$25 iTunes GiftCard

Run over to troygramling.com for your chance to win a $25 iTunes giftcard. It's a "Name that tune" competition! Click here to go directly to the post .... "Heredes.com" readers have a high chance of winning ;) - Go now!

Innovate... final reCap

We had a great time at Granger,IN for the Innovate Conference ... the highlight of the trip was by far watching Dr. TD. Gramling AKA Troy do an amazing job on his session. Read his notes here. Thanks for all you do bro .. it was an honor to tag along and be a part of what God is doing though you. Pictured below are snapshots of his session. Also pictured below is the reunion of fellow blogger & friend Dan the Man & Air-uh-Des! We had a great time over coffee and Dan later gave me a personalized tour of the famous Notre Dame campus. (Miami fans .. it's not all that) The "touchdown Jesus" is pretty tiny. Just Kidding .... Thanks Dan --- Your performances on stage were hilarious and your heart off stage was authentic and encouraging. Thanks for taking the time...

We're now in Chicago for the weekend .. (for those of you who speak"Churchanese") we'll be attending CCC & Willow Creek .. I am loving Chicago!

Miss you Marcy ... see you soon

Innovate reCap...#1

Quick recap of what's going down at Innovate...

-Guy Kawasaki Topped Ten
-Mark Beeson left a Mark
-Tim Stevens lead Smart
-The Band Rocked & Rolled
-The FRC gang learned tons...

Still left.... Film Festival Tonight and much more tomorrow.

So far so great! Got to hook up with my Bud "Dan" - him and his wife rocked hard on stage -Great seeing you guys

... looking forward to Troy tomorrow. He's pumped .. I hope you are too - watch it live at www.mynakedpastor.com

Here are some comic recaps:

Innovate tastes Good !!

Innovate Conference

After an awesome stay in downtown Chicago .. (I will have pictures & videos in the days to come) I am now at the Innovate conference in Indiana .... you can watch it live at mynakedpastor.com Let me know you're watching ... I'm behind the camera watching Guy Kawasaki speak... see you soon.

Aussies, Chicago & Digerati

Hey Blogville ... thanks for your continued return to Heredes.com - it's great to do life with some of you online and to be able to create, connect & communicate here.... On a side note ...according to stat counter - several people have been visiting heredes.com from Australia! Hello Aussies!! Good to have ya here .... lets hook up for lunch in Sydney ;) My treat (as long as you cover my flight- jk)


Anyway ... its been an awesome weekend, as you know - we are in the middle of our most progressive and aggressive series ever: myNakedPastor.com The cameras have been following my Naked Pastor: Troy all over the city and country. As a matter of fact, Troy and I are in downtown Chicago right now getting ready for the Innovate conference in Indiana were he'll be speaking...we'll be here all week. Later today we'll be doing lunch with Scott Hodge (fellow leader) and then get to hang out around the beautiful & historical Chicago. I hope to have some pictures and updates from that ...

Basically I get to be the Digerati Ninja following the Naked Pastor around and making sure he's got what he needs. I love it!



but before I go ...
-to the over 150 who got baptized at the beach - congratulations !
-to the bands & teams at all our campuses - you guys rocked it!
-to all of you joining us at frclive.tv - welcome
-to my wife - miss ya, love ya, need ya
-to Bono - thanks for the email ;)

Quick reCap....

Quick weekend/week reCap just FYI .... click on pictures to enlarge

Picture #1 - We are celebrating our biggest weekend at Flamingo ever... we had over 8,000 people attend our FRC weekend! That's right ... 8,000 lives being impacted by God - the photo says 7,956 - but after proper recount - it was actually 8,056! We're blown away...
Picture #2 - Traveling in myNakedPAstor.com style - after a long "strip search" at the airport (and having all my liquids & gels confiscated) Duh Heredes! I am finally in Tampa for our continued coverage of our naked pastor on mynakedpastor.com (Troy will be teaching at the Florida Worship Expo) - I'll be back on Saturday for our second week of the series and then fly out Sunday night with Troy on our way to Chicago & Indiana for the Granger conference: INNOVATE where he will be one of the featured speakers. You can attend the conference with us at mynakedpastor.com! We will be joined later in the week by some our FRC staff ... should be fun.
Picture #3 - Three happy guys! Find one of them here and the other one here! You guys are awesome .. its an honor to serve with you three ;) - specially the middle one!
Picture #4 - Baptism!! This Sunday (9.23.07) is your chance to take the next step in obedience to God if you haven't already. We'll be partying hard at the Fort Lauderdale Beach (by the Yankee Clipper) and baptizing hundreds of people! There is still time ... if you're interested - shoot me an email here - and I'll take care of you! It's going to be awesome - the party goes on from 1-5PM Baptisms begin at 3PM.
Picture#5 - If you missed it - i Got an iPhone!! read the iPoem in the previous post below and join in on the iPoetry by commenting ;)

Picture#6 - I have the hottest wife in the world! Yup , thats right ... I said hot! Oooooo ... call the blog police... ;) Some things just need to be said ... My wife is hot: Period! Love ya & miss ya linda - muah!

iPoem

The time has come,
The day arrived,
My dear blackberry
has retired

It sleeps in peace
Beneath my bed
No Sim, Not charged
OK! Its dead!

