The Chick-Fil-A Leaders Simulcast is coming to Journey Fellowship Church. Tickets go on sale this Sunday in the Cafe at Journey. Lots of early bird price breaks available so bring your whole staff. Speakers include, John Maxwell, Tony Dungy, Mark Sanborn(author of The Fred factor), Dr. Ben Carson, Delta Airlines President Ed Bastian and many others.
  This simulcast will be broadcast live at Journey on the 20’ video wall in HD with Surround Sound on Friday May 7, 2010. The event will last all day with a lunch break. Make plans to attend now. The theme of the day will be Leadership. It’s a great opportunity to train your entire team with the teaching of some of today’s greatest speakers without the cost of out of town travel.
   Topics will include:
1. How to create strong team cultures.
2. New ideas for creative problem solving.
3. The keys to connecting with others.
4. Best practices for leading in challenging circumstances.

This promises to be an incredible event. You can buy your tickets at Journey or at Cross Gates Athletic Club. Group rates and early bird discounts available. You can read more about it at                         chick-fil-aleadercast.com .

   We are so blessed to have our new campus open. After three years of being a mobile church (thanks to Katrina) and meeting in a dozen different locations, it’s great to have a home. We are so grateful for those of you who stood by the dream for so long. This 140 acre campus on Interstate 12 is a reality because of your faithfulness.
  Today we are planning for the future and are preparing for the next decade of growth at Journey. On Sunday April 25, 2010 we will launch the History Maker campaign. On that Sunday we will receive an Offering to launch the campaign. And also the families at Journey will have the opportunity to make a 3 year commitment to the Vision. Would you pray and prepare with your family how you can participate in History Maker Sunday.
   We are building a legacy for the future. This Campus will serve generations to come as a place to, win people to Christ, build strong families, train leaders, and plant new churches. The investment that you make in this vision will carry on until Jesus comes again.
    Thanks for believing in the vision at Journey.

Believe. Serve. Pray. Give.

   Our partners in Haiti are still responding to the victims of the earthquake. Convoy of Hope, which is an international relief agency, has fed MILLIONS of meals to the folks in Haiti in the last 29 days. They have two distribution points in Port Au Prince and each morning thousands of people line up to receive food for the day. Journey is honored to partner with Convoy in bringing food to the hungry. For pictures and more info you can link to www.convoyofhope.org Pray. Believe. Serve. Give.

   There’s something to be said for delayed gratification. The anticipation that builds as you wait, creates an incredible amount of joy once the goal is reached. It’s true about the Saints victory in the Super Bowl and it’s true about life. Good things happen to patient people. It’s funny how the unpleasantness that you live through on your journey can so easily be forgotten during the moment of your celebration. It’s as if every part of the experience, the good and the bad, added up to the victory. And while no one wants to relive their darkest day, deep down inside you know that even that was part of reaching your destiny.
   I watched the Super Bowl with a couple hundred of my closest friends. We started the celebration during the pre-game show with a Louisiana style feast. Gumbo, red beans and rice, jambalaya, barbeque pork, a wild pig (slow cooked in a Cajun microwave) and potato salad started off the evening. We all brought recliners and sofas and lounge chairs and such and filled up the auditorium at the church. It was some party.
   The game started slow for the Saints. The first quarter belonged to the Colts. It was very quiet in the building. You could feel the collective pit of worry in everyone’s stomach. It looked like it was going to be a long night. But then it happened. The Saints found the rhythm and never looked back. They dominated they final three quarters of the game, outscoring the Colts 31 to 7.
   I think the turning point of the game was when the Saints went for the touchdown on 4th and goal at the end of the Second Quarter. Even though they didn’t score, it set the tone for the Second Half. Sometimes a calculated risk is exactly what you need to inspire you on to victory.
   The onside kick, the interception, the coach and quarterback’s leadership and the unsung heroes on defense, not to mention our amazing field goal kicker finished the job. The New Orleans Saints are World Champions.
   44 years in the making. Victory sure is sweet. At the end of the game our place erupted. We danced and sang and laughed and cried. It was some celebration. There’s something to be said for delayed gratification.

There’s a cool church conference coming to Baton Rouge in April of this year. The All Access/2010  will be held at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on April 27-29. Lots of great speakers like, Brian Houston, John Maxwell, Craig Groeschel and Tommy Barnett will be teaching at the Conference. And Hillsong United will be leading worship. For more info click on www.allaccess2010.com This looks like a good one.