Making Difference Makers Challenge Part 1

Let me take you through a little Jason Curlee personal health/fitness history. After quitting college football in 1989 I went full into bodybuilding. Even worked in a gym for 3 years. I'm talking about hardcore bodybuilding...up on stage...tiny little suit...yep...here's a little picture to prove it.

When I started college football in 1988 I weighed 205. For my first bodybuilding show I cut from 215 down to 185 to make the middleweight cut. BTW that is where the picture is from. After that show I took my weight up to 225 and cut down to 203 for my second bodybuilding show.

That second show was a top level amateur show and was a wake up call for me as a bodybuilder. Since I competed naturally against several guys who competed with drugs I knew I would need to take about two years to really get my weight up to where I could come in cut at 225.

Over that process I got my weight up to 275 and was pretty big. Sure it was off-season and not a shredded 275 but I was meeting my goals. I was pretty confident that at my next show I would hit my 225/230 mark.

That was in 1994 and life changed for me. I took a new direction in my life and ended my bodybuilding quest and with that...the workouts ceased. 15 years later and I have to say at 39 I am not pleased. I probably weigh around 255/260 and am in the worse shape of my life....obviously...THINGS NEED TO CHANGE!!!!!

I tell you all that to prepare you for a challenge. Obviously if I'm doing to be a difference maker there needs to be some things that I get straight in my life...my health and fitness are going to be an area that I'm going to target.

I'm challenging any of my readers...I'm a competitive person and one way that is going to drive me in this is a competition. If you are like me and are sick and tired of being where you are health/fitness/body....then lets do something about it.

Plus...probably the only way I will do it is if someone steps up and challenges me.

The challenge will begin next week and if any of you are willing to step up I'll give you the details towards mid-week. Is there a prize? You bet...mostly bragging rights...BUT...the real prize is the gift we will give to our families and our self. If your willing to possibly challenge me read more on the details of what we will do and let me know you will be in with me by leaving me a comment.

Campus Pastor Week

Would love to know what your week is like if you are a campus pastor at a multi-site church?

What are some of the things you do in a week? What are your daily responsibilities?

Feel free to elaborate as much as you want....I really want to know.

Late Night Look

This seems to be my look every night from 9 to 1 am....I need sleep but I'm not sleepy.

Crazy Challenge

I've been thinking of a crazy challenge....it's about time...I'm still mulling it over. Details to come next week.

Multi-Site Church TokBox

John Atkinson, our Bay Area Fellowship Multi-Site Pastor, and I will be hosting a Multi-Site Ministry Tokbox for churches and campus pastors on Wednesday, January 7th. Time will be 11 a.m Central time. That's 9am Pacific, 10am Mountain, and 12pm Eastern.

At or around that time go to >>>>> TokBox Live <<<<<<

We are trying to limit this only to churches doing Multi-Site or are really interested in doing Multi-Site. This first one is kind of a meet and greet and ask questions. Future ones may become more exclusive and be content specific.

When participating please use headphones to minimize echo/feedback. And when not talking try and stay on mute.

BAF Blog Links

I thought I would give all of you some links to some staff blogs at Bay Area Fellowship. You can get some great insight from their blogs.

Bil Cornelius - Senior Pastor
John Atkinson - Multi-Site Pastor
Joey Davila - Multi-Site Director of Worship

BAF Multi-Site: What We Do 1

Every now and them I'm going to post some info on what we do or how we do multi-site at Bay Area Fellowship.

To start Bay Area Fellowship is just fixing to hit it's 11th year....we have four campuses...Our Corpus Campus which is the original, initial campus....Our Kingsville Campus which was our first multi-site campus....our Padre Island which launched in 2008....and our 5 Points which also launched in 2008.

Distance from the Corpus Campus:

Kingsville Campus - 37 miles
Padre Island Campus - 22 miles
5 Points Campus - 23 miles

Sunday The 4th Through My Window

Here is a look into my world for January 4th, 2009.

• First, Sunday Experience for 2009. Great day at the campus.
• Attendance showed a bounce back from the holidays.
• I was on the microphone today with the message. I did it with a 11 minute video intro and then followed it up live.
• Video was a mixture of me talking and review the start and first five months of our campus.
• It is so awesome to think how we jumped out of the box and did some crazy things as a campus starting out.
• Our church is unique as a multi-site. I really believe it is an example of many future sites we do in that we didn't really send out a launch team.
• We got a text from our Multi-Site Worship Director who was at the campus who felt the music was the best he has heard out there. Way to go band!!!!!
• My message was called "The Time Is Now". I intersected Esther 4:12-16 and where we are.
• There points were: 1) Recognize The Opportunity 2) Seek God 3) Commit To Action
• I felt my talk in first experience had a better flow than the second. Seemed to not flow right in the message in the second.
  