It rests in peace
Its time was near
It knew it too..
Yet didn't fear

Now for a minute
I felt alone
But then it came:
MY NEW iPHONE!













I'm speechless still
No words to say
An iPoem was
the only way

So - thankyou guys
for what you've done
And know: The Best
..is yet to come!

Do You get Angry?

www.mynakedpastor.com

Meet Stephanie...

This is Stephanie...
Stephanie lives in Texas....
Stephanie attends Flamingo Road Church...
Stephanie never leaves home for Church...
Stephanie doesn't fight for parking...
Stephanie doesn't wait to be seated...
Stephanie doesn't wait for coffee...
Stephanie has control over the volume of her music...
Stephanie is an FRClive.tv member!

Read all about it here on today's Miami Herald Church 2.0 article

And while you're at it ...meet our naked pastor at MYNAKEDPASTOR.com

Cds, DVDs & Heredees

It's not a typo Blogville .... the title actually rhymes if you say it out loud. ;)
Just wanted to quickly share some things I was able to "consume" this morning... some of it is brand new, some of it just recent - most of it is good.

As a worship leader... I'm constantly on the lookout for great songs that can help people connect with God. I think we might have some here... I'll be reviewing and recommending some of it soon.

For now ... I'd just like to say that I am so happy Casting Crowns covered Steve Fee's "All Because of Jesus". I began covering that song ever since I saw him last year at 722 in Atlanta - I actually chorded out the song from a ghetto live recording of that night I had on my digital camera. I "myspaced" Steve and got the full lyrics from him and began playing the tune immediately at church! Eight months later Steve released his album and just last week Casting crowns re-released the song! So there you have it ... I claimed the hit (at least here in South Florida)! ;)

Consumed products pictured above (from top to bottom):

-Crave DVD from Erwin Mcmanus' Mosaic
-Shane & Shane CD - Pages
-Casting Crowns CD - The Altar and the Door
-Vertical CD - Invencile (Spanish Worship)
-DC Talk CD/DVD - 10th year anniversary release
-Planet Shakers CD/DVD - Pick it Up
-Planet Shakers CD/DVD - Evermore
-Planet Shakers CD/DVD - Saviour of the World

Not pictured but worth buying right now is Steve Fee's Album "Burn for You"

Just a reminder -
Have you checked out my Naked Pastor lately? See him live now @ myNakedPAstor.com

my NAKED PASTOR reCap ...

These past couple of days have been intense and fast paced... here's quick bullet reCap and a comic strip to catch you guys up ...

-We launched our series myNakedPAstor.com with a rocking party on 9.9@9pm
-Troy and his family have been live on camera ever since- pray for them - it's draining!
-The team has been working hard on our weekend services
-Spent the day shooting videos for the weekend ...
-3 cool videos, 1 sweet feature song, & two teachers! Expect great things!
-I taught a "track" on worship for a church in Coral Gables - thanks for having me
-Connected live via web with our mag team at our new level meeting
-I just saw a car blow up! Yep .. Marcy and I saw...it melted to the core! crazy
-We need to move already!! Any one selling in Broward? Anyone buying in Kendall?
-I love FRC! I'm praying God does great things this series...
-I have 348 emails in my inbox - 96 are unread!!!
-I'm back on twitter
-Subscribe to www.heredes.com here
-I need an iPhone - birthday coming soon Marcy ... ;)
-I need to sleep...

CF Miami's Generations CD

My good friend JR Lovins over at CFmiami just finished releasing their new GENERATIONS CD. The project showcases all original work lead by some of the coolest worship leaders here in South Florida. So far I have been digging the album ... my favorite track has to be: "To Be" - it's a catchy tune with a John Mayer meets Jeremy Camp at a Crowder concert. Nice job guys!

You can preview and purchase the album on iTunes by clicking here Buy ten copies if you can .... all proceeds go to support JR Lovins "guitar pedal" fund! Just Kidding - get a copy - it's worth it!

Launch Party Wrap up ...

Just got home from the launch party at mynakedpastor.com!! It was a blast ... we had thousands of guests attend throughout the night - whoo hoo !! Thanks for joining gang... Troy will be live from now till the end of the month 24/7 - Naked Cams everywhere!!! - join him live now!

Anyway, my feet are killing me right now... I've been standing all day, three services and a party! By the way, shout out to the band for playing three rocking services today - it was great. Also big ups to Meegee ;) & Robertico for launching the party with us! Finally - Marcy - you rock and roll baby... thanks for your help, support, smile and presence throughout the weekend! Muah

See ya Blogville - I'm gonna hit the sack .. check out Troy's blog for updates and follow-ups on the launch party!

Live in 10 minutes ...

Hey guys.. I'm here at the mynakedpastor.com Launch Party - We're getting ready to go live in just 10 minutes !!! Check it out ... it's gonna be awesome.

9.9 @ 9pm - Launch Party Time....

