Every once in a while, I’ll take a look at something going on at Elevation and think: “Are you kidding me? Do I really get to Pastor this church?” It feels downright unfair… I’m sure someone else deserves the privilege a lot more than I do.

This past Wednesday night I had one of those moments. With a little help from our friends, our children’s ministry department and Union campus just finished a 3 night production for 1st-5th graders that made my jaw drop. I was honestly blown away at the lengths our volunteers went to so that Porter Ridge High School would look like freaking Nickelodeon studios. I was also floored by the talent and hundreds of hours of work of our performers. I felt like I was watching a show that I should have bought a ticket for.
Oh, and Elijah liked it too.

You’d think I’d get used to our volunteers and staff doing the impossible week after week, and pulling off things in a portable setting that are unheard of.
But when I looked around that room Wednesday evening and there were more kids in a summer production at our newest campus than we had total people at our only campus on Sunday mornings 15 months ago… it was pretty surreal.

I’m so proud of all of you who made Summer Blast happen…
And those of you who work tirelessly to shatter the stereotypes of what church in a rented facility can look like week after week…
So that people far from God will be filled with life in Christ.