Orlando Daze…. and Me and My Buddy Rick Warren
I’m in Orlando at the National New Church Conference. Also know as Exponential. http://www.exponentialconference.org/ We (Roberto and I) are enjoying our time learning, connecting, and networking with other new churches and pastors. We have learned much. Or, at least attempted to, there is a lot here, my notebook is as full as my belly (lots […] Read More
Moving Again
The Apartment at Camden Sierra has served us well for the past three months and it is now time to move into a house. We have found a rental across the street from the Otay Ranch Town Center (where they built our church)…of course we let them use the building for an AMC movie theater […] Read More
Opening Night Thrills
Riley and I have a tradition that started three years ago when we made the drive from Apple Valley to the Padres game on opening weekend and the game was rained out. However, we did get a rain check and later watched the Rockies play the Padres. Last year we made it to the home […] Read More
Easter Egg Hunt with the Family
More Pictures at http://gallery.mac.com/jmcgarity#100008&view=carouseljs&bgcolor=black&sel=0A great time with the family. Too much candy for the kids. Aidan was covered in chocolate. It was a warm day and the chocolate shaped eggs didn’t have a chance. Aidan’s little body became a chocolate body. Needless to say it was an interesting evening trying to get them to bed. […] Read More
Easter
EASTER Easter is the steroid injection every church needs to feel pumped up. We were on the juice Sunday. It was great seeing so many new faces from the community. On Saturday we had our block party Eggstravaganza which saw hundreds of families enjoying all the festivities including a basketball game for the dads, notice […] Read More
Finding Our Groove
Just finished up at Seven SD. Palm Sunday went awesome and we dedicated three little ones to the Lord, a very exciting morning. It feels like we’re really hitting our stride and finding our groove. I’m very excited about next week and our Easter service. We are blanketing the community with 20,000 mailers that look […] Read More
Above> Average Joe
Above>Average Joe (New Teaching Series) Do you feel like just another Average Joe? Well, you’re not alone. We think you’ll like what we have to say in the weeks to come. Our new teaching series begins after Easter on March 30th. Message titles for each date are as follows: Above>Average Joe: Extraordinary roles for ordinary […] Read More
Disaster in Toto!
Sorry ’bout the blogdelay, I know thousands of you have been waiting. Ok, so the second service wasn’t a masterpiece..err..it was a piece that’s for sure. We blew out all the power in the brand new AMC Theater, what a nightmare. The band plowed ahead, we got the power back up 5 minutes later and […] Read More
Good Start, Wonder Bunny is ON!
Check out our video intro to our message series. Wonder Bunny goes through all the things we’re talking about each Sunday. He wonders, “What is the Point of Life?” “He wonders, “Why Did God Make Me This Way?” He goes through tempation, frustration/anger and he feels empty. The fellas at BORN in Los Angeles did […] Read More
Launch Thoughts
Let’s say you’re on an airplane. You know that adrenaline you get just before take off. Or, picture yourself on the space shuttle getting ready for blast off. There’s that feeling of excitement and there’s a feeling of slight fear (at least that’s what my astronaut buddies tell me) that you know it’s not all […] Read More
18103
That’s the new digs. 18103 Santa Alicia, Otay Ranch in San Diego, CA. We did it. We are in…albeit a bit differently then we had in mind. But, Camden Sierra apartments, 2b, 2b and 1,000 sq. ft. (almost) of living luxury await me daily, you can barely smell the cigarettes from the people who lived […] Read More
Preview #4 The Final Frontier
Preview no moreNo more practice, it’s time to grow up. Real church begins February 10. We’ve had a blast. Absolutely, getting Seven San Diego down the runway and getting ready for lift off has been a joy, a challenge, and all of the emotions one can imagine when doing something you passionately believe in. The […] Read More
New Year, New Church Launch
MessageLast weekend I spoke at Skyline about hearing from God. If you need to hear from God go to our website and get the message, “How to Hear in the New Year.” www.sevensdchurch.com. That doesn’t sound right, I mean if you want to see what the Bible says about how to hear from God then […] Read More
Etc.
Skyline Church Just finished speaking at five services at Skyline Church in Rancho San Diego. Skyline is one of our church partners and it was an honor to speak there this weekend. After each service they took a love offering for Seven San Diego. It is sacrifices like that that make it possible for a […] Read More
Fear
Fear is a great deterrent to God’s promises. We see this over and over in the Word. Most of the things we fear are irrational, they will never come to pass. But, we spend a great deal of energy thinking about a particular fearful situation. Mark Twain once said, “I’ve been through some terrible things […] Read More
Kids Matter Safety Fair Huge Success!
Today was a win. A win in community service speak is an event that turns out to do just what one envisions and even more. Over 500 people came today to the Kids Matter Safety Fair. I have an awesome team to work with and they really pulled this off. Jules Sneddon is a huge […] Read More
Preview #3 and Kids Matter
Preview #3 is behind us and through the wind, the rain and the cold, the Chargers and Christmas shopping season we had a great turnout! Thanks to everyone who braved the elements to see this new church continue to put its roots down. Sam Hart and his band did a fantastic job leading the music […] Read More
Launch Party! Music, and Projects
Looking forward to our Third Preview service on Sunday. Tonight we take the launch team to Cheesecake Factory and then to Balboa Park for the Christmas Nights Production. The entire place is decked out, a great scene. Prior to each preview service we have done a Launch Party. If the rain holds off for us […] Read More
Why Pray? The Problem with Valleys and Mountaintops
Ever wonder, Why Pray? Seriously, do you ever feel like it’s a practice in futility? We all do at times. I guess I’ve come to the realization that praying isn’t about getting what I want. It isn’t about making me feel good (a lot of times I don’t feel good after a time of prayer, […] Read More
Vision Otay Ranch
Today I was invited to a meeting of Realtors in the Otay Ranch area. About 40 Realtors listened to a representative from a group that owns the land in and around Otay Ranch (23,000 acres worth!). The Gentleman laid out the plans for the next 10-15 years of growth in this area. It was very […] Read More
