Apr

14

Good Times in Nashville

Post Category: Church, Family, Moving 

I’m writing this post from beautiful Tarpon Springs Florida after arriving around 2:30 AM. I can’t tell you how glad I am to finally be here (if you just started reading check out my previous post describing our trip)

I had so much fun in Nashville Saturday night and Sunday. Sunday morning we went to CrossPoint church which was an awesome experience. If you’re ever in Nashville you’ve got to check them out.

God is doing some amazing things through this 5-year old church. Their worship blew me away. I know we’re in Nashville so you would expect the musicians and vocalists to be good but I didn’t know they were that good! I wanted to just pack them in my bag and kidnap them for my new worship team in Carmel.

I found out that Sheg, one of the contestants from Oprah’s big give, attends CrossPoint and I had the opportunity to meet him.

Afterwards in the lobby someone came up to me and said, “You’re Brad Ruggles! I read your blog all the time!” It was Jad Duncan, one of my blog readers. I have to admit, it was sorta cool to have someone recognize me from my blog.

Finally, after service I had the opportunity to have lunch with Pete Wilson, lead pastor of CrossPoint. We had great conversation about blogging, church planting and the challenges of leading a growing church. I really appreciate Pete’s heart. I’m sure I’ll be back to visit again now that I’m only 4 hours away.

You may notice the bar behind us in the picture. It turns out that one of the ways Pete deals with the stress of ministry is to get hammered after church on Sundays. Pat and I actually had to hold him up for the picture. (kidding of course)

After lunch we hopped back in the van and drove the rest of the way down to Florida. So here we are. I’ll post some pictures and videos later so be sure to check back.

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  1. Jason on April 14th, 2008 1:30 pm

    SWEET! Reality TV stars are AWESOME!
    Remember when we tried to get me on Survivor?
    That was back in the second season… good times…

  2. patrowland on April 14th, 2008 5:34 pm

    great having you in the Ville, that’s what us locals call it… not really I have no idea I hardly call myself a local. Can’t wait to have you back again bro and Jad can take us out for some true Nashville night life… as long as I’m in by 10pm

    patrowland’s last blog post..We?re Funny, Seriously!

  3. Aaron on April 15th, 2008 10:29 am

    Wow, who’d have thought you’d be a celebrity so quickly???

  4. Jad on April 15th, 2008 11:40 am

    Just to clarify, no local has ever called Nashville “The Ville” ha ha. Next time you’re in we’ll hit the good spots for sure with Pat. Thanks for the Blog Love.

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