25 Days Of Christmas_Day 5
Tomorrow morning we launch our series called “That Night” that walks through the story of Christmas. That Night changed everything from the meaning of life to relationships. Join us at 10:30am at the Garnet Valley Middle School as we begin our series “That Night” that will go through December 27th.
That Night_Intro from Ryan Geiger on Vimeo.
Weekend Wrap Up
If you missed this weekend you missed out on one of the most exciting weekends at Fellowship Church in a long time.
Friday Night- Kid Kollage, Dan & Kristi do and incredible job reaching kids and their families. A lot of fun for the whole family. You must check this out on the first Friday of each month.
Saturday Morning- Men of Ice, Lee White does a great job of helping men get deeper together.
Saturday Night- UNITED and we had a good turnout. Lots of guests and we had 9 students received Christ. Great energy from the band and we did a black light drama that was very powerful. I challenged the students to be Purple People Leaders.
Sunday- we got to hear from Eric Koehler and hear his heart on the local church and how it is the hope of the world. Eric is a gifted communicator who we believe God has brought to us to lead Fellowship into the next generation. Excited about what God is doing here and where we are headed. Below are both videos of Eric introducing his family as well as his talk on Sunday Morning.
Introducing Eric Koehler from Fellowship Today on Vimeo.
Eric Koehler from Fellowship Today on Vimeo.
Those Moments
I talked today in our wrap up of “So, Your Dead…Now What?” about those moments in life that you’ll remember but also those moment that pale in comparison to a moment with God in Heaven. 1 Corinthians 2:9 says, no ear has heard, no eye has seen what God has in store for those who love Him. The fact is we can’t even imagine what Heaven will be like but we know that it will be better to be in God’s presence for one moment than to spend a thousand years here on earth.
What we know is that God will do away with death, mourning and pain and God will dwell with us. The lie the devil wants us to believe is that Heaven can wait…the reality is Heaven can’t wait and we need to live today with a sense of urgency and share with others the realness of a relationship with Christ and engage them with Heaven verses scaring them out of Hell. A relationship will win over religion every time.
So as great as it was with my boys today, Heaven will be indescribably better than anything I could share with you. Study and beg God to reveal to you His nature and our eternal destiny.
So, Your Dead…Now What? Week 2
Sunday, November 1st – So You’re Dead…Now What” – Heaven from Fellowship Today on Vimeo.
So, Your Dead…Now What? Week 1
So You’re Dead…Now What? – Hell from Fellowship Today on Vimeo.
Reveal Weekend
Introducing Eric Koehler from Fellowship Today on Vimeo.
Randomness
So much has been happening over the last couple weeks. Some things life changing and some just schedule altering.
First off great weekend. Kid Kollage was great, 15 students received Christ at UNITED, great turnout on Sunday with a lot of energy and Gus did a great job wrapping up Udderly Stuck.
Brandon is back home from the hospital and is doing good. He went in Friday morning and came home Sunday night. He had a temperature and an ear infection. They did a spinal tap on Friday and all the cultures came back negative (which is good). He still struggles badly with his acid reflux which keeps him and mostly Jess up at night so prayers for that would be appreciated.
Backstage Leadership started and last week had a chance to listen in on a conference call with Chuck Colson. I guy with tremendous wisdom and at age 77 is going as strong as most thirty year olds. Out of respect for the program I will not blog on the details but will say that I am so fortunate to be able to learn from so many influential leaders as well as walk through this program with guys who are just like me and trying to figure all this out.
Get a chance to go to the Catalyst conference and listen to leadership “stuff” for 12 hours a day and if you know me that just gets me fired up so be looking for blogs and possibly some live blogging (if I can figure it out) from the conference.
MADE WEEK 3 VIDEO
Made for Prosperity from Fellowship Today on Vimeo.
Church Growth
This is a mix on what Steven Furtick wrote on his blog at Elevation Church and a bit of what Salome Thomas El spoke on a couple weeks ago at Fellowship Church. I changed it a bit but ask yourself what if…could church really be like this?
We enable experiences and interactions that leave our people saying:
I love my church
So they’ll tell their un-churched friends:
You’ve got to come check out my church
The un-churched friends come.
We worship Jesus and preach the Gospel with excellence.
The un-churched friends leave saying:
I really like this church
Inspiring them to come back again and again until they say:
I love Jesus and I love my church
And tell their un-churched friends:
You’ve got to come check out my church…
Made Week 1 Video
Made for Humility – 2009-Aug-09 – Ryan Geiger from Fellowship Today on Vimeo.
