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What Happens To The Other Hats?

One of the great things about the Superbowl is the Lombardi Presentation of the famous World Championship Trophy. Every year it is great to see the winning team host that magnificent specimen's of teamwork, hardwork, and discipline that is the culmination of a year long journey.

Almost every year, the winners have pulled of the shoulder pads and donned the winners t shirts and caps. You see Peyton and Coach Tony wearing the Superbowl 41 winner t shirt and hat.

Where do they come from and what happens to the loosing teams T shirts and hats? In this case the Chicago Bears?

Well Reebok is the manufacturer of those hats and t shirts. They make up 2 sets; one for the Colts and one set for the Bears. At the end of the game, Reebok representatives rush on to the field and pass out these items to the players who won. These players know they are coming and are looking for them.

But what about the losers? What happened to the Bears caps and T Shirts? The 288 T-shirts and caps made for the team that did not win — will be hidden behind a locked door at Dolphin Stadium. By order of the National Football League, those items are never to appear on television or on eBay. They are never even to be seen on American soil.

They will be shipped Monday morning to a warehouse in Sewickley, Pa., near Pittsburgh, where they will become property of World Vision, a relief organization that will package the clothing in wooden boxes and send it to a developing nation, usually in Africa.

This way, the N.F.L. can help one of its charities and avoid traumatizing one of its teams.

Read more of this story in the New York Times HERE.

New Plant Network

When God gives a vision you better pay attention. The more we at Life Point trust in and on Him, the more He reveals to us that He is going to use us in a mighty way. Our overarching vision is to be a church that connects people to Jesus by loving Jesus, loving others and serving people. We want to facilitate that by the Life Point plant in Bonita Springs. However we want to think multiplication right from the start. It has to be part of our DNA right up front. Not withstanding Coach Brent's counsel is the primary interest in developing the upcoming Life Point -Bonita Springs Florida into an incredible BIG launch right upfront by being committed to doing everything with a high degree of expectation and excellence. In other words, we got to blow the socks off of the first campus launch in Bonita Springs. This sets the stage for everything else. So here is how God is laying things out so far (always subject to change):

1: Pray, plan and power up to launch Life Point Church - Bonita Springs at Coconut Point Mall in the Muvico Theaters

2: Use these same guidlines to launch the second campus- Life Point-Naples in the Regal Theater in Naples Florida

3: Pray for 3 more locations to come to fruition in South Florida, all Life Point Campuses.

4: Develop New Plant Network
To be the resource for our multiplication of churches. This will be a church planting movement network that will fully train planters and support the planting of new churches in the South East.

I have had some good email correspondence with Dave Ferguson of Christian Community Church and New Thing Network as well as idea casting with Coach Brent Foulke. One of the things Dave and his team are committed to is helping to develop other networks like New Thing. That is how movements are created.
So this is the "Big Pic" and know we are concentrating on first things first - Life Point Bonita Springs. Please pray for us, for Life Point for New Plant Network and for God to move in a way that just brings the multitudes to a saving grace in Jesus Christ.

So lets get going... there is work to be done.