This weekend is our last weekend of “One Prayer” at Fellowship Church in Holden.
Tomorrow we will be going out as a church community to serve by claiming a street for the Kingdom of God and cleaning up the trash on that street.
On Sunday we’ll be hearing a message from Craig Croeschel of LifeChurch.tv, as he prays his one prayer for the church at large – “Make us One”  Here are two examples of some of the excellent things Craig has done in his community and beyond.
For those of you who have been a part of One Prayer, both at the FC or elsewhere,
I’d love to hear your thoughts on how it’s impacted you.

SUNDAY MORNINGS @ FELLOWSHIP  (10:30 am)
325 BULLARD ST.
HOLDEN, MA 01520
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Easter at Fellowship Church in Holden Mass. was great as we kicked off our new series called “Live Different”.  Here are some things I liked about the service:

*So many people returned from long absences from FC. I was thrilled at all the people, brand new guests, attenders who had been away, and our Fellowship Faithful.

*The band.  Rocked it out to Leeland’s “The Opposite way” to start the service, then transitioned to “Song of Hope”.  Finished the service with an amazing rendition of Chris Tomlin’s “God of this City”.

*We started the Transformation Project, the first of 5 weeks of videos showing 3 Fellowship attenders who have decided to find, focus, and fulfill God’s vision for their life.

*”Living Passionately” – the first of 5 in our “Live Different” series.  The disciples became passionate when they realized they didn’t serve a dead god, but a risen Savior.

*We handed out ballots for the people in our church to decide to either “Live below average,” “Live average,” “Live above average,” and “Live Different.”  More on this in a later blog.

*Walking out the door, Fellowshippers were handed yard signs that read,”Voting in 2008?  Vote to Live Different.  Yes we can!
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*I’m excited about what God has planned for FC this spring and summer.

TWO OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST:
*My NCAA Brackets are all messed up this year.  Hopefully all of my competition’s brackets are messed up too.  Or should I be happy for them?

*Check out my blog on Monday and join the blog carnival - “Monday’s Moments” a blog carnival that focuses on the stories that happened to us last week from Monday to Sunday.

Here are some more pics to supplement this blog.

Love to hear what you’re thinking.

Until next time…

Hola!  Below are some thoughts I had about our weekend at Fellowship Church in Massachusetts.  How was your weekend?  This is also my first published blog actually written for martyholman.com, so enjoy an feel free to subscribe to my new blog, even if you are bitter at me and really liked my wordpress.com site.  I changed blogs because I wanted to play a bit with making my own site, and self-hosting with the wordpress software seemed like the easiest way to go (was I ever wrong).  So I hope you enjoy it and feel free to let me know what you think of the new site! 
Now, on with the show…

*Saturday it rained all day.  Saturday was also the day that I did not win the trophy for the Guitar Hero championships that our family ministries hosted.  I came in 2nd in the expert category.
*Carie won in the hard category.  She has the trophy to prove it.
*Saturday night was the first Saturday night in several months where Carie and I just chilled.  Nice!!!
*We decided to take that to a new level we liked it so much and we just chilled together (and cleaned) on Sunday afternoon too.  I’m spoiled now.
*Church was great!  The energy was great and have I mentioned that I love the people at FC.
*Al & Amy have great voices. 
*Going back to Friday, I got a call on my cell on Friday that said “Macarthur” and it had my friend Steves number.  “What?!”  I exclaimed as I answered the phone.  Steve had just landed in New Hampshire after 9 months of being in Iraq!  Let me hear you say “Holla”
*I think we have a first class Family ministry in our church and its only getting better!  Rock it out Steve.
*Darren’s video – amazing!!! and hilarious.  I’ll have to post it soon so you can check it out.
*One service -10:30 am on Easter and beyond.
*I love the responses people have shared with me about this series.  My hope is that it just keeps getting better!
*After church we went to Moes with a group of 25 people from Fellowship.  I almost shouted “Welcome to Fellowship!”

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Until next time…

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, it’s time for the Sunday morning recap at Fellowship Church.  Billy already gave his here.  Here are some thoughts I had about my weekend at Fellowship Church.

*I attended a benefit dinner for Hearts for Heat this weekend.  Hearts for Heat is a ministry of Fellowship Church, and is doing an amazing job of providing oil for people in Worcester County.
*I ate with Massachusetts State Rep. Lew Evangelidis at the dinner.  Turns out he plays in my basketball league.  We haven’t played against one another yet, but when we do…
*Saturday we helped the Dancy’s move into Holden.  The team is coming together and the future of FC looks great!
*After that, I was sore.
*It’s amazing how when things fall apart, like in music practice or whatever, that God comes through and gets us past it.
*We are only a few weeks away from our Easter service, where we’ll all find out how to vote.  Should be a great service.
*Billy made some hilarious confessional videos for the service yesterday.  There was a lot of laughter, specifically at the last one when he was jamming out to Feist.
*Totally psyched about the guitar hero championships next Saturday at “The FC.”  Played for the first time in 2 months yesterday against Carie.  Gonna need to practice this week.
*I confessed that there are times I don’t think I can do the thing God has called me to do.
*Yes, I really did fail my broadcasting platform, and yes, then I did graduate with a real degree after working my tail off on learning how to talk.
*Yes, this was Moses’ problem too.
*No, I don’t doubt that I made the right decision to stay at Fellowship. 
*Were you inspired to find out what God’s vision is for your life?
*I love Fellowship Church in Holden!
*Have a basketball game tonight.  Pray for me that I don’t injure myself, and that some state rep for Mass. doesn’t injure me in any great way.
*My dad just called me and told me that his attendance at church yesterday was 800!  Go Hillcrest!

How are you doing?  Anything I can do for you?

Until next time…