Sister, Friend: This is an unrecorded song; meaning you can't buy it.
Happy Day: Steve Fee
Follow You: Hillsong Kids
Take it All: Hillsong Kids
There is no one like You: David Crowder Band
Again I'll go into more detail tomorrow but today we saw 70 kids give their lives to Christ for the first time. Wow, that is awesome. Praise God!!!
More to come tomorrow, goodnight/good morning.