The Search for Worship Leaders, Why We Outsource
MondayMorningInsight.com had a great post about Outsourcing Worship Leaders. It struck a chord with me because that is what we have done at Seven San Diego for the last year and it has benefited us and the worship leaders tremendously. I don’t think it’s the best plan overall. I would like someone that has the […] Read More
SEX ANSWERS
As promised here are the answers to your SEX QUESTIONS from last Sunday’s message “The Best Sex Ever” pt. 3, The 7-Day Sex Challenge (3.15.09). We asked people to text us their questions during the service and we would have a Q and A during the service. Well, we had tons of questions and got […] Read More
2008 McGarity Family Christmas Letter
As 2008 comes to a close, we’re reminded how much we have to be GRATEFUL for in our lives! This past year has been an amazing, crazy, sometimes scary, but ALWAYS blessed ride for the four of us. So,it’s with true THANKS that we give God all the credit for: 1. Ten years of marriage, […] Read More
Men’s Conference and Being Back This Sunday
Last weekend I had the privilege of being at the High Desert Church Men’s Conference near Big Bear. What a great weekend, thanks to all the guys from HDC for asking me to come, I had a great time. I also got to visit 7 High Desert and loved being there again talking with so […] Read More
A Good Start
All in all today went great. Wolf Canyon looks like it will be a good home for us. It was hard for people to find but the 20 or so signs we had all over town seemed to help people find their way. There is so much potential for what we can do at this […] Read More
Olympian Friday Night and Practice Service Wed Night
Friday night went great at Olympian HS. We had such a great turn out to help from our church that we cleaned the entire stadium both home and visitors side in about 20 minutes. Thanks to all who helped! The school was very grateful and we were glad to Serve Our Community. Our next clean […] Read More
Moving Time – SEPTEMBER 14
I know it’s been 6 months since our last move and we were well over due. So, beginning Sunday, September 14, we, The Seven San Diego church family are moving again. AND, we are very excited about it. The new facility is called Wolf Canyon Elementary School. Hit the link to check it out. http://www.cvesd.org/wolfcanyon/default.aspx […] Read More
4th of July Weekend Not the Blues
4th of July weekend for churches is hold your breath time and hope people show up…unfortunately…however we are very happy to report that we had a great start to July. 4th of July weekend was a win!! We finished up our mini-series called “Wasting Time with God.” Wesley Van Fleet did a great job of […] Read More
A Great Week
It’s been a great week. We had Sagemont Church from Houston Texas in town for the week helping us with missions work in the Chula Vista community. This is a college group of 22 people that gave up a week of their vacation to make a difference in our community. They are such a great […] Read More
Sabbath Smabbath
Ok, I sinned. I’ve asked for forgiveness, I confessed it to the congregation this weekend. I have violated the sabbath. I haven’t had a true “off day” in a long time. I haven’t taken a sabbath. The fourth commandment was ignored in my life for a while. There were only 9 commandments I followed. However, […] Read More
Orlando Daze…. and Me and My Buddy Rick Warren
I’m in Orlando at the National New Church Conference. Also know as Exponential. http://www.exponentialconference.org/ We (Roberto and I) are enjoying our time learning, connecting, and networking with other new churches and pastors. We have learned much. Or, at least attempted to, there is a lot here, my notebook is as full as my belly (lots […] Read More
Easter
EASTER Easter is the steroid injection every church needs to feel pumped up. We were on the juice Sunday. It was great seeing so many new faces from the community. On Saturday we had our block party Eggstravaganza which saw hundreds of families enjoying all the festivities including a basketball game for the dads, notice […] Read More
Good Start, Wonder Bunny is ON!
Check out our video intro to our message series. Wonder Bunny goes through all the things we’re talking about each Sunday. He wonders, “What is the Point of Life?” “He wonders, “Why Did God Make Me This Way?” He goes through tempation, frustration/anger and he feels empty. The fellas at BORN in Los Angeles did […] Read More
Launch Thoughts
Let’s say you’re on an airplane. You know that adrenaline you get just before take off. Or, picture yourself on the space shuttle getting ready for blast off. There’s that feeling of excitement and there’s a feeling of slight fear (at least that’s what my astronaut buddies tell me) that you know it’s not all […] Read More
18103
That’s the new digs. 18103 Santa Alicia, Otay Ranch in San Diego, CA. We did it. We are in…albeit a bit differently then we had in mind. But, Camden Sierra apartments, 2b, 2b and 1,000 sq. ft. (almost) of living luxury await me daily, you can barely smell the cigarettes from the people who lived […] Read More
Preview #4 The Final Frontier
Preview no moreNo more practice, it’s time to grow up. Real church begins February 10. We’ve had a blast. Absolutely, getting Seven San Diego down the runway and getting ready for lift off has been a joy, a challenge, and all of the emotions one can imagine when doing something you passionately believe in. The […] Read More
Etc.
Skyline Church Just finished speaking at five services at Skyline Church in Rancho San Diego. Skyline is one of our church partners and it was an honor to speak there this weekend. After each service they took a love offering for Seven San Diego. It is sacrifices like that that make it possible for a […] Read More
Kids Matter Safety Fair Huge Success!
Today was a win. A win in community service speak is an event that turns out to do just what one envisions and even more. Over 500 people came today to the Kids Matter Safety Fair. I have an awesome team to work with and they really pulled this off. Jules Sneddon is a huge […] Read More
Preview #3 and Kids Matter
Preview #3 is behind us and through the wind, the rain and the cold, the Chargers and Christmas shopping season we had a great turnout! Thanks to everyone who braved the elements to see this new church continue to put its roots down. Sam Hart and his band did a fantastic job leading the music […] Read More
Vision Otay Ranch
Today I was invited to a meeting of Realtors in the Otay Ranch area. About 40 Realtors listened to a representative from a group that owns the land in and around Otay Ranch (23,000 acres worth!). The Gentleman laid out the plans for the next 10-15 years of growth in this area. It was very […] Read More
