Riverview Christmas

Dec 18, 2007 Print This Post

Last night we had our Riverview staff Christmas party at Dublin Square in East Lansing.

It was a blast…we had over a hundred people there–taking over their “Event Room” and bleeding into the back bar area.

As I wandered around and talked with people I was amazed at how many people it takes to pull off the ministry at Riverview. The people in the room were the leaders of various ministries, both paid and unpaid. And working with them are hundreds of other people who give of their time and energy week in and week out. It’s awesome stuff.

The only unfortunate thing was that only three people loved Jesus enough to wear Christmas sweaters. Here are my wife and I (in our hand-crafted garments) as well as Lori Kreh (who apparently bought hers at a store somewhere).

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Yes, those are bells on my sparkling gold cardigan.
And, yes, I am indeed sporting a “Christmas Mustache.” You can see it better in this picture:
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Thanks to Brett for the pictures.

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Growing up in the Lansing area, I wanted nothing more than to get out. My exit strategy included a complex mixture of schemes for an urban church plant, iProducts, and an elaborate Bollywood car chase scene with zombies and catchy techno music.

As a 40 year old man, I find myself entrenched in the Lansing area at a church I love (Riverview), with 4 kids I love more (a high schooler, a junior higher, a middle schooler, and an elementary schooler), and a wife I love the most (Grace).

Instead of planting one church, I dream of helping hundreds get started without ever leaving my home base. I still love my iProducts and use them as tools to help lead and teach the thousands who attend Riverview. And when no one is looking, I blare the techno music and send my unimpressive resume to casting agents for Bollywood zombie films.

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