weekend reflections
incredible. awesome. wonderful. What other adjectives can I use to describe this weekend? Having Mark Batterson here to speak at CLC was everything I had expected and then some, as he 'deviated' from his prepared outline at least a couple of times, once in each service this morning, and during those riffs he said some stuff that was absolutely prophetic and timely for where we are at CLC!
We'll have his teaching on our podcast soon (probably tomorrow), but I'm also going to take an edited portion of his message from the 11:15 service and use it again in a couple of weeks when I present what may be the most important message in our history as a church, Ready, Set, GO!
Besides his insights and communication skills, Mark was also incredible generous, as he made his book, In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day, which retails for $13.99, available to our church family today for his cost, $5.00! Besides the fact that we sold well over 200 copies (that's in addition to 125 or more copies we sold prior to his visit) this weekend, I can't help but respect and admire an author who willingly bypassed hundreds of dollars in personal profits, just to get his message in the hands of more people. Kudos, Mark!
Then add to that mix the fact that our newest campus in South Bend, IN dismissed their service today, chartered a bus and used carpools to bring the entire congregation here for service - how exciting was that? I thought our worship team did their usual awesome job of leading us into the presence of the Lord, and all of CLC responded with hospitality and a servant's heart to make their visit a delight.
As usual, I'm tired tonight as I sit at my keyboard journaling these thoughts, but it's a good tired. I'm just very thankful for today...excited about what God is doing here...and proud that I get to lead such a wonderful part of the body of Christ! In fact, I just thought of another adjective - WOW!
We'll have his teaching on our podcast soon (probably tomorrow), but I'm also going to take an edited portion of his message from the 11:15 service and use it again in a couple of weeks when I present what may be the most important message in our history as a church, Ready, Set, GO!
Besides his insights and communication skills, Mark was also incredible generous, as he made his book, In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day, which retails for $13.99, available to our church family today for his cost, $5.00! Besides the fact that we sold well over 200 copies (that's in addition to 125 or more copies we sold prior to his visit) this weekend, I can't help but respect and admire an author who willingly bypassed hundreds of dollars in personal profits, just to get his message in the hands of more people. Kudos, Mark!
Then add to that mix the fact that our newest campus in South Bend, IN dismissed their service today, chartered a bus and used carpools to bring the entire congregation here for service - how exciting was that? I thought our worship team did their usual awesome job of leading us into the presence of the Lord, and all of CLC responded with hospitality and a servant's heart to make their visit a delight.
As usual, I'm tired tonight as I sit at my keyboard journaling these thoughts, but it's a good tired. I'm just very thankful for today...excited about what God is doing here...and proud that I get to lead such a wonderful part of the body of Christ! In fact, I just thought of another adjective - WOW!
posted by Pastor Jerry McQuay at 6:41 PM
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Pastor I just listened to Mark Battersons podcast sermon. Wow, that was awesome! I'm still chewing on it, I'm sure I'll be listening to that again. Count me as a lion chaser.
You're right about that, Randy - and you ARE a Lion-Chaser already, so keep chasing!
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