HPC Gameplan: Donaldsonville Dream Center (West Campus) is working w/ The Department of Homeland Security and is set to be shelters. BRDC (Winbourne) is making preparations now to assist nursing home and elderly. Our Highland Campus will serve as a Rest Stop for those traveling on I-10 out of New Oreleans and it’s surrounding areas . Our St. Francisville Campus (West Feliciana Middle School) may be open as shelter if needed. Cooking for Christ Team (CFC) is prepared to cook. Both of HPC’s mobile medical units are poised and ready to roll into the community to offer aid. Evacuation contra-flow is scheduled for Sunday at 6am. Church services will continue to meet this weekend. Volunteers are needed. Check website. Call the church (225-753-2273) if you or someone you know needs help.

Everyone here in south Louisiana is keeping a close eye on the storm Gustav as it approaches the Gulf. People are glued to TV & radio stations broadcasting up-to-the-minute weather reports, while Wal-Mart parking lots are jammed with those seeking hurricane supplies. Most meteorologists predict the storm to hit the Louisiana coastline by Tuesday morning.

On the 3 year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, many remember the nightmare that created for our state. People’s lives were changed forever. I woke up this morning with a thought from God’s Word, reminding me of our POSITION, our PURPOSE, & our PROMISE as a church. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind.”

This is not a time for us to panic but a time for us to prepare. At HPC, we are already gathering volunteers and making contacts with other churches & organizations to mobilize help wherever needed. God was faithful to us during Katrina-He brought churches together from all different backgrounds. We laid down our logos and egos to become the army of compassion God originally intended. Behind every great tragedy is an even greater opportunity. Whatever the outcome, I know God can use it for our good and His glory.

As I pulled onto the property today this was the site that I saw. I had immediate flash backs to Katrina when we load and unload trailers of this size for weeks receiving and sending out relief to affected areas. This morning, I took a deep breath and said, “Lord, we are ready, use us!”

You can stay connected with storm efforts & HPC involvement by going to our website or calling our offices.

I think it’s so important that we enjoy life & squeeze it for all it’s worth. Sometimes I’m tempted to compartmentalize my life, distinguishing between the secular & the sacred. If God only cares about the spiritual things I do-preaching, teaching, praying, counseling-what about all the other things that make up my world? Doctors visits, bike rides, homework, bedtime stories, Wal-Mart runs, honey-do projects, paying bills-does He care about those too?

I believe with God, everything is sacred. He cares about the big spiritual events as well as the everyday, seemingly ordinary ones. I can experience & express Him in the now-moment. God doesn’t anoint us to just preach & teach, but He places passion in us to do life-all of it for His glory!!

These pictures capture some great moments that made me laugh and brought joy to my heart. Brad re-lived his obsession for Tom Selek by sporting the ’stache & sunglasses Friday.

My little entrepreneur kids put together a garage sale of their own, asking me to buy things I’ve already bought once before!

Trevor has been creating havoc in our kitchen cabinets, so I installed child-proof locks…he’s about to get a revelation that Daddy’s not as dumb as he looks! Hallelujah!!!

Our Healing Place School of Ministry (HPSM) Full-Time Interns, moved in last weekend and they started serving right away at Servolotuion.

Then on Monday, they turned around and ran a 5K as a part of their health and wellness course orientation. It was hard-core! One precious girl vomited 3 times but never stop running–that is fully committed!!

All this week we continued with special activities for a full week of orientation. Today, was the interns first opportuity to be a part of our Staff Development, this is one of our most sacred environments. In honor of their beginning, we heard a special words from HPSM alums and Br. Wayne prayed over and commissioned the interns for a great 9 month journey. Our staff then heard from each of the new interns as they shared a brief testimony of why God has called them to be apart of HPSM. After listening to their hearts, I am so encouraged; God has so much in store and I am convinced this is going to be a great year!

As it reads in Zechariah 4:10, “…the Lord rejoices to see the work begin…”, we celebrate a great beginning, and I am expecting God to do great things in them and through them this year!

This year Servolution, HPC’s largest one day outreach of the year, took place with one vision, “to create a church revolution through serving”, in many locations. Through our Baton Rouge Dream Center, St. Amant, Donaldsonville Dream Centers, St. Francisville, Mozambique and Swaziland campuses, we had 1,500 volunteers participate in 41 outreaches to reach over 15,000 lives with the love of Jesus!

Thank you to the amazing men and women of HPC, who for them this is not just a one day outreach, but a lifestyle of serving and going the second mile to build the Kingdom! I believe that this day is proof that together we can do more…It is all for His glory!

Check out the Servolution recap video at www.servolution.org. If you have a testimony form Servolution please let us know, we would love to celebrate with you.