justin j mack

the new small group guide is available

the 2008 spring small group guide is now available at www.rivervalleychurch.org.

i am amazed at the number and quality of our small group leaders.  i was hoping and praying for about 85 leaders but over 120 stepped up to lead over 65 different small groups.

the numbers may not mean much to you but when you realize that the purpose of every one of these groups and the main priority of all these leaders is to help lead people to an authentic, life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ...that is pretty exciting!!

i'm so excited

i have some really good small group news i'm going to share sometime this week, so stop back in the next couple of days to check it out...

home sweet home

for the over-achieving bloggers out there, this is going to seem like old news, but i just want to say how much i enjoyed the holidays.

tara and i got to spend a week with my side of the family in sunny arizona.  it was great to have my sister and her family as well as my brother and his family all together.  we visited sedona for a couple days, went to a really good dinner-theater, played lots of games, hungout with some old friends, did a little shopping, took family pictures, and went to my all-time favorite restaurant for new years eve...pf changs.

oh, and ate lots and lots of really good food.  my mom is a crazy good cook and i would've gained about 7 or 8 lbs if we hadn't hiked the mini-mountain behind my parent house almost daily.

the older i get the more i realize what a gift being with family is.