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November 11, 2007 by Gilbert Leave a Comment

  • Wasn’t quite sure what to expect today…was last week just a novel thing with a new building or did we create a buzz?
  • It appears we created a buzz.  Our attendance was up over last week which is even more impressive considering that many were away for the all-church retreat.
  • Joe went out with a bang…great worship set!
  • 7 more people made a first time profession of faith today!  That brings the total to 16 in our series so far!
  • If you include our last week in the old building, that is now 21 professions in the last 3 weeks.  As many of you know, one of my favorite scripture passages is Acts 2:42-47 which ends by saying “and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”  So for at least the last 3 weeks, we’ve been fulfilling this verse!
  • I met a very nice lady at the pastor’s reception afterwards who said, “Wow that didn’t seem like a church service…it felt more like an experience.”  Guess you can say we lived up to our name!
  • Lisa’s sister and her husband snuck in a little late and unexpectedly.  It was cool seeing them at the Experience and then getting to have lunch with them and my nephews afterwards.
  • Our entire First Impressions Team has been doing an incredible job…keep it up guys and gals.
  • I hate technical problems, but even I can laugh at this one.  After my prayer following the music, we were supposed to go direclty to the sermon opener video.  There was a delay of about 7 seconds (seems like much longer when you’re just sitting there on the stage).  I later found out that our operater missed the cue because he said he was so into what was happening that he couldn’t wait to see what was next…oops that was up to him.
  • Wow, there are a lot of new faces!  I think God is smiling today as we continue reaching out to our community.
  • I’m excited that tonight I get to speak to our College and Young Adults ministry.  They are pumped up about what God is doing and their enthusiasm is contagious.

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