Sunday Reflections. . . Whenever you need me, I'll be there!
04/23/07 08:49 AM
A few quick notes about Sunday:
- I've got a new song to sing (a.k.a. annoy people with) all week - "I'll Be Around," originally written and sung by the Spinners in the early 70's and rocked out by the Coastal Praise & Worship Team in 2007.
- Our Praise & Worship Team is awesome - they could be my Freaks of the Week every week! Now they'd be the first to tell you about their varying levels of skill and about the times when they make mistakes and get on each other's nerves. But that's not what makes them awesome. It's their servants heart. It's their faithfulness. It's their willingness to change and adapt and work on the details. It's their willingness to make room for new people and let them in to community. It's that they do all of this not just because they love to play - although they do and it shows. They do all of it because they love Jesus and they want people to know Him. I love you guys!
- We're having visitors every week. We had a family show up Sunday who saw one of our "stick in the ground" signs my son Christopher and I put out around Easter. The signs simply say, "Get a LIFE!" and then have our church website listed. They were simply meant to get attention and direct the curious to our website. And guess what? It worked! Christopher was so jacked! We need work on a new church t-shirt with our website on the back and give them away - great advertising! Some of you creative types get busy on that!
- Yes, your Pastor did have hair in the early
80's! Everyone has really enjoyed this part of our
series - "Old School" pics of Coastal Folks (I
still need more). I've put up a page on our Church Event Photos page
with all of the "Old School" pictures used so
far. Can you remember who they are? The names
have been removed to "protect the innocent."
- The lava lamps are my secret way of hypnotizing you during my sermon - "You are under my power."
- We're covering some important stuff in this series. Sunday we talked about the doctrine of sin. We looked at the tactics Satan uses and the consequences of sin. But praise God that "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) This coming Sunday we're going to talk about Abraham and the covenant God establishes. These are "heady" subjects, but hopefully we're communicating them in a way that makes sense and makes changes in our every day lives. Get your friends and neighbors and co-workers and anybody you can to Coastal! Because every week we're going to introduce them to Jesus! He is the only answer to our problems! He is the only way to real life!
- And finally, this is actually a great theme song for our Small Groups (a new 6 week Small Group starts Thursday, May 3rd):
- I've got a new song to sing (a.k.a. annoy people with) all week - "I'll Be Around," originally written and sung by the Spinners in the early 70's and rocked out by the Coastal Praise & Worship Team in 2007.
- Our Praise & Worship Team is awesome - they could be my Freaks of the Week every week! Now they'd be the first to tell you about their varying levels of skill and about the times when they make mistakes and get on each other's nerves. But that's not what makes them awesome. It's their servants heart. It's their faithfulness. It's their willingness to change and adapt and work on the details. It's their willingness to make room for new people and let them in to community. It's that they do all of this not just because they love to play - although they do and it shows. They do all of it because they love Jesus and they want people to know Him. I love you guys!
- We're having visitors every week. We had a family show up Sunday who saw one of our "stick in the ground" signs my son Christopher and I put out around Easter. The signs simply say, "Get a LIFE!" and then have our church website listed. They were simply meant to get attention and direct the curious to our website. And guess what? It worked! Christopher was so jacked! We need work on a new church t-shirt with our website on the back and give them away - great advertising! Some of you creative types get busy on that!
- The lava lamps are my secret way of hypnotizing you during my sermon - "You are under my power."
- We're covering some important stuff in this series. Sunday we talked about the doctrine of sin. We looked at the tactics Satan uses and the consequences of sin. But praise God that "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) This coming Sunday we're going to talk about Abraham and the covenant God establishes. These are "heady" subjects, but hopefully we're communicating them in a way that makes sense and makes changes in our every day lives. Get your friends and neighbors and co-workers and anybody you can to Coastal! Because every week we're going to introduce them to Jesus! He is the only answer to our problems! He is the only way to real life!
- And finally, this is actually a great theme song for our Small Groups (a new 6 week Small Group starts Thursday, May 3rd):
Whenever you call me,
I'll be there
Whenever you want me, I'll be there
Whenever you need me, I'll be there
I'll be around!
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