I’m heading to the airport this afternoon to travel to Virginia. The forecast indicates I’m going to miss the next snow storm. (I love Virginia, but I don’t want to get stuck there.) It’s the first of several stops over the next few months. Here’s where we may see each other in the coming months:

• Consulting with Daniel Floyd and Lifepoint Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Consulting with J.R. Lee and Freedom Church in Acworth, Georgia
• Consulting with James Merritt and Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Georgia
• Speaking at the Velocity Conference sponsored by ChurchPlanters.com at Mountain Lake Church in Cumming, Georgia
• Consulting with Hollie Miller and Sevier Heights Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee
• Blogging Catalyst West at Mariners Church in Irvine, California
• Visiting church leaders in Seattle, Washington. (It’s a secret.)
• Speaking at the Exponential Conference at First Baptist Church Orlando

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Something amazing is happening at the Oak Leaf campus of West Ridge Church. For those of you who may be unaware, Oak Leaf and West Ridge are merging as churches to have a bigger impact in the Northwest Atlanta region. God is up to something because…

• Attendance at the “House of Rock”, home of the Oak Leaf campus in Cartersville, has climbed each of the last five weeks.
• This past Sunday the week-to-week increase was over 20%. (It was packed!)
• On Sunday over 60 people were baptized. (Love that!)

Until we hire the campus pastor who will be leading the Oak Leaf team, I’ve had the opportunity to meet with the staff team every Tuesday afternoon. It’s been very encouraging. Michael has brought together a great team of people to lead and shepherd the ministry.

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