- Last night was awesome!
- Because of my wife’s creative mind, we have a HUGE whiteboard. I love whiteboards.
- Se talked about some of the habits that the early church had and it was fun to interact with the people.
- I can’t wait to get into the big room.
- Have a couple of big meetings this week that will be a HUGE financial blessing to Serve. Please throw up a prayer for us if you get a few minutes.
- I want to give a big THANK YOU to Action Church in Canton for allowing us to use one of their griddles. We made pancakes for everyone last night and it was a hit.
- I love watching community happen. It never fails that everyone comes out of their shell when the food hits the table.
- Serve has had first timers for 3 straight weeks and that encourages us! Not everyone will be a good fit, but you never know until you try.
- Time to get ready for work.
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Backdraft!
“It is like a wall of fire.”
“The heat is intense!”
“It is like a hurricane of fire!”
All of those are quotes from firefighters that have faced the feared backdraft and have survived. As I stated in Part 3, a fire in a closed system will convert pressurized gasses into oxygen. That combustion creates an explosion in an attempt to relieve the pressure. The sudden rush of new fuel and air into the system creates a situation that is best described as deadly! Few people survive the experience, but those who do are changed forever.
Ever feel that pressure building up inside of you? You know that Christ has something more for you than what you are doing? It just builds and builds until you break? When you finally do, it feels like a HUGE rush of creativity, compassion, and that “it feels right” feeling? You feel more close to God than you have in a long time. You find a church that “just fits you.” Everything is the way that you imagined church should be.
It feels good to be there.
Time for the weekly run down:
- What a night!
- We had spaghetti for supper. I am shocked by the community that is built around food. One of our values is Food Fosters Fellowship. It is holding true.
- Tonight was our first night meeting at Pardee Combat Martial Arts in Ball Ground. The room was are in is SMALL but there is an entire MMA room that is waiting for us to grow into it.
- That facility is AWESOME! Can’t wait until we can meet in the big room.
- There was a non-practicing Jew and a Catholic at service and it was awesome to get to answer some one-on-one questions that they had.
- We had our largest offering ever which means that some of our much needed supplies and signage will be bought.
- Got to preach about 1/2 of the sermon holding my 1 year old son. I loved it!
- It was so nice to have all of the children running around. I could tell that it stressed out some of the parents, but children are not an interruption to a family, they are an opportunity.
- We talked about how everyone is called to disciple, not just church leaders.
- Our biggest need continues to be money, but I am quickly finding things that I KNOW other churches have laying around that we can use. If you would be interested in helping Serve Church out, shoot me an email at brian@servechurch.org
- Well, I’m dumped out. Time to iron my uniform and head to bed.
