1. Tom and Anne both beat me to the movie theatre bright and early this morning. But then again I was about 8 minutes late (arriving at 7:38 AM). According to Tom and Anne the theatre was unlocked and ready for us to roll as soon as we arrived. I think Pastor Travis got that ‘locked-out’ problem resolved within the new lease agreement.
2. Lisa has some cool ideas for the ‘Kid’s Life’ registration desk, so that makes us work even harder over at the ‘Visitor Center’. The think tank was at work again this morning. We decided that we want a red carpet that we can roll out straight from the ‘Visitor Center’ clear out to the front door. Anne stated that she would ‘look in’ to the ambitious idea.
3. I think that we may have set a new attendance record for the 9:00 service (approaching 90), and if you were at the 10:30 service and tried to find a seat at around 10:40 then you were probably searching hard for one. I think that we shattered the ‘400’ mark in overall attendance at Life Pointe Church this morning. We may have even come close to 450 !
4. We kicked-off a brand new message series this morning entitled ‘(un)christian’. Our church body collectively apologized for those times in which the name of Jesus was manipulated by unprincipled religious leaders, for those times in which we have been abused by church people, for those times in which we were judged without concern for who we are, for those times in which we were duped or taken advantage of by a Christian, for those times in which we were shown Scriptures selectively without concern for the whole counsel of the Bible, and for those times in which we were not loved by followers of Jesus. We apologized. We forgave.
5. About 100 of us met over at Homestead Bayfront Park this afternoon for a nice picnic and water baptism. I think we had about 250 pounds of delicious food available for consumption, so anyone that was on a diet probably took about a 3-hour hiatus from their diet so that they could join in on the MASSIVE feast. Don’t bother weighing yourselves tonight. You can resume your diet in the morning.
I’ll be on vacation next weekend over in the Fort Myers area, and I’m planning to attend a church service over there on Sunday morning. I’ll have a special edition of the ‘Tossed Salad’ next Sunday night regarding my experiences over there. I’ll be back at Life Pointe on the 24TH of February.
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The picnic/baptismal was great. I’m still trying to find out who made the cole slaw with the raisins, nuts and apples…tried to keep an eye on it so I could see who packed up what was left so I could get the recipe….turned my back, and it was gone! Well, anyway, it was delish! Dan did a fantastic job on the grill…Tom did a really good job with the directional signs…what a day!
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It was a great day on so many levels!!! Praise God. Will keep you in prayer Chris for a safe trip and return. We will miss you at Life-group. Love ya.
Your red carpet idea is hilarious! I love the friendly competition. I just may have to start helping out the Kids Life side just to keep it interesting. 😉
Beckie,
I won’t be missing any Life Groups. My visit to Fort Myers will be short next weekend. I’ll see you on Wednesday night. Be on time ! 🙂
Kelly,
I’ve already been told that helium balloons would look tacky over on our side, so we may instead go with a nice inviting flower arrangement as a lovely centerpiece to our two tables. Anne also promised us that we could put up some more colourful signs !