not missing out

One of the reasons for moving to DC and partnering with NCC was this sense that we didn't want to miss out on what's happening here.

For the past two days, we did an annual staff planning retreat on the harbor in Baltimore. It's a chance for the staff to get away and do some personal and corporate planning for the next year. Really got a sense of how this staff vision-casts and translates that into practical steps towards success.

This year, NCC is looking at launching another coffeehouse in DC (this past year the coffeehouse had a net profit of 100k, which went directly into missions!), launching a fifth campus location in northern virginia, launching an online church, and launching a "dream center"! I love what Mark said: we've got greater influence than ever before, but we're playing it safer than we've ever done before.

This retreat wasn't cosmetic surgery, it was open-heart surgery; really questioning everything we do in order to make sure everything is in line with vision and purpose for the coming year.

We're not missing out on what's to come this year!