Nascar Tickets!

We've had a lot of fun with our "Wild Ride" series this month. By the way, here's a picture of our stage. Before the series is over, I WILL be riding the four wheeler around the church! This Sunday my message is going to be about what to do when the ride gets a little bumpy - or worse yet, when you crash. Sometimes the bumpy ride is because we've veered off the track. It's going to be a powerful message about coming home to God. Pray! Invite! Bring! Get your friends here! Let's pack it out again this Sunday! Lives will be changed! People will get saved!

We have a big hook for you to use to invite your friends! This Sunday Jeff Gordon's Daytona 500 Paint Out Show Car will be on display with Nascar's Interactive Video Game Station. It's going to be a blast! One of the fun elements of this series has been the giveaways. So far we've given away a Harley Davidson rental and a deep sea fishing trip. Well, guess what we're giving away this Sunday? Are you ready! Two tickets for the Saturday, October 13th Bank of America 500 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte.

Simply use this as an opportunity to start a conversation and invite someone to church. And when they get to Coastal, they're going to hear about Jesus. There is no earthly thing that can compare to the free gift of grace through Jesus Christ! It is the ultimate giveaway. It cost you and I nothing, but it cost God everything - His one and only Son. I never want to see anyone at our church more excited about filling out their Connect Card because of what they might win, than they are about the message we're sharing, the lives that are changing, and people coming to Jesus. In fact, let me issue this challenge. You don't fill out a Connect Card for a giveaway unless you've invited someone to church that week. You can't make your people show up and give their lives to Christ, but you are responsible for sowing the seed - praying and inviting.

The message is our focus, not the methods. We're lifting up Christ, not the culture. We're simply willing to use popular culture, decorations, special events, giveaways, etc. as a way to leverage, engage, and redeem the culture for the sake of the gospel. "I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings." 1Corinthians 9:22-23