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August 7, 2011 by Gilbert Leave a Comment

  • Kicked off the new “God at the Box Office” series today.
  • The day got off to a rough start when one of my contacts ripped on the way to the theater this morning.
  • So I had to turn around and go back home…not a big deal but it did put me a bit behind.
  • Set-up today went fairly smooth considering a new set needed to be assembled for the first time.
  • Bill did an awesome job creating a film strip look that covered the entirety of the stage.
  • Andy did a great job lighting it all up and creating some new effects we’ve never had before.
  • I guess one of the limitations of being in a portable situation is the not being able to see if things will work until you actually get there.
  • In my previous church when a series was finished, the set got torn down that Sunday afternoon and the framework of the new set was erected.
  • That gave all week to work on getting it just right before Thursday night’s practice where the final bugs would be worked out in preparation for Sunday morning.
  • Here there’s a lot more hoping and praying!  🙂
  • All thing considered though the team does an awesome job with the limited amount of time we’ve got.
  • Bill Hybels once said that “Excellence is doing the best you can with what you’ve got”.
  • I think we’re doing that.
  • Big thank to the Regal for donating popcorn for all 4 weeks of the series to us.
  • Nothing like doing a movie series and being able to give away free movie popcorn!
  • Attendance was way down today.
  • I knew this going in because I had 12 of our adults who normally serve on a Sunday morning let me know they wouldn’t be there.
  • Add in all their children and right there you’re missing 25-30 people even before you start.
  • Most frustrating though was the lack of first time guests for the new series.
  • We did heavy video promotion and provided everyone with a minimum of 5 invite cards.
  • Hopefully it will pick up in future weeks.
  • The band did a good job despite the lack of energy in the room.
  • Here’s the video of their cover of “Iridescent” by Linkin Park which is the main song from the Transformers movie we talked about today.
  • The video will also give you a chance to see what Bill created for the set.
  • I was a bit windy today but it’s something every Christian should listen to and take seriously.
  • Hoping people take the 5X5X5 challenge seriously.
  • We recognized the 13 who got baptized last week with their custom made baptism certificates…everyone loved them and were telling me where they were going to put it.
  • Hope the visual reminder impacts them for the rest of their lives.
  • Love hanging out in the lobby afterward talking with people…we’ve got a great group of people that are building the foundation of what we’ll be for years to come.
  • Got a really busy week including a conference that 8 of us from ECTV will be going to…hope we’re inspired to go to new levels for God personally and corporately.

Filed Under: Inside Today's Experience's, Uncategorized Tagged With: Andy Krull, baptism, Bill Butler, Bill Hybels, excellence, ExponentialChurch.tv, gilbert thurston, God at the Box Office series, Linkin Park, Portable Church, Regal Cinemas, Transformers

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