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I confess, I have been a bad blogger the past seven days.  BUT I was on vacation, getting some much needed rest - accelerated by the fact that I strained my back at the Y during an exercise class.  The lesson?  Don’t exercise!

Easter was a great day at ADBC.  We had over 1600 - but the best part was seeing four people baptized because of their faith in Jesus!  We also had a couple of folks profess their faith in Jesus - what better day than Easter to take that next step!

Today, we avoided the typical post Easter let down with a strong worship experience in all three services.  Even though we had some folks not back from Spring Break, it was a good crowd.  Best of all, we welcomed Todd and Penny Fleming and their family to our team. Todd will begin serving as our new Education and Disicpleship Pastor.  You will love his warmth and his passion! 

Check out this post from Dave Foster:

Hello, I’m High Expectation Guy, And I’m Coming to Your Church Tomorrow

 The time came last week for me to name my new blog.  A quick scan of the internet presented me with lots of options:

• I could name it after my self:  claysmith.com.  This is the most popluar option out there on the web.  I googled claysmith.com and was directed to Access Hollywood.  Was this a sign that I was to be a movie star?  After thinking about life as a movie star, I started to have second thoughts.  After all, my name is not unique.  We already have more than one Clay Smith in our church.  No need to add to the confusion.
• There were lots of cool names for blogs:  frontporchchurch.com, countrypreacher.com, and so on.  But it seemed like all the good names were taken and smartaleckpreacher.com didn’t seem to carry the right message.
• I checked out a web site that offered suggestions for blog names.  They said the most popular words on the web were “life,” as in getalife.com and “girls” – and I don’t think I need to give any examples there.