• THE TIME IS NOW
  
• I so feel our campus is ready to just take off.
• Told everyone we are beginning soft launch of Element Student Ministries next week.
• Juno Garcia did a great job doing all the other elements since I did the message.
• Numbers in both were almost identical...five person difference.
• One person committed to begin a relationship with God this morning. That is one reason I love our campus. Whether video or live...God moves on the hearts of people.
• Check out the pictures below:

TokBox Live

At 10:30 pm central, I'm having a live integration of TokBox.com on my blog below. I've put out the invitation as a pastor/ministry. You can add me as a friend on Tokbox at http://www.tokbox.com/jasoncurlee

To help everyone that is in, please hit mute on your microphone when you aren't talking and use headphones to eliminate the echo.

*****UPDATE***** Great time with people all over the country on our first TokBox....We had a max of 15-16 people on the screen that was live...and also had people jumping in from all over. Plans are to do many more.

***2nd UPDATE*** Another good session on TokBox...had around 15 people and had in inpromptu discussion on using Secular Songs in Worship.

Twitter Flow: Noise

I have tried something new on Twitter. It is taking about 10 to 15 lines of Twitter and continuously write out my thoughts as they are coming. The purpose is to hopefully stir up some conversation. Below is the stream that came out....for those that don't know how to read Twitter you start from the bottom and read up:

• So what are your thoughts?????? Are you adding noise...or are you adding value???? Not trying to change your game...just your thoughts?
  
• That's it....The FLOW is done....The SHOW is over....and now back to your regularly scheduled TWEETS....
  
• I guess in the end here....I don't know that I solved anything....I guess I'm just gonna be me....maybe just not as LOUD!!!!!!
  
• I'm still going to keep connecting....and probably having fun with some great people out there.
  
• I'm still going to participate in the conversation....I'm still gonna add my stuff...BUT....I want it to add value
  
• maybe time will tell...I would have to say that I need a balance....I'm going to resolve to have more of a balance. with my tweets.
  
• or am I just creating a stream of muddled non-sense???????
  
• am I adding value to others...am I helping others make more of a difference in their life...
  
• I mean is there anything constructive coming out of here....I mean my tweets....not just on twitter.
  
• But is that conversation healthy...or is it just adding more noise to the internet...and to my life?????????
  
• of course they never will cause my twitter is one big conversation.....
  
• I'm sure some of my friends would say yes....in fact they tell me "I can't ever understand what your talking about"
  
• I have realized this last year especially as I went into the last part of the year....is that what I'm doing with Twitter
  
• I would blog on just about anything...I would blog 3 to 10 times a day....and there wasn't no theme either
  
• So in 2008 I believe that I kind of overused twitter...Kind of like my initial venture into blogging
  
• Ok....here comes a Twitter Flow....let's see how it goes.
  

Here are a few thoughts from others as they hit my twitter box right after:

	Cheeze73 @jasoncurlee Read this. I think this may add to your conversation. http://tinyurl.com/6bkdkl about 1 hour ago from twhirl in reply to jasoncurlee
	lilacave @jasoncurlee I would say tweet all you want if you find it satifying. Some things strike people when they least expect it. about 1 hour ago from web in reply to jasoncurlee
	3amjosh @jasoncurlee I like conversation and I LOVE getting relevant links from people I have similar likes. Twitter is my Human RSS. about 1 hour ago from Tweetie in reply to jasoncurlee
	churchpunkmom @jasoncurlee lol... I think I add mostly just noise. ;) about 1 hour ago from web in reply to jasoncurlee
	treasurefield @jasoncurlee Hey there! I think it's the connecting that counts. JMHO ^_^ about 1 hour ago from web in reply to jasoncurlee
	churchpunkmom @jasoncurlee not sure.. but i have realized that Twitter tends to make me even more socially inept IRL than i already am.. about 1 hour ago from web in reply to jasoncurlee
	johnincolorado @jasoncurlee constructive? that's up to you. what you put into it is what you get out of it. about 1 hour ago from twhirl in reply to jasoncurlee

Now it's your turn.....you add to the conversation....do you twitter? is what you doing adding to the noise or the conversation? Is it adding value??? Do you even care???? Hit that comment button and let my know your thoughts and don't forget to leave your twitter address or blog if you don't twitter.