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November 1, 2009 by Gilbert Leave a Comment

  • Really good day!
  • Loved being able to just hang out.
  • Doug gave a great message for the launch of the Maverick series.
  • He had been sick all week long so I was glad he was feeling better.
  • So nice having others that can step in and deliver God’s Word in a United like way.
  • Although Doug talking about the trampoline and being able to see into the neighbor’s yard was a bit disturbing?  :)
  • Peeping Doug.
  • The 9:45 crowd was rowdy today…loved it…great energy!
  • Brian and the team did a great job with the new stage design…looked really cool!
  • Thanks to Dan Bogle for the loan of the motorcycle and to Dan Fry for playing the Maverick in the bumper video and for revving the bike on stage.
  • Dan said when he did it at the first Experience the entire front row jumped.
  • It was cool, but the fumes on stage were strong.
  • Thanks for Kris and Klayton, two more new techies today!
  • The band as always was amazing…I threw them a wrinkle at the end of the first Experience by asking them to start in the middle of the song…no problem, when you’re that good!
  • Other than a couple minor things, it was a smooth day and many shared with me how touched they were by Doug’s message..yea Doug, but more importantly yea God!
  • Also since I forgot, here’s the link to last week’s Reality Check video.

Filed Under: Inside Today's Experience's Tagged With: Brian Miller, Dan Bogle, Dan Fry, Doug Coldsmith, gilbert thurston, hypocrisy, Klayton Cooley, Kris Shifler, Maverick series, Reality Check series, United Worship Experience

Inside Today’s Experiences

April 26, 2009 by Gilbert Leave a Comment

Co-habitation Ceremony

  • Another fun day!
  • I’m really enjoying this series.
  • Wow something happened to the air conditioner so it was HOT!
  • Of all days that I needed a jacket as a prop!
  • Oh well it was worth it!
  • I could tell a lot of people thought it was the real deal…suprise, surprise, surprise.
  • Many thanks to Dan and Sherri Bogle as real life married couple for playing the part.
  • An even bigger thanks to Sherri’s dad for showing up to walk her down the aisle.
  • It’s amazing how humor like the “co-habitation ceremony” can drive home the point.
  • Wow look how short I am as compared to Dan and Sherri in the picture….eeeshhh.
  • The 10:45 was really into things today…
  • I first noticed it during the worship time and then during the message you guys were responding great.
  • Keep it up…I love when you give verbal feedback like that!
  • Had a lot of guests at the reception today…so great to meet so many new people and hear their stories.
  • With the weather getting nicer, United t-shirts are back in high demand.  To get yours, click here.
  • Had a great afternoon and evening…the Caps won their game and we had ribs with friends tonight for dinner.
  • I’ve got a busy week coming up…I’ll hopefully fill you in tomorrow.
  • Filed Under: Inside Today's Experience's, Re:Married, Sermon Series Tagged With: co-habitation, Dan Bogle, gilbert thurston, Re:Married, Sherrie Bogle, United Worship Experience

    Inside Today’s Experiences

    April 12, 2009 by Gilbert Leave a Comment

  • Wow!
  • What a great Easter day!
  • 14 more people accepted Christ today…that never gets old!
  • United and the church as a whole didn’t just break our attendance records…they were shattered. 
  • In total 1314 men, women, boys and girls attended today!
  • 17 total 1st time professions in the entire church!
  • I am totally spent.
  • Not sure I’ve ever preached that hard before…my back is killing me.
  • The band did phenominal today…especially liked the opening instrumental piece with the thought provoking video.
  • Was really proud of the FIT and ushers as well. 
  • They all did a great job of accomodating so many extra people.
  • Really great to see the ushers helping people find empty seats…which were few and far between.
  • Also really proud of our tech team…they did a near flawless job pullling of some pretty technical stuff today.
  • I loved the staging that Aaron and the creative team came up with…the trees to match the graphic and the LED strips were aweome.
  • Big thanks to Dan and Sherrie Bogle and Jason Kibbe for working so hard to make the stage design happen.
  • Loved getting to meet so many new people today…
  • …even better loved the stories of life change I was already hearing!
  • Hung out with relatives this afternoon and now I’m at a friend’s house hanging with some of my peeps (Easter pun fully intended).
  • I know I say this all the time, but I can’t wait for next week. 
  • The new series called Re:Married on marriage, relationships, dating and sex is going to be great.
  • Don’t forget to invite someone!
  • We’ll post the invite video we showed today later in the week for you to use.  UPDATED:  (Here is the link)
  • Have a great week everyone…hope you enjoyed celebrating Jesus resurrection as much as I did!
  • Filed Under: Easter, Inside Today's Experience's Tagged With: Dan Bogle, Easter, gilbert thurston, Jason Kibbe, salvation, Sherrie Bogle, United Worship Experience

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