Inside Today's Experiences - Gilbert Thurston

Wow today was awesome.
That’s what I call an Experience!
The morning started out with me at the church by 6:30 so I could get things set-up so we could do a full walk-through of the funeral portion a couple of times.
Yes being in a coffin was weird.
It came in on Thursday and I spent some time in it just to get used to the idea.
Surprisingly there was more room that what you’d think there would be.
Last night I stayed in it for about 3 minutes which is what we estimated that total time would be.
This morning during practice everything went fine…other than it’s a bumpy ride…the bottom is not solid but just pieces of metal.
Right before the 9:15 Experience I started to get nervous and was wondering if I could go through with it, but everything turned out to be fine.
Between the video intro, the rain, lightening and thunder, it made for quite a shocking entrance.
Some people told me they guessed I was in there…others thought it, but said, no there is no way he’d do it….others were completely surprised.
It had the effect I intended…everyone I talked to said it was one of the best Expereinces they’ve been a part of.
It was great to have Lance Long guest lead worship for us today and knock it out of the park singing Live Like You Were Dying.
I was disappointed that we had to rush through the 9:15 Experience to be able to be done on time for the joint communion, but it turned out to be great.
Nice to see the sanctuary full and people from all 4 services and Experiences together celebrating Jesus life, death and ressurection.
The 10:45 Experience was much more relaxed and it was great to see so many people engaged in the worship and the message.
Great to have yet another person pray for Jesus forgiveness and leadership!
We set attendance records in both Experiences, which of course means our combined total was the highest we’ve seen!
Ok, there’s more to share, but it’s time for a nap…I’ll share more tomorrow.

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