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September 25, 2011 by Gilbert 1 Comment

  • The ups and downs of being a church planter continued today…
  • Unlike last week, today was an up.
  • We had our 3rd highest attended day ever!
  • More importantly yet another person came into a relationship with Jesus!
  • The day started out not so good though when I realized I had left my bible at home.
  • Luckily Lisa had not yet left the house so she was able to bring it.
  • Although we only live 3 minutes away so it really wasn’t that big of a deal.
  • It was foggy and chilly this morning as Mike and I put signs out.  I told him it reminds me of last year the first couple of times we did it.
  • Hard to believe we’re coming up on our 1 year anniversary.
  • Speaking of…we’ll be celebrating it on October 16th and we’re asking everyone who has ever come (even if it was just once) to be with us that day.
  • Also for those of you who have been meaning to come this would be a great day to come as well.
  • We have some special things planned and expect it will be a great day.
  • Ok back to today…set-up went extremely smooth although it was really warm because the theater wasn’t sure whether or not to turn on the AC.
  • Glad they did because I was drenched by the time set-up and practice was done.
  • I think because of the big crowd, the band had their best day yet.
  • The energy was incredible and the band and the crowd seemed to feed off of each other.
  • It was great seeing so many people engaged in worship and hearing them singing loud during some songs that have “crowd” parts.
  • I continued with the Unveil series by talking about what you need to do when you need to know God’s will quickly or when your facing a deadline.
  • You can listen to it here.
  • I didn’t feel like it was one of my better messages, yet many have already told me they really liked it so I guess that’s a good thing.
  • Loved meeting so many new people today out in the lobby.
  • Especially great to see a number of people that we’ve helped through www.HarrisburgFloodRelief.com.
  • So today was a good day…from the bad end however…
  • I shared briefly that one of the greatest challenges for a church plant is financially.
  • To be honest we’re not doing well right now.
  • So two things…
  • First please pray.
  • Second, if you’re feeling lead, please continue or perhaps for the first time consider supporting us financially.
  • In 11 1/2 months we’ve had 108 people come into a relationship with Jesus and we’ve been able to help so many people in all kinds of ways in the community both from a practical and spiritual level.
  • What I’m saying is your financial support WILL make an eternal difference…but we can’t do it without you.
  • Thanks in advance…and thanks for your continued prayers through both the ups and downs of getting a new church off the ground.
  • Next week we’ll continue the Unveil series by looking at how to discover principles in God’s Word that will help us determine what God’s will is for us…hoping we can keep the momentum going!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: anniversary, church planting, ExponentialChurch.tv, finances, flood, gilbert thurston, Lisa Thurston, Mike Sellers, salvation, Unveil Series

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  1. Lawrence N Melissa Evans says

    October 2, 2011 at 6:52 am

    Again… great recap format and content, well complementing “The Daily Blend”. “Dear God may you continue to grease our tracks. It’s not whether this “thing” of yours is going to go exponentially big… just WHEN. Help us to be encouraged in Your Time”. Amen

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