Howdy NewSpring Church…FIVE things I wanted to share with you today…
#1 - A huge THANK YOU to everyone who prayed, invited, volunteered and celebrated with us this weekend. Every campus set a brand new attendance record for a non-holiday weekend…and we saw around 500 people respond to the Gospel! (AND…the best is yet to come!)
#2 - A few things in regards to this past weekend…
- THANK YOU to every single volunteer! What you did MATTERED (as it does every weekend!) God used you this past weekend to make a huge difference in the lives and eternities of others (as He does every weekend!)
- THANK YOU to everyone who invited someone to church with them this past weekend! That took guts…way to go! Whether they came or not isn’t on you…what’s important is that you took that step. (AND…they MAY come with you THIS WEEKEND…go ahead, ask, you have NOTHING to lose!!!)
- THANK YOU to everyone who invited someone to church with them this past weekend and they came! Even if they did NOT receive Christ this past Sunday they clearly heard the Gospel and now you have something with which to begin a conversation in regards to Christ and eternity. Be PATIENT with them and the Lord was patient with you (II Peter 3:9!)
#3 - This coming weekend is going to be amazing as we talk about “Sex In The Church” part one. Jesus rebukes two churches in a row because of sexual immorality IN the church in the book of Revelation…and so because He talked about it we will as well. A word of warning…we will not be pulling punches this weekend (or next)...we will be taking a look at what the Bible says about sex and marriage and what culture says as well. The church has danced around this subject for too long and tried not to offend anyone…we’re going to punch the subject right in the mouth! Can’t wait! I am sick and tired of seeing marriages fall apart and people dive into sexual immorality because the CHURCH refuses to deal with the subject in a way that people comprehend!!!
#4 - Pray for our Columbia campus…we need another location to meet!!! We’ve literally outgrown the facility we are in…this past weekend we had over 2,000 people show up! The potential for that campus is unlimited and we are aggressively looking for places in which we can move. (We are also making a lot of progress in finding locations for our Spartanburg, Greenwood and Myrtle Beach campuses…keep praying for us there as well!)
#5 - I believe there MAY be around 50 spaces left for our trip to Israel next spring! (Here is where you can go to get more information and sign up!) It is open to anyone who would like to go…not just NewSpring peeps. Trust me…this trip will absolutely change the way you see the Scriptures. I can’t wait!