Moving The Ball Down The Field

Yes, football season is over, so this will be the last football reference for awhile, but here are some places I've seen lately where God is moving people to move the ball down the field for His sake:

• Another baptism on Sunday! Props to Jo Jo Nelson (someone that I got to baptize, back in the day), and props to the Children's Ministry Team for all their work to disciple children. It's not just babysitting in the basement, those folks are working to make disciples of our children, WAY TO GO!
• A great Sunday! God was in the house, there were new faces, enthusiastic responses, a new song being written on the spot, people talking to me about baptism after the service, and a great spirit all morning long. One more day to say, "I love my JOB!"
  
• Speaking of new faces - someone that I invited to church a few months ago has been coming pretty consistently lately, and in the last few weeks has herself invited friends to come with her. Just this Sunday she had her roommate with her. To hear a message about money. In church. Wow!
• Speaking of money - the financial workshop after the second service was a great event, with more people than we've ever had come before! Much love to Coop and Penny for their work to get that together, and props to all the folks who made the effort to get some help with this sensitive area. If you went to the workshop to stock up on wisdom, way to GO!
• The Youth, The Youth, The Youth are on FIRE! Chris Boblit had a parent meeting AND a service night AT THE SAME TIME!! God is doing great things in the Student Ministry, check out Chris' blog here.
• This Sunday will be special. Like I said yesterday, we're going from Genesis to Revelation to see God's Way of being generous with us to teach us to be generous. My hope is that all of us will be challenged by this, and all of us will have the chance to check our hearts against God's heart. Start praying now for hearts to be open. Should be awesome!
• The next message series will help people. I'm jacked about the next series, because God will use His Word to help people, and to help people to help other people. We'll be talking about Toxic Emotions, the ones that kill people spiritually, emotionally and physically.
  
• The Easter series is rounding into shape. I'm asking everyone to pray, because what God has been leading us to is going to be off the chain, and I think God is going to use us in a big way in the weeks leading up to Easter. I'll tell you more about this right here later this week, so check back.
  

These are just some examples. If you've got more, post a comment or drop me an email! God is on the move, and we're seeing the fruit start to show up. Keep going, church!!