Sponge.



sponge: a person or thing that absorbs something freely.

For the next 2 days, this is what I will aspire to be; a sponge. I’m in California at the Catalyst West Coast leadership conference.  So I’m here to soak it all in… be encouraged… be inspired… and most of all, be challenged in my thinking.  I hope to come away renewed, refreshed and re-energized to lead with passion, self-control and conviction.

My prayer… God, make me a sponge.

Easter at CCV.



This year, for our Easter services, we wrapped up a 5 week series entitled “The Warrior.” We had an incredible response to The Warrior series over the 4 weeks coming into Easter. This really helped us to gain some momentum and as it turned out, we had record breaking attendance numbers on Easter weekend; over 23,000 showed up on our campus! God was truly at work… and we give Him ALL the glory on this one.

As you may have seen in my earlier post, we used The Warrior series graphics from LifeChurch.tv. The stuff they put out is stellar!! We are able to use the overall art direction, and the graphic elements to create our own feel for the series - as I’ve said, we had a great response, especially from the men in our church.

Here are some photos and videos from Easter. The theme of our Easter services was “The Victorious Warrior” — revealing Jesus as THE Victorious Warrior. We stuck with the traditional japanese theme that the Warrior graphics define. The 5 minute countdown / intro into the service featured a traditional Taiko drummer. The video below is cool, but the live experience was bone chilling!  Ken also stuck around and played his drums during the opening song, Let God Arise.

Easter Service Prelude: Taiko Drummer from CCV on Vimeo.

One of the other beautiful moments from the Easter services was the singing of Amazing Grace during communion.  Ken, our traditional Taiko drummer, also plays a japanese wood flute.  He added some beauty to the already beautiful and amazing vocal that Dianne gave. Check it out… (sorry for the low quality, it’s all we had)

Amazing Grace from CCV on Vimeo.

Lastly, here are a few photos of Ken, the Taiko drummer, from the services.

Definitely NOT your typical Easter program….  no lillies or daisies here!

Google Latitude.



The folks at Google are stinkin’ genius. Sometimes I wish I could have this much fun with my job… 

If you’ve got some spare time on your hands, go check out how they did it.

CCV - The Warrior.



We’re in our 3rd week of the Warrior message series at CCV.  We have had an incredible response to this series from our target audience, the 25-45 y/o man.  This is the first time that we’ve taken advantage of the free resources over at Lifechurch.tv and it’s payed off in a HUGE way!  We were able to use their beautifully designed graphic elements, like the samurai and japanese style cross; along with the overall art direction and really make it our own.

Here are a handful (or more) of photos from last week’s message.

Full view of the Warrior Stage Set.

Black & White version of the full stage view.

Justin Jensen playin’ some guitar on stage.

Danny Larsh leading with passion, he did a great job this weekend.

Kyle Bucklin (Buck) making it look effortless, as usual - this guy is a STUD on the drums.

Larsh & Buck.

Dan Johnson playing some accoustic.  No… this is not me, he just looks like me. 

Pastor Don Wilson bringing some Warrior heat.

Floor level view of the stage.

Pastor Don Wilson during communion.  Probably my favorite shot of the set.

Pastor Don having a heart-to-heart with the people, love this photo.

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