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August 16, 2009 by Gilbert Leave a Comment

  • Another great day!
  • What a lot of fun this series has been and today was no exception.
  • From a behind the scenes perspective, we couldn’t have asked for a smoother day.
  • I really love the new song the team did today called, “Arms Open Wide”…a good mix of slow worshipful reflection and driving rock.
  • Brian is doing an awesome job with the stage sets and this particular one has made his lighting go to another level.
  • So cool to have Dustin Swartz as our guest guitarist for “Don’t Stop Believing”…only 14 years old…wow!
  • For those that missed the story, he played it as his audition song for Aaron just a matter of minutes after the creative team meeting in which we decided to use it as a part of this series.
  • There’s coincidence and then there is God…we definitely thought this was a God thing and so we used him.
  • Awesome job Dustin…keep using your gift to glorify God!
  • Even after the wild outfits the last few weeks, today’s made me feel incredibly self conscious.
  • Maybe because some people still dress like that today and I was embarrassed to be seen like that.
  • I had a lot of fun with today’s message…talking about video games and the Gospel…does it get any better?
  • Had 8 more first time professions of faith…that will never get old!
  • Can’t wait for the Next Steps ministry to start in September.
  • Speaking of new ministries…in case you missed it, last week we started the “You Matter” ministry and the first task was to provide a week’s worth of food for the Boys and Girls Club of Chambersburg.
  • Not only did we do that, but we far exceeded it.  We gave…
    • Enough drinks to last them through November…
    • Enough food to last through the winter…
    • Enough cash and gift cards to get them to next summer!
  • This week’s task is to fill backpacks for needy kids and already about a dozen have been filled and turned in…wow!  Keep it up.
  • I met some great new people today and all of them just couldn’t get over how different United was than what they expected from a church.
  • If I haven’t mentioned it for awhile, let me remind you that I love getting to be your pastor.  You guys rock!
  • I’m really excited about next week…not only will there be a 1990’s medley but I’ll be preaching based on the Beck’s song, Loser.
  • I’m really, really looking forward to this message…make sure you invite a lot of people.

Filed Under: Inside Today's Experience's Tagged With: Brian Miller, Dustin Swartz, gilbert thurston, Next Steps Ministry, salvation, United Worship Experience, You Matter

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