Yesterday was another great day at Fellowship Church.  We had an outdoor service (pics below), and a potluck dinner, complete with football, wiffleball, basketball, slip and slide, group sings around a big oak tree, and whatever else people found to do.  Here are some highlights for me during the “Party in the Park”:

*We focused on Psalm 107 and started a new series called “Nature lover”, referring to falling in love with who God is, and not what He can do for us.
*All week and even to that morning, people asked me “What do we do if it rains”, and I responded, “It doesn’t rain during the Party in the Park.”  So there were people praying all week.  I learned this lesson from my friendship with this church in 1996.
*Our volunteers did an amazing job setting everything up and preparing for the event!  Fellowship rocks!
*The band was amazing!  Playing a mini concert of songs from Lifehouse, Coldplay, Steve Fee, and Delirious.  They even read Scripture for the service!
*The “Best Thing” Project – awesome!  We’ve already heard some great stories about how God is using this, and we’d like to hear more. 
*The best story I’ve heard so far with my own ears is how this family helped a woman  in our church fix the muffler system on her car with a hanger wire, then gave someone else their money to go get the parts she needs and he fixed her car!  Unbelievable!
*The party afterwards was great!  Although my face, neck, and bald spot (how times are changing) are now burnt.  So much for the rain!
Here are some pics!

The band practicing before the service started

The back row enjoying the service. 

The preacher bringing it.

I was a recipient of what came from this sweet grill!

Sue set up shot and chilled through the afternoon.

This young one chilled too – slip and slide style.

How was your weekend?

Back in one of my earliest posts, as I had just started off as a newbie pastor here at Fellowship Church, I shared the next 5 series would be doing over the next several months at our church.  So I thought I’d do it again.  Here they are, and I’ve also put were I came up with the idea below.

Nature Lover:  A journey through Psalms- 4 weeks
Begins July 6th at the Party in the Park and ends on July 27th
Idea:  Came from my head.  I’m an ideator.

Treasures:  Finding Proverbs - 5 weeks
Begins August 10 and ends on September 7
Idea:  Came from my head, but was probably inspired in some way by Lonnie and Andy.

Changeup:  The story of Pauls conversion- 4 weeks
Begins September 14 and ends on October 5
Idea:  From the old noggin, but was probably inspired by my 1st grade teacher, Miss Talis.

the Levite Chainsaw Massacre:  The worst story in the Bible - 4 weeks
Begins October 12 and ends on November 2
Idea:  Once again, came from my head, but was probably inspired by Hannibal Lector (just kidding)

The Fellowship Globe:  Missions - 2 weeks
Begins November 9 and ends November 16
Idea:  Probably something like a missions conference, which I was exposed to growing up in this church. 

Say what you need to say:  A bucket list of words - 2 weeks
Begins November 23 and ends November 30
Idea:  Andy

Presence:  The Gift of God - 4 weeks
begins December 7 and ends December 28
Idea:  Steven Furtick

30 Days to Live – 4 weeks
Either in January or February
Idea:  Craig Groeschel

Got any more ideas for me?