Sunny Day

It was a beautiful Saturday in Sacramento, so my parents and I got some yard work done and then I went out with friends to play miniature golf, hang out at Big Spoon, see Bayside's new bleachers and finished the night up at Island's.

Tomorrow, a Mexican Fiesta, Bradley style, in lieu of actually going to Mexicali this year.

Louie Giglio at Bayside

Louie Giglio (Passion Conferences) spoke at Bayside this weekend. He spoke on "Grace" and used an amazing story of friendship (see Fruitcake and Ice Cream for a clip of what he said) to show that "Our God Saves."

Pictures from Bayside Pictures and Twitter

Thrive 2009

Yes, I have mentioned it before, but Thrive 2009 is quickly approaching and with some amazing speakers lined up, it is time to register, especially before rates go up for Bayside members on March 15th. So who are some of the speakers and guests lined up this year? Franklin Graham, Francis Chan, Nick Vujicic, Sherwood Carthen, Ray Johnston, Lincoln Brewster, The Katinas and many more.

Chris Tomlin

It was a very long day, but a great day. I started the day off by waking up early for a work event/health fair in Napa, then it was off to lunch at Buckhorn Grill (very good) and back to the office for awhile, before heading off to help staff the merchandise tables for the Chris Tomlin Sacramento Concert. I got to use the credit card machines, always fun, and sell lots of people CDs, T-shirts, hats, posters and just about everything else that said Chris Tomlin on it. Although I only went into see the concert for a few minutes, what I saw was great and it was another good opportunity to hang out with all of my friends in the merchandise area. Although not all of the pictures are from the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium concert tonight, many are (thanks to Twitter, more to come from Facebook over the next few days), others are from Chris Tomlin's "On the Road Blog" (Concert review by the New York Times).

Just a reminder, this weekend at Bayside Louie Giglio (Passion Conferences) is speaking and it's Thrive sign-up weekend! Also the Shore 1000 is quickly approaching, March 19th.

Super Bowl

It's Super Bowl Sunday ... that means football, food and of course commercials - for some reason it's the one time of year we don't actually change channels or fast forward during the commercial breaks (although it is one of the few times a network can make $261 million in a day from commercials).

Although I don't know which will be the best, here's one from Pedigree (visit Hulu to vote for your favorite commercial during the game).

In other news ... the Shore 1000 is coming on March 19th, so if you've always said, "I should really come to Bayside," but don't want to do it until Thursday, March 19th, here's your chance (although you're welcome to come before that too).

Merry Christmas!

With just a few hours until Christmas I wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. It has been a busy last few months and as I look back on it a great year. From going to Las Vegas and Florida twice and spending lots of time at Bayside, the Bradley Lodge and with my family on trips and vacations (like Christmas Cruise 2008), life has been great. Although the economy is depressed, there is lots to be happy and thankful for and hopefully 2009 will bring even more good times and fantastic surprises.

Track Santa

It's Christmas Time

Between holiday parties, getting snowed on in Las Vegas, scraping ice off my car in the morning and taking the time to "Experience Christmas at Bayside" (service times now through Christmas Eve) it truly is Christmas time. With feet of snow forecasted for next week and plans to head up to the Bradley Lodge and ski at Bear Valley it will continue to be a magical holiday season.

Christmas at Bayside

Just wanted to let everyone know that Bayside will again be offering Christmas Eve services well before Christmas this year. The 13 services, beginning on Thursday, December 18th will run through Christmas Eve and should be awesome.