Pre-Easter
Greetings, ya’ll.
This week finds me a little more harried than usual, but I am very happy to be finished with the Deal or No Deal message series. I’m also really happy with the initial results. If you weren’t here, I challenged the entire church to tithe one time, on the same day, which was this past Sunday.
Our offerings tripled. Tripled!!! That’s amazing. Holy cow, I can’t even begin to talk about it. Not only because of the amazing things this could mean for our church (paying off our debt, hiring the staff we need, etc.) but also because it means God is really doing business with people in regard to their finances.
I know not everyone will continue to tithe weekly but even still, it’s really really incredible stuff.
In more immediate news, our Good Friday service is tomorrow night, the Lumina team is outside my office transforming the church lounge into a garden for their event this evening, and our first ever off-site worship service is just 3 days away.
I’m nervous and stressed but I’m optimistic. I’ve never seen our people come together with such drive. Everybody’s on point in their respective areas and we’ve had tons of additional volunteers sign up to help. Thanks gang, for being a truly amazing congregation of people.
I think it’s going to be a great Easter.
Bert
