No, I’m not talking about football (PSU & Steelers win, UGA lost). I’m talking about my weekend.
We launched a second worship gathering at the high school this weekend. We knew that we’d be pretty close to capacity when the Penn State students came back to town. And we were. There have been a couple of weekends where there was standing room only. So we polled people (using polleverywhere) to see if folks would come to a 9:00. They said yes, and we had our first weekend of 2 gatherings this past weekend.
I couldn’t be prouder of our teams. We started set-up at 6:45, which is officially EARLY! From the folks who bring the equipment over to the sound/tech crew, the worship team, the First Impressions team, and the kids connexion people, everybody answered the bell and made things happen.
It was a good day!
2 highlights for me: Dan’s message and Albert’s song.
Dan started a new sermon series called UnChristian. We’re taking several weeks to dig into the places where the church has gotten it wrong, and the world has been turned off by our wrongness. This week he preached about our hypocrisy. You can read his blog here, and listen here. Hypocrisy thrives in a heart that thinks it must earn love.
Albert is our electric guitar player, and he’s really good. A couple of weeks ago he asked if he could bring a song that he wanted to sing. He taught us Israel Houghton’s Say So, and he nailed it. The man is a triple threat: sweet vocals, killer guitar chops, and a heart for God. He’s probably going in the first round if we ever have a Calvary flag-football draft, too. You can check out he and his brothers (Stephen plays drums, Chris plays bass) doing their thing on their myspace page. Axeom is their band name.
And a good time was had by all, even if they were a little sleepy!
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