August 11, 2008

PS. Vote for your beach b4 it is over!

Its not hard, just vote down at the right hand corner of your screen. Why? You ask? Well if next summer we do a beach fling, this is the one Im pickin' thats why. DOY!?!

The future is now

I am so pumped up about Grace. I mean the future is now! We have a crunk new website. We have promotion this upcoming weekend. We have a leadership night coming up on the 22nd (which will be sweet). We are adding a third service to reach more people for Christ. 

It is going to be a wild fall! And I am not talking about football season. (it takes quite a bit for me to get hype about something over football season). You guys won't wanna miss a weekend! I also wanted to remind parents and students that AXIS will be moving up to 5:15 on Sundays. It is still at the GRACE offices on Vassar. But it will be from 5:15 to 6:30!!! 

Peace out...

August 10, 2008

have it your way

So, today I am rolling home after a great Sunday service. I'm driving along and I notice one church letting out, cars coming out of the parking lot, the whole nine. So for some reason I decide I am going to count the churches on my way to my destination.

 It's funny at first because I am like, wow three churches in a row??

I keep counting... five churches....six churches... seven churches... After one mile I have counted eleven churches. Eleven churches within one mile of each other, on the SAME road.

I started thinking about what Mike was teaching this morning. You remember the 99 righteous and the 1 sinner?? I don't pretend to know these churches I drove past today or what is going on in them. But my heart wondered what Jesus would feel like walking down this street. Does this street represent God's people outwardly or inwardly?

I mean are there eleven churches in one mile of each other, because of the revival going on in Orlando, or because the insiders want things their way so bad that they are willing to splinter the body of Christ to the point of uselessness?

I had to check myself. Do I want things in my spiritual life on my timetable? Does Grace Fellowship have to make me happy or else I will pout and grumble? Is my heart truly about the mission? Or do I want Grace Fellowship to fit around my schedule and my likes or dislikes? It's time for us to get real about the mission here in Orlando ya' heard???