daniel floyd

Monday Relfections on Wednesday

* Great Sunday....really great!! ( I know that not proper English)
* The worship was incredible!!
* Our setup and tear down teams are amazing!!
* I love being a Dad!!
* We gave away Rockstar energy drinks to everyone and we gave away a grill to one Dad - that was a lot of fun!
* Tried to go eat at Bridges, which is one of my favorite Italian places, but they had one waitress for the whole restaurant - who made the schedule for that day? Not very smart!!
*Sunday evening Tammie wanted me to rent whatever I wanted and we would watch it together. I got Rambo: First Blood Part II - amazing!!
* She stayed awake for the whole thing - great wife!!
* We went downtown Sunday afternoon and walked around, got ice cream and window shopped. I love the downtown area!
* I love to hear the stories of life change in our church!
* Can't wait to start our next series called OUTLAWS - just saw the design work for it - by far my favorite up to this point.
* God is really stretching me right now in a good way, but it's kicking my tail and that's not fun - but I need it!!
* Some really cool things planned for this fall!!

Monday Relfections

* Unbelievable....simply unbelievable! 33 people place their faith in Christ yesterday!!
* Yesterday was our first day at Chancellor High School
* The setup and tear down went right on schedule
* Josh was rockin Toby Mac's song Boom'in
* The energy in the place was through the roof.
* KIDSPOINT had some sweet new shirts for their volunteer team.
* The atrium of the school looked amazing - I felt like a kid on my way to Disney World when I drove to church yesterday. I couldn't wait to see everything!!
* Had two amazing conversations after church - let's just say God is moving in incredible ways!
* Gary, J.R., and Pastor Furtick the network recorded sweet video's that we played during the service - check them out here.
* Jeremy and I flew into Indianapolis this morning for this dinner that I am participating in.
* Tammie and I will celebrate 4 years of marriage this week -  the greatest four years of my life!
* Looking forward to getting home tomorrow - lot's of work to do and I already miss my family.
* Tammie and I are going out of town Thursday night for our anniversary - can't wait!
* Owen is into this climbing phase - he figures out how create steps with toys so that he can climb on EVERYTHING!! Love that little guy!
* I love this church, I love what I get to do, the best is yet to come!

Monday Relfections (quick hits)

I am about to leave the house to spend the day with the family at Lake Anna.

* Powerful day yesterday!
* We had a n ice cream truck outside waiting for everyone as they left - it even played the old school music like when we were kids. Nice way to kick off a sunny Memorial Day weekend.
* The worship was intense - I am loving the new song How He Loves.
* We strew out blow up instruments during the closing song. You had to be there - it was tons of FUN!
* Next week is going to be one of those weeks you don't want to miss. It's also our last Sunday at Parkside.
* We have the greatest volunteers in the world!
* We had a ton of people sign up yesterday to start volunteering who currently are not volunteering. Super excited about that!
* Gotta run!

Monday Reflections on Thursday

* FUN day on Sunday - Tammie and I team taught, she did a great job and was a natural.
* While it was fun it also felt odd. I couldn't put my finger on it, no major issue just felt odd.
* There is not enough money out there to pay the production team what they are worth. The computer crashed before the service but somehow they managed to transfer the files to a backup computer and have words on the screens for the first song - AMAZING!
* We had the red carpet rolled out for Mom's and we also gave them custom made chocolates as they left.
* The band introduced "Glorious God" - amazing song.
* We had 12 baby dedications on Sunday.
* My friend and groomsmen Matt was in town with his family - had a great time hanging out - they have an Owen to but I had the name first :)
* Both services were PACKED - this move to Chancellor High School couldn't have come at a better time.
* I am so blessed to do what I do!!
* Owen is the best!! He is now doing animal sounds like what does a dog and cat say. I love it!!
* It's been a year since my grandmother passed away - hard to believe!
* It's been a year today since Dr. Falwell passed away - that was a tough week for me last year. What's crazy is that the month prior I was at LU getting an award and Dr. Falwell and Granny met for the first time and then a month later they were in heaven together.

Monday Reflections

* AMAZING DAY yesterday - historical day! We baptized 61 people in two services, yeah you read that right 61!!
* We had everything everyone needed shirts, shorts, hair stuff, etc.. - the response blew my mind.
* Our volunteer team was amazing - they worked like a well oiled machine.
* We tried IMAG yesterday for the first time - we have some things to work out but it worked well.
* The Downtown Campus Band lead worship yesterday and did a phenomenal job.
* Did I mention that we baptized 61 people yesterday.
* Our parking team was all over the transition between services, since our 9:30 am service went way over because of the amazing response.
* We are in ATL at the DRIVE Conference - so looking forward to drinking it all in.
* Just got back from North Point's Buckhead Campus - amazing facility. Walking distance from a Chipotle (sp?) love that place.
* We are heading tonight to a great Italian restaurant that serves the food family style - good thing I worked out this morning.
* I miss my wife a lot and little O - he is growing and changing so fast.
* Ran into los at Buckhead.
* Incredible crowd yesterday!
* Guess what? We got ......(stay tuned)

Monday Reflections

* AMAZING DAY yesterday - God was all over the place!
* We had 30 people place faith in Christ (actually gave us cards)
* We took communion yesterday and it was awesome!
* About 10:30 pm on Saturday night God led me to change the last half of my message - it was a heavy message but for those who received it - it brought HUGE FREEDOM!
* We started a NEXT LEVEL STATION and we ran out of Bibles in the first service - great problem to have!
* Usually people who raise their hands and actually give us cards is about 20% - 30% - yesterday we had over 60% give us cards or stop by the table!
* Josh put together a video that showed during communion - powerful!
* Ben is doing an amazing job in KIDSPOINT!!
* Have I said how much I LOVE our OFFICE SPACE!
* Our VOLUNTEER ARMY is amazing!!
* This series is looking like it's going to be a major turning point for a lot of people in our church!
* Can't wait for DRIVE!
* Looking forward to going to the Whiteboard Sessions - really excited for my friend Ben and his new venture with Catalyst.
* Should have some BIG NEWS within the next few weeks - it has the potential to take our church to a whole new level.

