This week I have had the wonderful opportunity to take a class at the Gallup Organizations World Headquarters office in downtown DC. It was on the topic of 12 Elements of Great Managing and I have to admit that I felt they were right on in how to handle people. It was apparent that they had done their homework and had held the idea of managing a human life in very high regard. It was so powerful that I believe God would be pleased at out they talked about people as - well, just that, people.

Gallup is known for all of its wonderful statistics and probabally most for the classic “Gallup Poll.” One of the polls I felt was so great in their assessment of how people are. It was the poll that they took regarding people’s “Best Times of the Week”. In this poll they surveyed people all over the world to see what their best times were during the week. I was excited to see the results:

The number two result was: Socializing with friends and family which seemed great and quite obvious. It was the number one ranking that really got me excited and that was, ready, religious (church) activities!!! Isnt that great! Church was the best time of their week.

After thinking about it some more I realized, this is how God has packaged us as humans. We have a need to be around God and Others. In fact, this is a great expression of one thing that I enjoy best about Church, and that is Small Groups… They are a combination of Socializing with friends and a religious or (church) activity.

It just so happens that we are launching our Metro Groups this weekend… So if you are not plugged into one as of yet, or if you live out of the area and go to another church, get plugged into a group - it will be the absolute best time of your week!

Bless Ya,

Pastor D.