Thanks for the Shout-Out from a Brother

I wanted to give a quick shout out to my brother, Erik Reed for givin’ The Summit a shout out for our Nursery and Preschool Project. Erik is the Pastor of The Journey, our sending church. I appreciate you him helping spread the word. Check it out here and if any other pastor could do the same we could knock out this list in a minute! Thanks for love Erik!

Be Happy!

Bryan

Extreme Makeover ‘Love Edition’ (Part 1)

“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” (Galatians6:10)

If you can watch  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition without getting a lump in your throat, you are a stone. I have to tell the truth. When I watch that show there are times I just want to let it go, cry out and bawl like a little girl.

Tonight was no different. Being in the season of church planting that I am in, it also got me thinking about the church. It has been my goal to redefine the way people see the church. Redefine the way people think about God. Throughout all this the motto of The Summit has been “You Always Felt Like There Had To Be More…THERE IS!” And then we defined that more as Love. Straight from Simple Church we even put it into our purpose “Love God”, “Love People”, and “Impact The World”.

Now I am moved to define that love. Why? Because in my opinion, the church as a whole, needs an Extreme Makeover! How do I know? Because I have the unique privilege to have seen the church, its leadership and its heartbeat from four different perspectives: Traditional Pastor, lay member, corporate marketer and a church planter. I have found as a whole that love is elusive. This is what I discovered:

Is he a god?

Obviously Michael Phelps is the most prolific Olympian to ever dawn the red, white and blue. He has single-handily captured the attention of a nation and brought interest back into an event that had become ordinary at best. His accomplishments may never be matched, at least in an Olympic pool, and he will most certainly be referenced for the rest of our lifetimes anytime anyone speaks of swimming or the Olympics!

This only leaves the rest of us mortals wandering, “Is he a god?”

I do recall some pretty amazing things being said about other great athletes”

• Jim Thorpe, a native American, won both the decathlon and pentathlon, finished fourth in the high jump and seventh in the long jump at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 before he led the US to victory over Sweden at baseball. Jim Thorpe was called an American Icon.

Be Not Weary in Well Doing!

Cardboard Testimonies

“God please let us make a difference like this in Seymour and through-out east Tennessee” If you have a few minutes this is worth the watch!

Join The Summit’s Launch Team

Hey guys! If you are interested in joining The Summit’s Launch Team, drop us a line and we will contact you asap.

We need the following people:
- Web Development
- Crazy Children workers
- Music (Vocal, Band, Engineers, etc)
- Visual Arts
- Events Planning/Coordinating
- Fundraising
- Office Management/Clerical Support
- Security
- Marketing & Publicity
- Set Design/Support Team
- people who just want to be involved

Contact The Summit @ summitchurch@charter.net or call 865-686-5280

Saturday Night Sneak Peek this Saturday @ 6:30 check-out www.TheSummitLive.tv

You Can Partner With The Summit

October 5th, 2008!

That’s the day we make history in Seymour, Tennessee! On October 5th, 2008 we will launch The Summit Church and we need your partnership.

How can you be a part of this awesome new church? By donating thousands of dollars? Well…yes! But we know most can’t do that. However, MOST can buy a few small items and make a huge difference in the lives of this community. The Summit Kids is an awesome place to make an investment n God’s work.

We have set up an online registry at www.Walmart.com. We have listed the items you can help us secure and we have made it easy for you to do so. CLICK HERE, look through the registry, choose what you would like to donate and and pay for the item online. Then you can have it shipped or sent Site-to-Store. We are store #1320.

Just go to www.Walmart.com, search for new registry and put in “Summit” for the first name and “Church” for the last name.

Let me say in advance, thank you for your generosity and love for God’s church. You investment will positively impact an entire community.

Please forward this email to all of your contacts with a recommendation for The Summit. That will ensure we are able to knock-out this list as quickly as possible. If you feel like we need something that is not on the list, you may purchase a gift card from the registry!

The Summit Church is a state and federally recognized 501(c)3 tax exempt corporation.

Bryan

dBrag - Gettin’ in the Word!

I have deeply wanted to slow down and commit, really commit, to getting in the Word on a daily basis! I just discovered something called “dbrag” and I wanted to see if anyone was interested in starting a group with me.

Basically, it’s an accountability group, which we’d do through email with each other each day. I like it because it’s simple and doesn’t require too much time, but I think the benefits would be amazing.

Check out the website www.dbrag.org and let me know what you think.

If you are interested, comment or send me an email I will send the basic ground rules and we will get this thing going. Go God!

Be Happy!

Bryan

Weekend Update

Friday and Saturday night we had the pleasure of being at “Big Mama’s Karaoke” for some community outreach. We had a good time and got to meet some people we normally would have met.

Saturday we had another Saturday Night Sneak Peek and had a couple new families come out. It was awesome to have both of them. Once again we had great worship from Kermit and we all enjoyed the service. We had 10 more than the week before and when I got home I had a couple messages from people trying to find us. We will connect with them and now that we have invite cards, we will continue to pray that God will had to our launch team.

Big Mama’s Karaoke Cafe

Here’s something I can almost guarantee you didn’t know. Seymour is home to the world famous “Big Mama’s Karaoke Cafe“! Part of the world’s leader in karaoke, Chartbuster Karaoke and Big Mama’s puts on some world class fun.

Every week someone new can be a star. They have an awesome stage, restaurant nd retail center. Up the hill in Seymour they have some world class recording studios and karaoke production! Every year Big Mama’s puts on “Battle of the Bands” and it continues to get bigger and bigger.

This weekend they are having their annual “Summer Bash”. That’s when Big Mama’s takes it ouside to their to their outdoor stage and venue. This year The Summit is going to be present and large at Big Mama’s! I approached the GM a few weeks ago about partnering with them on some events. We wanted to go where no other churches would go!

That’s when I got excited and simply said, “Where do we put our table?” Yeah! The Summit is going to be livin’ large and out loud at The Summer Bash tonight! We will be giving away Hawaiian leis, mardi gras beads, glow bracelets, and 5 big Karaoke Costumes! That’s right! We will gve away some Karaoke garb that would make Elton John proud. And of course, we will be handing out invite cards for our our Saturday Night Sneak Peeks and our upcoming launch.

Tune in tomorrow and I will post some photos of the big events!

Be Happy!

Bryan

Kingdom Minded Saturday Night

Because of some last minute and unexpected circumstances, we found ourselves with no place to meet for our Saturday Night Sneak Peeks. However, since I have been located in Seymour I have found a great friend and mentor in Randy Penwell, the pastor of Seymour Heights Christian Church.

When I realized that we needed to find a new meeting space on Saturday Night, Randy was one of the first I spoke with. Before I could even ask, he suggested we might be able to use their facilities. After speaking with his staff, Randy and Seymour Heights’ team of elders gladly approved our request to use the facilities for the rest of our Saturday Night Sneak Peeks.