e-news for week of 12/5/10

We’re having a really good season of ministry and I hope the joy of Christ is lifting up your soul. Great day of worship this past Sunday. We’ve worked on the auditorium this week for more seats - but – bottom line – we’ll be “cozy” with only 400 seats in the auditorium the next several weeks. That’s okay, right? We’ll have additional folding chairs this week as well. This is a great season to invite people to church.

Some of you might want to consider attending one of the earlier services. I’d love to see all our worship hours as full as third hour and that can happen if we all live for the glory of God. Let’s all do our personal best by inviting others. Second hour is identical with third hour. For first hour we hired Tarry Koutz this year, and my first charge to him was, “Make our first service the best traditional service in Columbia.” He’s done that. It’s a great worship experience.

We were in staff meeting a couple of weeks ago and one of the women from church came in and thanked Tyler for the great job he’s doing.

I had a casual friend who attends Rotary International with me whose son recently started attending Forum at the invitation of a friend tell me how much he appreciated his son’s excitement connected to the church.

I received great feedback from those connected to the children’s ministry about the appreciation dinner and the new check in processes that are emerging.

On top of that, it’s the season of Christ!!!!! Smile more, invite more, give more, and live. As a ministry we truly encourage you to intentionally connect people with Jesus.

Sunday we’ll continue to talk about God’s personal best. This message will arise out of Matthew 5:17, 18. Not the usual Christmas text for sure, however we’ll continue to see the greatness of our God and His perfect plan.

Can’t wait to worship with you this Sunday.

Scott