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Last week we decided to go to Calvery Chapel Viera. We woke up Sunday and all had coughs and sore throats, so the delayed visit is being carried out today.

WordPress is being jerk. I’m switching to notes.

We arrived a minute late after a starbucks stop. Turns out no coffee in the service so that was a waste.

Dropped Ella off. One thing this place doesn’t lack is personnel…people greeting, ushering, parking, in droves.

This place is very…new. And it feels and looks unused.

The worship is weird. There is nothing I can pinpoint that isn’t “good” or “right” but I guess “off” works. As I pondered this, I realized “oh yeah, second string.” this is a video campus. The best team is going to be at the main campus, obviously.

This place is way decked out. They have line arrays, 5 catwalks, 3 cameras for iMag, 3 tiered stage… I noticed the guitarist has the same amp hunter has that he loves, Shannon says it’s not the same one though.

Is it mean of me to think they don’t deserve all this stuff?

2nd string theory (ha ha) goes for the campus pastor guy. I think the lead pastor is out of the country and so the campus pastor from here is preaching at the main place, and a pinch hitter stepped up here.

I understand whats going on here too well.

The stage behind the speaker is visually distracting. I can see two mic stands. And I don’t know what the fencing is.

He’s a good speaker. I can see why he is the campus pastor here. But man, they speak for a long time. Were clocking 70 minutes on the preaching. I think he could have said the same thing in 50, easily.

The scripture was from Matthew, and the main point he seemed to drive home the last 30 or so was “counting the cost” of following Jesus. There was a lot surrounding it, but the other points got lost.

We get up to leave and who do we bump into in the aisle? Damien and Julie Johnson…they just moved to Viera and were visiting for the first time too. That was funny.

Something else that was funny, is the kids ministry is obsessed with stickers. There were 2 stickers involved in checking Ella in, 1 for checking her out, she had stickers on her take-home papers, and when we got home and I changed her clothes, I was surprised by yet ANOTHER sticker ON her diaper that said “we changed her diaper at _____ time, it was #1 and her mood was happy.”

Uh….thanks?