I think we hit on something as we started the service with a chorus and moved right into our water baptisms!! The energy that those baptisms produced was incredible!! I know that that word seems to get overused these days by many people. But there was no doubt that the service was just flat out "INCREDIBLE!! The whole church just latched onto the new song that Douglas Flores taught us "I'm Changed because of You" I think it's going to be a new favorite for all of us!!!
I met several new guests in the service! That's always exciting!! One of our new guest's, Kathia expressed to me of how much she enjoyed the service and that we would be seeing her again next week!! This afternoon we even received a phone call from one of our new families that have just started to attend Sunset Chapel in recent weeks that they are bringing several visitors with them this Wednesday!! WOW!!
After church Shari and I had lunch with a bunch of our young adults at Panera Bread. I get really energized when I hear how God is moving in their lives and the hunger they have to have their own experiences with Him! That kind of passion and desire always gets God's attention!! I need to plan another get together with this group to discuss the possible "Road Trip" to Gatlinburg, TN in January 2012 to attend a national young adult retreat. I told them since some have never seen actual snow that I would gladly introduce them to their first snowball!!
Our day ended with 17 adults and 3 kid's coming over to our house for a very meaningful time of prayer and fellowship! The food was great! The fellowship was greater!! The prayer time was the greatest!!! I found out that our worship teams guitar player is one mean ping pong player!! Wil Tirado has got to have one of the nastiest serves I've seen in sometime!! All in all it was a great day to serve the Lord and be surrounded by some of God's greatest people!!
I can't wait for next weekend's service!!! Don't forget to bring a friend as we celebrate the Thanksgiving Season with our own all-church dinner immediately following the service!! There will be no Sunday School this weekend ( NOV. 20 ) but it will resume the following week!! If you still want to donate a pie to this weekends dinner be sure to call Frances Watkins at the church office at 305-271-4094. We could still use another 10-12 pies!!
This Sunday is also when we will be collecting a special offering for CONVOY OF HOPE. Everyone is being challenged to consider donating ONE DAYS WAGE to assist their efforts in responding to world wide disasters! COH is endeavoring to provide 3.3 million meals to the Somalia refugee crisis in Kenya. This area has continued to see extreme drought conditions on top of all the violence in that region. Every dollar our church gives this Thanksgiving is turned into seven dollars worth of food, clean water and supplies for children in need. $375 dollars can deliver up to ONE TON of food and relief through Convoy of Hope!! We are expecting to receive our single greatest offering this Sunday for world missions!! You can donate online if you like through our online giving option at sunsetchapel.com just follow the prompts to get started!
It's not to late to include in your Thanksgiving Holiday plans to attend this years very unique Candlelight/Communion service! Be sure to join us with your family and friends on Wednesday November 23 from 7:00-8:15 PM. This service features all our ministries meeting together in the main sanctuary with our families! I hope to see you there!
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