Inside Today's Experiences - Gilbert Thurston

Wrapped up the One Prayer series today with an awesome message from Perry Noble.
I really enjoyed this series again this year…not only does it give me a break but also getting to hear from so many great communicators is inspiring.
Set-up this morning was easy, but we were having power consumption issues throughout the building so lights were flickering that shouldn’t have.
I got the lift out and went up to reset some power buttons which helped a little.
Thought the band did a really great job today.
The 9:45 crowd was really into the message…
It’s amazing being able to sit out in the crowd and see and feel the difference between the two crowds.
At 9:45 I almost forgot to take the offering…ok I did forget but the ushers bailed me out.
As I said, after 5 weeks of not preaching, I’m a bit rusty even to do something as simple as doing announcements.
Loved Perry’s challenge to “run up the score”.
Basically we’re trying to “win” forgetting that Jesus has already won for us…the game is out of reach…now run up the score.
Met some great folks from other churches in our denomination…great to have them with us.
Disappointed that attendance is down for the summer but even with the “summer slump” we just completed our highest attended quarter ever!
Next week we begin a new series called “TXT” in which I’ll be sharing how to be transformed by God’s Word.
Also got some cool announcements coming up in the coming weeks…stay tuned…the best is yet to come!