Yes it’s Monday night and I’m just now getting around to the weekend recap. I know there is atleast one person out there who has been anxiously awaiting this post…and it’s not my mom. Things are in high gear here at lifepoint. Here’s a few thoughts from the weekend.
- Redemption: A Mile from Hell full movie
- We are definitely breaking set up/tear down records. No one took me up on my idea for a portable church olympics though.
- I can’t wait until we make the move to Ashley in two weeks.
- We have had some whacked sound issues the past few weeks while I’ve been speaking.
- Is it too much to ask people to silence their cell phones during the service? And while I’m on this rant…is an hour too long to hold your bladder??? I’m just saying…
- Attendance was great. We had 612. We have more kids in the first service than the second. Our second service has been all the way to the back wall.
- Did I mention we are moving to Ashley on the 28th?
- We are changing our service times on the 28th to 9AM and 11AM.
- We had 38 first time guest cards turned in.
- We had 9 people check off on the cards that they began a relationship with Jesus!
- God has been definitely changing lives at Lifepoint lately! I love being apart of it.
- Drew and the band absolutley nailed “There goes my hero” by the Foo Fighters!
- I’m loving this “at the movies series” Hancock made for a great talk.
- Huge thanks to Mark Johnson for cutting the grass at the school again!
- We have got atleast 10 homeless folks that are coming to Lifepoint. I love it. It’s cool seeing homeless people being loved and welcomed at church. One guy told me on Sunday that there is something different about this church. People don’t look down on him for how he dresses.
- I preached for 30 minutes this Sunday. I think it is a record.
- I was missing my Sunday morning coffee in a bad way. 1 banana, 2 apples, and an orange juice was my substitute.
- My oldest son was up before me and wanted to go to church to set up. I love that my kids love church!
That’s all I can remember for now.
That person waiting for this was me. I’m not sure why though considering the fact that I was there. Awesome job though. It got brought Sunday!
Suggestions: A projected reminder about the cell phones might help folks remember. Another possible is to have our greeters remind people as they enter to please turn off all cell phones. As far as bladders, we’ll just have to wait until you get older and let you answer the question if an hour is too long to hold it. So I had to pee! I had too much coffee in the lobby! Get over it Mr. ADHD! Ha ha ha!
By the way…our band brought it home on Sunday! And our pastor was right on too! Evidence is found in the fact that I am almost completely without voice today. I love me some Lifepoint! Its good to be home!
Tissues at the end of the row on one end and empty bottles at the other? IDK. Just a thought.
I was jonesin’ dude. Just wasnt’ a Monday without my weekend recap, even though like Brad said, I was there for the whole thing. But without the recap I am not sure that it actually happened. Did Drew have any voice left? I thought if he hit one more high note on that Foo Fighters tune his head was going to come off.
OK….I’ll be the bad guy….the villain…..Are mommy’s oblivious to the fact that their crying baby might be a distraction to someone who needs to hear the message? Because if they are oblivious to it, they may be the only ones who are. Mommies, if you bring babes into the service, please take them out if they begin to cry. There….how’s the black hat fit?
…and my husband said I was the only one who reads these things…I am so glad to hear that others shared my “frustrations” on Sunday morning…It was by far the most active service (by the congregation) that I’ve seen! We also need to WD-40 some of our squeaky chairs ’cause I had some pre-tweeners in front of me wiggling every which way…I just kept praying the whole time for God to keep me focussed…He did, of course, and I got a lot out of the service. Yall definitely brought it on Sunday…despite satan’s best attempts to distract me!
I think I’m hearing you guys. We are going to have people surrender their cell phones upon arrival, stop allowing babies at lifepoint altogether, supply pocket sized cans of wd-40 for all guests, and provide empty bottles for when you can’t hold it any longer. Ha Ha! Great ideas guys! I love ya’ll and your crazy ideas.
Hey and while you’re at it Jeff, could you see to it that we have some recliner type chairs for when we make the move to Ashley, and maybe some pillows and some ear plugs and personal ear phones that feed directly from your microphone? In fact, do you think there might be the possibility that we can eventually have private worship rooms from which we can attend Lifepoint without being bothered?
we’re working on it Eddie.