I just returned from an amazing weekend in New Hampshire with our church lead team, and we’re ready to take on the summer time to fulfill God’s purpose for Fellowship Church. We started off this excellent weekend on Sunday morning at FC in Holden. I’m pleased to report that for the first time in the history of our church (or at least in the ten years that I’ve been there), we did not decrease in attendance on Memorial Day weekend. We started off a new series called, “Something old, something new”, and the whole morning was absolutely phenomonal.
I think I’ve mentioned it before, but if you need a reminder – I love our church!
Afterward the service, which focused on Baptism, blogs, and the announcement of our new series coming in June called “One Prayer,” 12 of us took off for Waterville Valley, NH for a time of relaxation and dreaming. I’ll write more about the actual trip tomorrow, but I wanted to share with you what an outstanding weekend Carie and I had.
Also, you may remember this post where I asked if there was any pastors in New England who blogged. I found very few in my search on google that I would read regularly, but I did find a few and I’ve been diligently reading their posts. This morning getting caught up in my posts, I found that I received a shout out from this guy who’s a pastor in Hopkinton, MA. Thanks Mike for your kind words,and I’ll be communicating with you very shortly.
As many of you know from this post, and from other places, tragedy struck the family of Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman when his 5 year old adopted daughter was struck down by a vehicle in Tennessee. This morning I watched this video and it brought me to tears.
So I’ll start off with the bad news today. One of my heroes in the late 80′s and the 90′s was Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman. His songs were and are always so honest and contemplative, sometimes cheesy and refreshingly honest. I admit recently I haven’t been into his current music much, but I appreciate the musical influence he’s put into my life.
Yesterday afternoon, Maria Chapman, 5 years old, was struck by a car on the property of the Chapmans house. You can see the details here or at the first link in this post.
Our prayers our with the Chapman family during this really hard time they are going through. If you read what they’ve done for the Kingdom of God, you will get a better understanding of how amazing they are by reputation.
I don’t want to minimize the aforementioned news with unimportant news, but I was really happy for Mr. David Cook last night as he went through 5 or more grueling months of work and became this year’s American Idol. This has been the first season ever that I’ve watched, and I really thought it was done right and that the right person won in the end. At the risk of sounding incredibly cheesy and poppy, this year’s show show inspired me to take a step, go out on a limb, and work hard to fulfill the vision God has given me.
And lastly, for those of you who attend Fellowship Church in Holden, Massachusetts, this Sunday, we’ll be starting a new series called “Something old, something new.” The purpose of this 2 week series is to look at 3 things that every follower of Christ must go through along their walk with God – To identify, to Act, and to Remember.
How are we going to fit 3 items into 2?