I have the honor to be hosting one of the greatest parties of all time ... The MYNAKEDPASTOR.com Launch Party!!
Here's an inside scoop: We've got a live jazz band, Karaoke, 2 iPod nanos (the new ones) iPod shuffles, Itunes cards, Starbucks cards , Tshirts and much more .... it's going to be a launch to remember .... the cameras go on at 9 pm at www.mynakedpastor.com --- and you 'll also want to be connected to troygramling.com
I can't wait - see you there !

Here's one last invite:

Crowder, Shanes & Concerts

David Crowder's latest album will be released on September 25th ... you can get a decent preview here. Also, Shane & Shane will be coming to town next week (9/11) I should be attending - anyone there? Finally - concerts on the horizon - October & November is looking good - I love huge concerts with full out production , yet i also dig the intimate jazz club setting with acoustic artists - I love live music period! Here's my potential itinerary:

Rodrigo & Gabriela (10/11)
Mana (10/12)
Maroon 5 (10/20)
MuteMath (11/01)
Caetano Veloso (11/24)

For more info on these concerts go here

Any concert suggestions in South Florida?

Sorry iChatters....

This has been my permanent status on iChat lately. Sorry guys ... if I don't reply - it's not that I don't like you - I can't ! Bingo?

BINGO!

I'd just like to come on record and state that the word BINGO is stinking cool! It always has been, and always will be. If you can't pull it off... don't blame the word - just take a look in the mirror and keep trying. Here are some tips to help you be cool by using the word BINGO:

1. Say it with confidence and authority
2. Look the person in the eye when you say it
3. Do not stress the BIN (as in Been)
4. Wear a hat slightly tilted to the left
5. Grow a soul patch or a goatee
6. Call someone up and say Bingo? instead of hello
7. Do it now! Trust me!
8. Sign your emails with the word: Bingo
9. Walk around and point at stuff while saying BINGO
10.Buy this

Your friends will think you're the coolest! Guaranteed...

Bingo,

Heredes

Mom's Shrine

I just received this photo from my mom in Brazil...
Its a picture of her "Ribeiro" shrine...j/k
Here are some observations...

1.My sister's picture frame is IN the fireplace
(not sure who put it there, but let me know if ya'll need some wood)

2.Mom is still holding on to our Elementary achievements
(I believe my Youth Fair "Spelin Beee" Award is up there too!) ;)

3.Cowboy hat?
(explain please...)

4.Rocking Chair?
(since when mom?)

5. Only a tiny corner of the piano is pictured on the right
(what's up huh? - is it that abandoned?)

Miss you guys a whole lot !!! Praying and hoping to see you soon!
Any more observations blogville?

Naked Knockouts?

Mmmmmmmm... should we invite the knockouts? I didn't see enough blood. :)

Labor Day Links

Hey Blogville ...
If you're stuck at home today and have nothing else to do but surf the net.
Here's some cool stuff I recommend

-Impossible Quiz
It will take you forever and was literally impossible for Marcy and I (no cheating k?)

-Cold Play
If you don't know the band and their history, the site is an awesome way to get to know them - it takes you year by year with videos, pics,personal notes and more

-Matthew Mahon
Super cool site from a super hip photographer .. spend some time navigating the pics .. you'll enjoy it (figure it out) The site is very detailed.

-Shane and Shane
New music from two talented guys - you can listen to the entire album there


Have fun .. I'm off to the beach. Hope you have (or had) a great day.. let me know what ya'll think of the sites.

Online Book Study...

Hey Blogville...
Allow me to think out loud here for just a second...
In an attempt to further our learning through reading and develop our potential "together" as opposed to alone - I have decided to propose something kind of "out there" if you will...
This might just be the next best thing, so hang with me.
All I know so far is that I need your help ... I have already partnered with my wife and siblings in Brazil for the journey. I don't have a name for it yet ... but it would basically be an online book study of some sort. It is designed (or will be designed) with the "leader" in mind. Those who seek to grow and learn while creatively collaborating via the net. Here's how I see it in my mind ... (totally subject to change)

-We would read 1-5 chapters weekly (depending on the book)
-An email would be sent out to remind you all of what and when to read
-We would gather once a week via the w.w.w. to discuss our learnings
-This may happen via blog, iChat, MSN, video conference (not sure yet)
-We would all "agree to disagree" as we read, learn & grow together
-Assigned readers would provide questions for group discussion
-Books would be voted upon based on group interest
-Conversations would be continued in smaller groups of 2-3 via the net
-The study will be open to committed "partners" only (no slackers)
-Possible sharing of "audio books" for partners throughout the month
-Books will be read in the "English" language only - sorry ;(
-The goal is to read one book a month as a group (12 books a year)
(above and beyond your personal reading)


Again ... this is all in my head for now. I'd love to start it in about a month (October) - The cool thing is that we can partner with readers all over the world and together share the same learning experiences...
I'd love to hear your suggestions .... anyone interested? Sign up begins now .. i guess. ;)

More Videos ...

The videos are flooding in as the time approaches - but there is still time for you to attend the www.mynakedpastor.com launch party! Check out the videos below ... I say we hook up the two guys with the two girls.. I think its a match made in heaven!! what do you think?