I AM SO PUMPED to see Keystone wearing their ‘ask me’ t-shirts Christmas season!!!  Here is an example: one Keystoner wore her shirt while shopping & THIS COUPLE came up and asked her about KEYSTONE on Christmas Eve!

How cool that she wore her shirt – how on earth did she get them to take the pic?!?  So cool.

Pic up your shirt this weekend & join a small army of PASSIONATE PEOPLE inviting others to experience LIFE IN CHRIST!

A friend recently gave me the latest ‘Rolling Stone’ mag that highlighted U2′s historic tour. Knowing I was going to the concert, he thought I would think it was cool to know some of the ‘back story’ behind their budget-busting, record-breaking tour. He was right.

Surprising to me, one of the quotes I read that stuck with me the most was not from U2, but their opening act: Muse. Regarding the honor of opening to such massive crowds and such a large opportunity, they said, “It’s a grounding experience… It reminds you you’re doing well, but not quite as well as them.”

As I shared with Keystone this past weekend (LAUNCH TALK #4), that quote sums up my heart for each and every weekend our church. While Muse was playing to more people than ever, with the greatest technology and toys that money could buy… they still knew that they were not the biggest name in the room. Everyone was there to see U2, and MUSE was but the opening act.

So are we at Keystone Church. JESUS IS THE BIGGEST NAME IN THE ROOM!!! Everything we bring on a given weekend is designed to LEAD EVERYONE to experience a PASSIONATE life in CHRIST! We stand on HIS stage. We lead people to HIM. This fires me up!!!

As we LAUNCH together as a church, let’s remember that it is all fueled by the unwavering vision to share JESUS with EVERYONE. As he increases our influence & opportunity, it MUST ALWAYS be ‘jet fuel’ FOR JESUS!

Check out this 8 minute video from amazon.com founder, JEFF BEZOS, on his recent acquisition of zappos.com, my favorite online shoe store.

This Preacher Likes to Dance Video Blog from Keystone Church on Vimeo.

I am still overwhelmed by the GREATNESS and FAVOR that God chose to show us at Keystone this weekend!!!

Here are the highlights:

• Almost 1700 people experienced God in a new, fresh way (new Keystone record)!
• 51 New Christ Followers!!!
• 21 Christ Followers were baptized (17 were adults)
• Brian & the worship team pointed us into the presence of God – it was PUMPIN!
• More VOLS stepped up than ever before – hundreds – making it a ‘well-oiled machine’
• The atmosphere was ELECTRIC… people were spontaneously clapping, laughing, & celebrating the risen Christ
• My ‘RELIGION’ blind-fold… my eyes were stinging from the white paint that seeped through!
• Yes, I did a ‘you know you’re dating a red-neck’ joke on Easter weekend… (19:40 in the talk… see link below)
• BTW, my mother died when I did the joke
• The glorious moment after EACH  of our 4 services when people raised their hands to receive Christ… unbelievable

Thanks to EVERYONE who sacrificed, served, gave, invited and SHOWED UP to be part of God’s great church, Keystone!

Losing My Religion – Part 1 – Nicodemus (Easter) from Keystone Church on Vimeo.

Make sure to SPRING FORWARD 1 hour before you hit the hay saturday night!

Thanks to our friends from LIFECHURCH.TV for the awesome video!