FRC Cover Story

We've been getting some press here at Flamingo for our series: IVESCREWEDUP.com This past Sunday we even had a cover story on the Miami Herald... you can read the full article here To find out more, visit Troy's Blog. He'll have some neat details of what God's doing through the series. You can also check us out this weekend at one of our campuses. I'm sure you'll enjoy the environment and the people. For those of you who are already "Flamin-goers" - don't forget we have "First Wednesday" this week. All campuses united in worship .. I can't wait.. hope to see you there.

Marcy's First Post...

Since Heredes is on a blog sabbatical...I get to take over for a night and blog..I am so excited. So, today we got to wash one of our lovely white mustangs..then we went to every man's favorite store...HOME DEPOT...Heredes, at the age of 24, bought his first DRILL...Yup...isn't that just dandy. Then we did some grocery shopping... When we got home, the fun began...Heredes not only got his first man tool, but he also did some shelving work..I haven't taken a pic of the closet yet, but it looks FANTASTIC....So, the house still looks like a disaster, but we managed to have a good, home cooked meal.. The menu: salmon, mashed potatoes, & salad...it was good I must say.. Okay, and the last thing we did was exercise in the spider jungle at the park...it was pretty gross...i think Heredes swallowed one of the spider's dinner..hmm yumm-o....well that was our day and it's time to go to bed....enjoy the pic....- Marcy

Oh crap !!! I forgot...Heredes made FAT FREE BROWNIES....good job baby!!!!

No more excuses...

No more excuses, now you can even blog in Hindi... actually some of ya'lls blog already look like this.

Anyway, just wanted to let you faithful bloggers know that I will be taking a mini blog break this week ... not a long one, so don't go too far. Semester finals and papers were just drainning! Any-who ... couple of shout outs before I dip:

-Yannick - conquer Boston dude!
-Uribe- mosh away man! Tell Cali I said hi!
-Fuller- tea party at the office?
-Dan- u coming to Miami or what?
-Bono - idol gives back huh? right...

It's about time....

PEACE OUT HOMEGIRL!!! See Ya in "Bolly Wood"!! :) The sad part is that American Idol's rating will now drastically plummett! Currently, an impressive 38 million have been watchin the show... but now all the middle school girls will have to go to bed early since Sanjaya will too.

Our prayers are with you...

IveScrewedUp.com

Mercy Me, Audio Adrenaline & Friends...

HAM & friends at the Mercy Me, Audio Adrenaline concert ...

HAM DUET #4 (In the End)

Nothing can really follow up our Moulin Rouge Elephant Medley, so we decided to dig up some old raw footage of our early rap rock duet days! Enjoy for now... surprises coming soon.

Cuban Coldplay

Listen to more than the intro please and let me know what you guys think... I'm interested in hearing your reviews.

Google Genius

Never pay for a "411" call ever again! Google just released their 411 service and it's totally free (I'm convinced Google & Mac will take over the world very very soon) - Anyway ... simply dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone and they'll even text you the number you need! Genius!

Tent of the West

The old saying still stands true ...like grandpa would say: "You don't know what you have till its gone" - In the midst of all the transitioning and relocating, end of semester writing and studying, family gatherings and more ... our hearts and prayers were still with MBC all week long. We were thrilled to hear that MBC's Easter weekend was a success... with over 3000 people and several decisions - the "Tent of the West" was packed and praising. Even-though we are blessed by our relocation and have already began learning tons.... you are all missed dearly: the band, the choir, dancers, orchestra... keep serving the Lord faithfully - I am fired up by your passion to serve with excellence. You are a talented bunch, All of you! I was spoiled to serve with you all! Grandpa was right .... you are all da "bomb diggity bomb bomb" Keep it up! "Not to us but to His name be the Glory" - Psalm 115
(PS... Eddie & Dannette - you are in our daily prayers! I was glad to hear your voice bro...We love you guys "Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion" - (Psalm 103:2-4) Stay Strong!

Crowder Coolness

For those of you who don't recognize any of the characters above - I present to you the Rock & Roll Extravaganza called the David Crowder*Band - (song "Foreverandever") Thanks for the link Dan!

Easter Weekend...

What a glorious weekend! Both Marcy and I have been praying for this weekend for several weeks now, and it rocked! We've been inviting all of our unchurched friends and they were blessed by the environment and message at FRC. Here's a quick recap of the weekend:

- Easter Morning began with 288 baptisms at the Beach ! What a glorious day ... 53 degrees didn't stop them from telling their story to the world !

- Troy preached live at 9 services (including Doral) and piped at every multi-site as well. His message was right on, hundreds of people gave their lives to Christ. I was blessed and nervous to have Troy there at my very first service. He hit a home run at all of them - read his post here.

- FRC received about 11,000 people this weekend!! WOW! And they were all well received by the hundreds of volunteers who serve faithfully every weekend! You guys are awesome!

-Doral had over 500 people total and the energy no other campus had! Hispanics just have caffeine in their blood. It's an honor to serve with you Igor - lets turn Doral upside down!

- My last service of the weekend was at Cooper city with all the other worship Pastors. The service is called "PULSE" (every sunday @ 5 PM) It was awesome.... the worship pastors here are "sickening" talented! What an honor to worship with you guys. Allen..it's a true blessing to serve under your leadership and mentorship! I am blessed.

-Here are the songs we played throughout the weekend:
Doral: Holy You are (Lakewood), I am Free (Desperation), My Redeemer Lives (Hillsong), Came to my Rescue (Hillsong)
Cooper: Nothing but the Blood/ Jesus Paid it All(Passion), He Lives (Lakewood), Tell the World (Hillsong), For all you've done
Pulse: Tell the World (Hillsong), Wholly Yours (Crowder), Inside Out (Hillsong), Nothing but the Blood Medley (Passion)

Reaching our God Potential

FRC's mission statement is clear, strategic and posted all over the place (literally). Here goes: Our purpose: "Partnering with people to reach their God Potential" It fires me up to see people reach their God Potential in their jobs, at school, in the gym, at Starbucks... thats the true beauty of the purpose. Your God potential is reached outside the church walls. God has uniquely created every single person to reach their potential in Him at whatever location, age or language. The potential "mold" is simply that there is no "mold" - with God as our fuel and His word as our map... the possibilities are endless. Are you pursuing your God potential?

FRC's staff was challenged this past week to continue growing towards our God Potential... here are nine things Pr. Troy shared with us as he challenged us to grow as the leaders of FRC - hopefully they can challenge you to grow as well:

Growth Towards our God Potential...
1. Spiritual: Journal your progress, keep track of where you've been so it tells you where you're going.
2. Leadership: leaders find a way to grow - no matter what. Read, Read & Read!
3. Physical: Our physical appearance reflects our leadership - the physical IS spiritual! Ouch ...
4. Ministry: We must always pursue excellence (do the best we can with the best we have)
5. Diversity: get out of our comfort zone and cover south Florida's ethnicity: everyone
6. Character: return calls, emails, follow up w/ people. Communicate and be clear
7. Creativity: It takes time, but is necessary. Create, create & create!
8. Thinking: Always be ahead of where people are. Go beyond.
9. Self Awareness: Know Yourself. Admit your weaknesses and use your strengths

I was challenged to grow ... and have already made progress. Anyone else on this journey?

What are you doing this Easter?

Hey Blogworld.... if you don't have any plans this Easter weekend, there are 29 options for you @ Flamingo Road Church. Rocking music, Free Starbucks, and amazing teaching... I'll be leading 6 of the 29 services , so come on by and bring your grandma. Check www.flamingoroadchurch.com for service times.