Great moments require great prayer
We have noticed that every great moment in our history has been met with at least one spiritual major struggle in our church family. As if the great spiritual breakthru exposes a fault line in someone's faith foundation. Often, it is revealed in the life of someone who is least involved, although by outward appearance, may seem right with us. I am heartbroken about this.. And shaken to consider that I am made of the same material, and heaven is still far away. As Heartcry's recent article stated, I'm living in the middle of "already...not yet" (http://www.lifeaction.org/ publishes this journal, article I'm referring to is not posted). I'm not safe from spiritual defeat until heaven. None of us are.
If moving forward to the next level as a church means spiritual warfare, then, my human side says never mind. Yet, when we do experience resistance, I'm grateful we must be headed in the right direction. Why would the enemy pick on a church who isn't making an impact for Christ? And, what else is worth living for? If I'm not in the war for souls, then what for eternity am I doing? I know no other life, I don't even want to try it. Not that I'm perfected at it. Someone recently said to me that staying home from Sunday worship seemed too easy. Oh God, may I never find sin "so easy" or palatable!
Dr. Davis (http://www.scbi.org/ exec. direct.) once said "If you wake up in the morning and meet the devil on your way to work, you must be going in the right direction" (Hope I quoted him right.)
This post is meant to simply and unashamedly ask readers to stop and pray for our church, my ministry and family integrity, and to warn Christ followers to "take heed, lest you too fall into temptation"
Friday, June 15, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
First Sunday at Carmike
We finally arrived at Carmike for worship! Everyone gathered in one theater to celebrate. David Martin, of www.ontrackministries.org , was our guest speaker, in keeping with our current series, The Amazing Race.
Next week we start kids connection classes in their own theaters.
This is also a great time to evaluate and recalibrate all we are doing. This isn't just a location and equipment upgrade. We are all revisiting the vision and purposes God gave us for St Joe. I look forward to a summer of growth, both within those we have already reached, and in attendance as new people discover St Joe, now worshipping in an easy to find worship location.
What a humbling opportunity...
We finally arrived at Carmike for worship! Everyone gathered in one theater to celebrate. David Martin, of www.ontrackministries.org , was our guest speaker, in keeping with our current series, The Amazing Race.
Next week we start kids connection classes in their own theaters.
This is also a great time to evaluate and recalibrate all we are doing. This isn't just a location and equipment upgrade. We are all revisiting the vision and purposes God gave us for St Joe. I look forward to a summer of growth, both within those we have already reached, and in attendance as new people discover St Joe, now worshipping in an easy to find worship location.
What a humbling opportunity...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Portable Signs and Banners
Want portable signs for your church? I've googled this for two weeks now. Finally got some great answers.
Signicades seem to be the easiest, most portable option. You can't buy direct from the manufacturer and most distributers are wholesalers who only sell to sign companies. I even told her I might re-sell them to churches....nope, couldn't buy them from her.
Finally, Sign Warehouse came through for me. I await for my six signicades to arrive, at the best price I could find on the web (about $60 each). A local decal making company will create the lettering, our logo and directional arrows. I cut out the middle man for the sign cost, and am keeping my design local (to ensure it is correct). It also lets me tell more people in our city about our church, "which is now meeting at Carmike Cinema..."
Signicades are hollow plastic boards, which lock out into an a-frame like sandwich boards. Plasticades (the brand) come in a variety of sizes. Our are the largest, 46inh x 36inw. You can fill with sand or water improve stability in wind. Drop them as you drive through the path to your church entrance, fold up and stack them as you leave. When your application sticker or lettering gets worn, you can purchase sign fronts as well with special fasteners. Or, use velcro and create interchangeable banners to stick onto the signs (not really our favorite option).
We also had to create a lightweight, yet large sign for a high traffic, 40-50 mph street, to tell them we are now at the Carmike. A 4x6 double banner sewn together like a pillowcase will slip over a pvc pipe frame, with 5 ft legs on each side for stability. Yellow with blue lettering (blue matches our logo colors) stands out the best (black and yellow is standard advice for street signs). We'll sandbag the legs to keep the banner upright in high wind. Ask me in a few weeks how it really works with our Indiana winds...
No more 6 foot wooden plywood a-frame signs to lug to the street corner.... I'm eying those to saw into panels for our new equipment carts...
Want portable signs for your church? I've googled this for two weeks now. Finally got some great answers.
Signicades seem to be the easiest, most portable option. You can't buy direct from the manufacturer and most distributers are wholesalers who only sell to sign companies. I even told her I might re-sell them to churches....nope, couldn't buy them from her.
Finally, Sign Warehouse came through for me. I await for my six signicades to arrive, at the best price I could find on the web (about $60 each). A local decal making company will create the lettering, our logo and directional arrows. I cut out the middle man for the sign cost, and am keeping my design local (to ensure it is correct). It also lets me tell more people in our city about our church, "which is now meeting at Carmike Cinema..."
Signicades are hollow plastic boards, which lock out into an a-frame like sandwich boards. Plasticades (the brand) come in a variety of sizes. Our are the largest, 46inh x 36inw. You can fill with sand or water improve stability in wind. Drop them as you drive through the path to your church entrance, fold up and stack them as you leave. When your application sticker or lettering gets worn, you can purchase sign fronts as well with special fasteners. Or, use velcro and create interchangeable banners to stick onto the signs (not really our favorite option).
We also had to create a lightweight, yet large sign for a high traffic, 40-50 mph street, to tell them we are now at the Carmike. A 4x6 double banner sewn together like a pillowcase will slip over a pvc pipe frame, with 5 ft legs on each side for stability. Yellow with blue lettering (blue matches our logo colors) stands out the best (black and yellow is standard advice for street signs). We'll sandbag the legs to keep the banner upright in high wind. Ask me in a few weeks how it really works with our Indiana winds...
No more 6 foot wooden plywood a-frame signs to lug to the street corner.... I'm eying those to saw into panels for our new equipment carts...
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