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Worship Confessional – 10.05.08

It’s definitely getting more and more difficult to sing and lead. 33 days left till Paxton enters the world. Though it’s harder to sing now, it’s still worth every breath when you’re singing for/to something/Someone who matters. I can’t believe how much I still love it!

Today was a tough day though. We started out minus some key people for set-up, which just ended up taking us a little bit longer to be ready. Actually… it set me back enough to be ready RIGHT on time which for all those who run events, programs or services, is LATE. I was totally sweating!

I should have expected it. It was the start of our new series “WITH” and after all our postcards went out inviting the unchurched to join us, I shouldn’t have been surprised that maybe Satan would want the core team to be a bit more flustered than normal. If we’re flustered, maybe we won’t be as effective, right?

Anyway… here was our set:

All We Need – Charlie Hall
Not To Us – Chris Tomlin
Together You & I – Tommy Bowman
God of This City – Chris Tomlin
Devotion – Marty Sampson

Though the start was a bit rocky, I think the whole service still went really well. Matt talked about the hole in our heart that only God and community with people can fill. God created us to be in community with others… to love them because God loves us. That’s a great thing to be a part of… to be called to.

We had some newcomers and the new people that had come the weeks before had returned. That’s exciting for us!

Please keep praying for us… for the church… to reach those in Portland who don’t yet know Him.

Oct 05, 2008 | Worship, Worship Confessional | 1 Comment »

Church Postcards

Portland, Oregon is one of the least churched cities in the United States. The purpose of the church is to win, build and send people for the glory of God. It starts with introducing the unchurched to Christ.

Matt has been hard at work figuring out some great and inexpensive ways to advertise so we can not only get people through the doors of our church, but to KEEP them. We are using postcards to invite people to our October series – “WITH”.