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September 20, 2009 by Gilbert 1 Comment

  • Had a really good day.
  • Today was the 3 year anniversary since I first spoke at United.
  • A bunch of the United crowd threw me a surprise party last night which was really cool!
  • Hard to believe its been 3 years already.
  • That very first weekend we had 85 in attendance…now here we are 3 years later and not only do hundreds of people attend each week, but hundreds of people have come into a relationship with Jesus!
  • This morning I came in early and couldn’t get the network or 3 screens to work…I panicked…oh no what are we going to do.
  • Ummm…reach over and turn the power button on might be a start.  🙂
  • At the beginning of the band’s warm-up, our drummer was running late so I sat down to at least provide a beat…everyone laughed at me…so I saw Aaron had come in to observe practice so I asked him to drum.
  • He did the entire first song and wasn’t half bad…although when he was done I thought we might have to call the paramedics…he was wore out.
  • It’s amazing how much energy our drummers expend and they just keep going and going and going.  Many thanks to our drummers over the years, you guys rock (literally).
  • Since Andrea was leading a bunch of songs today we also gave her the chance to do a lot of the speaking roles as well.
  • I thought she did a great job…I think God has big plans for her…it’ll be interesting to see what they are.
  • For the first time in a long while both myself and the team seemed to bring as much energy to the later Experience as we did the early one.
  • In fact, we posted the 2nd message online.
  • I’ve really enjoyed this series…hope you are as well!
  • As I mentioned in the message, I’m going to be offering a class again on how to study the bible on October 10th from 9am-12pm.  If you’re interested, please let me know.  gilbert@unitedworshipexperience.org
  • In the meantime, make sure you are in God’s Word everyday looking for principles, not promises.
  • Had out of town friends visiting in the early Experience and some family members in the 2nd.   Always great to have the support of family and friends.
  • I dropped the hammer at 11:15 on the whole evangelism purpose…seriously God wants you inviting every week.  People’s eternal destinies are at stake…what are you doing about it?
  • Time for a nap and then dinner with friends…have a great week…see you and your guests next week!

Filed Under: Inside Today's Experience's Tagged With: Aaron Schwindt, Andrea Miller, anniversary, Get Connected to God class, gilbert thurston, salvation, United Worship Experience

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  1. Dianna says

    September 20, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    . . . and while we are working on that evangelism purpose – don’t forgot that we need individuals to help serve all those new families that we are inviting in!! Children included!!

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