Monday Reflections

* Awesome day yesterday!
* I was feeling horrible but I don't think it showed.
* The band was amazing!!
* Tenn. girls basketball pulled off an amazing win last night.
* I love our offices!!
* God has blessed us with an awesome team!
* We are already seeing the affects of the personnel changes I made last month. (more to come on that)
* I am still feeling whatever I had yesterday :(
* We are having an all volunteer meeting this coming Saturday - really looking forward to that.

Easter Reflections

I am still processing all that God did this weekend. Unbelievable, historical, life changing are just a few words that come to mind.

The Egg Drop was off the hook. There are different estimates of how many we had - I don't know for sure - but there were a ton of people, thousands of people - like maybe 7000 people.
* Our volunteers were amazing!! I have never been more proud to be the pastor of this church as I was this weekend.
* We backed up traffic for miles - I never dreamed we would have that turn out.
* Children from all over the community had a blast!!
* Chick-fil-A sold all of the chicken in the southeast :)
* We had so many positive comments about the event. I had one gentlemen tell me he had lived in Spotsylvania since the 1970's and never seen a church give back the the community in this way.
* Did I mention how smooth the event ran as a result of our lead team planning well and our volunteers doing their thang!! I love you guys more that you know!!
* We had to turn away a lot of people that couldn't make it into the event - I really hated that but the Fairgrounds could only hold so much.
* We used the largest venue in the area - I don't know what we will do next year!

Easter Sunday:
* Three services this morning - loved preaching three times but I don't know how some of you guys preach 3 and 4 times each Sunday. I am shot - but I would do it all over again tomorrow!!
* I was a little concerned about how the crowd would be at the 8:30 service but our people came through in a big way. Lifepointers it just goes to show that you guys are committed to making room for more people to hear the gospel at optimal times. The 8:30 was packed out - awesome!!
* All three services were pretty even as far as attendance goes.
* We had 674 - the largest day in the history of the church.
* We had a ton of people make decisions - an estimated 50 people indicated a salvation decision - I am waiting to see what the connection cards show. Usually about half will let us know!
*  After working all day at the Egg Drop some of our volunteers were at the school at 6 am this morning making sure we were ready for the service. I am continually amazed by their commitment to the vision of reaching people who are far from God.
* I preached my heart out today.
* Their was an awesome spread at Volunteer Headquarters today. Thanks Elizabeth!!
* Lisa did a great job running production by herself for the first time. Kristen and her family are in Egypt - seriously!!
* I love this church and am so blessed to be a part of it!

Monday Reflections on Tuesday!

* Another awesome day Sunday! We broke another attendance record for a regular Sunday.
* We did major a upgraded our KIDSPOINT environment - it looked amazing!!
* Finished the min-series called QUAKE - talked about the power of a unified group of people laser focused on a single vision. Had a lot of fun - said some stuff that probably ruffled some feathers :)
* The band was rockin!!
* We baptized 15 people between the two services. I LOVE BEING A PART OF THAT!!
* The EGG DROP is only days away - there is such a buzz in the community about this event!!
* We are doing THREE services Easter Sunday - 8:30 am | 10:00 am | 11:30 am - it is going to be off the hook - invite everyone you know!
* I'm still upset about DUKE!
* I think on Sunday at 3 pm I am going to crash hard!! I have never preached three times in one morning - should be fun - can't wait!!
* So looking forward to moving into our office space!!
* Our volunteer's are off the hook, amazing!!
* We are praying hard for more space - if God doesn't open up something soon we will need a third service permanently!!
* I LOVE my family more and more each day!!
* I am so grateful for the spiritual heritage I have in my parent's - they invested some great eternal things into my life!!

Monday Reflections

* Yesterday was a great day! The first service was down a little but then they all showed up at the second service. Pipe and Drape was coming down all over the place - we filled all the chairs and opened the bleachers!! Almost another record breaking day!
* This series has been one of my favorites!
* The Egg Drop is only weeks away now - crazy how time is flying by.
* Can't wait for Easter Sunday - we are kicking off a series called Confessions of a Pastor - it's going to be raw.
* A two part series called QUAKE begins this Sunday - you don't want to miss this one!!
* Got to speak at Mosaic Church in College Park, MD last night where Darren Plummer is the Pastor. Great people and a great time! They are poised to Dominate!
* Ben Weiss drove me to Maryland and supported me with prayer while I preached - fun time hanging out with him. Lov'in some Red Robin!
* The band was suppose to do Liv'in on a Prayer by Bon Jovi - however during run through it wasn't up to our standards so Jeremy made the call to cut the song - I so appreciate his commitment to excellence.
* We had a group of potential church planters in from Liberty University yesterday. I really enjoyed hanging out with these guys. One of them, Chip Stallings, knows he is going to plant in Florida. The other guys are still seeking God's will. So glad that we can invest in their journey.
* Tammie and Owen were in Lynchburg this weekend - so glad they are home!!