My wonderful boyfriend always talks fondly about his friends at the church he went to before God led him to Flamingo Road Church, in Cooper City, and about how much he missed them. Imagine our surprise when we heard one of his good friends, Alex Diaz, and his wonderful wife Erin would be joining the Flamingo family!

We’re so excited that Alex gets to lead the quickly growing Doral campus, and can’t wait to see what God does!

Check out this video of Pastor Troy Gramling introducing Alex and Erin today!

Committed – Tempted 3 from Flamingo Road Church on Vimeo.

OMG!

This is the funniest, coolest, most AWESOME video I’ve ever seen in my ENTIRE life! When I grow up and get married, I want to be just like you two! <3 <3 <3

If you don’t know them, this is Heredes (@heredes) and Marcy (@marcyr) – friends  of ours from Flamingo Road Church.

Why?

• Because there are orphans and widows in distress.(James 1:27)
• Because there are people who are hungry and thirsty. (Matthew 25:35)
• Because there is a need to go into the world and make disciples. (Matthew 28:19)

What?

Our goal is $500k above and beyond our weekly tithes.

When?

October 10 & 11, 2009 at all campuses

How?

1. Begin to pray about the amount of your “G Offering.”
2. Participate in the “G Offering” the weekend of October 10 & 11.

Live in Miami? Don’t wanna drive all the way up to Cooper City so early on Sunday mornings? Well, go check out Flamingo Road Church’s Doral Campus, I’ve been there, AND its AWESOME! Worship is amazing, and the messages by Pastor Troy Gramling  ALWAYS get right to the heart of things. Curious? Come check it out, no one bites!

(Child Care Available!)

This weekend, the Flamingo Road Photography Team, a kinda-new subdivision of Potential Studios (:D) will be photographing Beach Baptism!

As a photographer who loves capturing emotional moments, Beach Baptism is one of my favorite events to cover. There is nothing like watching the life-change that our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ go through as they go into the water, and back out.

The joy that takes place is too hard to explain, so you know what? Just come join us!

If you haven’t taken that next step in your walk with Christ, this weekend is the perfect time to do it! There will be partying and BBQ down here, but that’s NOTHING compared to the partying that will be going on in heaven .

So- come see for yourself!

Beach Baptism from Flamingo Road Church on Vimeo.

Feels like I haven’t blogged in FOREVER, although in reality, it probably hasn’t been THAT long . I’m just so used to being online all the time that if I’m busy for a few days, it feels like I’ve completely disconnected with the online world.

This weekend at Flamingo Road Church, things are going to be UNBELIEVABLE! We’re anticipating 10,000 people between all of our campuses, and its SO excited to see what God’s doing in our church family!

If you haven’t heard me talk about it yet, here’s your chance to check it out:

I am super stoked to be attending this 1-day leadership conference called The Nines . I hadn’t heard of it, but thanks to the AMAZING communication skills of our pastors, they made sure EVERYONE who wants to come and experience this would have the opportunity to. Its being hosted in the Cooper City Campus Auditorium. So, if you wanna come have a life-changing leadership experience (they ALWAYS are), come join us, 9.9.09 at 10am : ). Hope to see you there!

From their website:

The THEME:
Leadership Network asked some of the church’s greatest communicators: “If you had nine minutes to talk one-on-one with thousands of church leaders, what is the one thing that you would tell them? The result is a series of passionate and personal messages that will help you and your church navigate into the future.

The FORMAT:
The format is simple: Nine minute video leadership lessons that can help multiply your church’s impact. You will be stretched as a leader, and motivated as a church. And you’ll hear a personal word from many of the leaders you know and trust (along with some great new leaders we’ll introduce you to).

The Nines from Todd Rhoades on Vimeo.

A sampling of the speakers (YES, that is our VERY OWN Pastor Troy Gramling listed on there!):
Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church)
Steven Furtick (Elevation Church)
Nancy Beach (Willow Creek Church)
Leonard Sweet (Author/Speaker)
Mark Batterson (National Community Church)
Larry Osborne (North Coast Church)
Dave Ferguson (Community Christian Church)
Alan Hirsch (Forge Mission Training Network)
Troy Gramling (Flamingo Road Church)
Michael Trent (Third Place Consulting)
Jorge Acevedo (Grace Church)
Scott Williams (LifeChurch.tv)
Steve Robinson (Church of the King)
Keld Dahlman (Europe Church Planter)

Potential Studios (part of Flamingo Road Church) is home to some of my absolute favorite people. This college dorm style hallway is filled with the most amazingly talented, ridiculously creative, awe-inspiring group that if you’re even remotely into movie production, motion graphics, graphic design, photography, etc…, you could only HOPE to be a part of. Or at least be near, to absorb some of their imaginativeness (is that a word?) through osmosis. Seriously, they ROCK, and I’m so glad to be a part of their activities and I can’t wait to see what the future holds!

Below is the 2008-2009 reel of some of the CRAZZZZY things they’ve produced… Check it out and see for yourself… Bet you never thought church and working for God could be THIS cool!!

2008-2009 Potential Studios Reel from Flamingo Road Church on Vimeo.

Check out their blogs:
Heredes

Stacie

Mo

Marcy

Yoel

Miguel

::Sorry if I forgot anyone’s blog!!::