- Artist Circle – Mar 8 | artists sharing and collaborating
- 5K Cross Country Race – Mar 12 | register at INFOdesk – walkers welcome
- Daylight Savings Time – Mar 13 | turn your clocks forward an hour before going to bed on Saturday night
- Blood Pressure Screening – Mar 13 | free screening in the Cry Room
- All-Campus Worship – Mar 16 | enjoy a great time praising God
- Welcome Luncheon – Mar 20 | meet our pastors, staff, elders and learn about membership
- Prayer Night - Mar 29 | a time of prayer for our church and community
Greetings Lifers,
So – how’s the day going? I hope it’s been a good one. We can’t be too down – have you looked outside lately? Gotta love living in the F-L-A at this time of year, that’s for sure. I almost enjoyed working in my yard this weekend, it was so nice. Hope ypu had some additional time to talk to God this week – I have found myself having some pretty awesome conversations with Him myself as I’ve been upping the mileage in my near-daily runs around my ‘hood (I will win my 5k faceoff with my buddy Tom – that’s my story and I am sticking to it J).
As you pray, remember to be asking for God to move in the hearts of those around us who remain outside His grace. I had the joy of hearing just this morning of a young man who gave himself to Christ at Breakthrough (our ministry to special needs in our church – addictions, divorce recovery, anger management, etc. – phenomenal group) this past week. Can I get a “Yay God” out there? If you know of others who have discovered faith in Christ this week, please let me know. I’d love to celebrate with you.
As you know, God is always at work around us, and I have always prayed for Him to stand at the helm of our church as we head into our future serving Him - I am excited for what He has in store for us there, but I am equally stoked by what He’s doing in our church even now. In recent weeks we’ve experienced a 40% increase in our Saturday night crowd over the month or two before and have been adding chairs to our building “B” sanctuary to accommodate. Our team came to the conclusion this week that it will be a smoother transition for all involved on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings (since we have to reset the room for the kid’s ministry on Sunday morning) to move our Saturday service into our main sanctuary as soon as possible (so we can outgrow that room too, I say). This shift will take effect this Saturday night – our children will still be in our children’s facility, but our service will be in building “A” - same time, but slightly different place.
Well, that’s it for this week – if you’ve been gone for a while, hope to see you back with us real soon. If you haven’t been gone, thanks for seeking and serving your Savior with us – it’s just good to be a part of His family here, isn’t it? Praying for you all. Peace.
Free,
Senior Pastor
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