Saturday, February 6, 2010
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Tomorrow we start our three week series, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". We will talk about a woman's greatest need - "Love" and a man's greatest need - "Respect". Ephesians 5:33 commands that men are to love their wife as they love themselves and that women are to respect their husbands.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Love @ Encounter Church
This morning in the service I was a bit of a stinker. I 
pointed out the engagement of my two friends Jeff Ruetty and Rachel Bauer. They have been with us from practically the beginning of the church plant and that is right when their dating relationship began as well.
pointed out the engagement of my two friends Jeff Ruetty and Rachel Bauer. They have been with us from practically the beginning of the church plant and that is right when their dating relationship began as well. Last night I got a text from Jeff with this picture of the ring. So this morning while I promoted a new message series coming up called, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", I also popped the pic. of Rachel's engagement ring on the screen and then walked up to them and took this pic.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Encounter Church Gives
Last week I had been e-mailed by a few of my NewThing Network buddies who were having special offerings for the relief work in Haiti. It inspired me to do the same. After checking in with all our ministry coaches, small group leaders and apprentice leaders, this is what we decided to do. We emptied our benevolence fund and took up a special offering at the end of our service. The total of the two added up to $5,485.00.
Our desire is to be a generous church body and there's no better way to become generous than to seize opportunities to be generous.
I heard a pastor friend of mine named Troy McMahon say, "Generosity is like a muscle. The more you work it, the stronger it gets". He's right and we're on our way to strengthening that muscle.
We sent our gift to VisionTrust International where my buddy Matt Storer i
s the president. As you may know he is also one of Encounter's officially supported missionaries. He has a wo
rk in the Dominican Republic and knows others with the hospital and orphanage pictured here. They are both right on the Haiti-DR border in the city of Jimani, DR. That is where our monies have gone. Matt also tells me that the US government has chosen the site and has set up a large scale treatment center there.
s the president. As you may know he is also one of Encounter's officially supported missionaries. He has a wo
rk in the Dominican Republic and knows others with the hospital and orphanage pictured here. They are both right on the Haiti-DR border in the city of Jimani, DR. That is where our monies have gone. Matt also tells me that the US government has chosen the site and has set up a large scale treatment center there.CLICK HERE to see the site via Google Maps.
To God Be The Glory.
Monday, January 18, 2010
A fun evening out
Meli
ssa and & I recently multi
plied out of our small group and began a ne
w one with Matt & Chrissy Jacobs. 
So far we've had one meeting to introduce ourselves and tell where we are at in our journey with Christ and how long we've attended Encounter.
ssa and & I recently multi
plied out of our small group and began a ne
w one with Matt & Chrissy Jacobs. 
So far we've had one meeting to introduce ourselves and tell where we are at in our journey with Christ and how long we've attended Encounter. Tonight we went out for our first social: bowling. It was so fun! Imagine 13 non-bowlers battling it out for mediocre scores.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
One Year Anniversary of our First Church Service
This coming Sunday, January 17th, marks the one year point of holding Sunday morning services at Eli Pinney Elementary. How could that much time have gone by already?! I still remember with fondness meeting at the YMCA in Powell with the original launch team of 13 families dreaming of what we would become.
The message this week has to do with our core value, Grow. The congregation will be reintroduced to all our small group leaders and apprentice leaders as well as the leaders of our men and women's Bible studies. They will also hear from Sheila Persall and Chuck Taylor about how they feel they've grown in their relationship with Christ and other followers through being committed to a small group.
As kindly and clearly as we can, we'll be letting attenders once again know that if they want to be part of Encounter Church, being in a small group is a must. Serving in some capacity, esp. on a Sunday morning, is also a must but that's next weeks message:-) Growth happens through being committed to a community of believers. Not simply attending a one hour service once a week.
After the service we'll be celebrating with a threefold communion: a meal picturing the future marriage supper of the Lamb for all true believers, footwashing which represents our daily need for forgiveness and connection with God and the bread and the cup which reminds us of the sacrifice Christ made on the cross for our sins. It's always a special time for the Body. To learn more about the theology of why we do communion this way, Click Here. There are even some pictures at this link for you to see what we do.
The message this week has to do with our core value, Grow. The congregation will be reintroduced to all our small group leaders and apprentice leaders as well as the leaders of our men and women's Bible studies. They will also hear from Sheila Persall and Chuck Taylor about how they feel they've grown in their relationship with Christ and other followers through being committed to a small group.
As kindly and clearly as we can, we'll be letting attenders once again know that if they want to be part of Encounter Church, being in a small group is a must. Serving in some capacity, esp. on a Sunday morning, is also a must but that's next weeks message:-) Growth happens through being committed to a community of believers. Not simply attending a one hour service once a week.
After the service we'll be celebrating with a threefold communion: a meal picturing the future marriage supper of the Lamb for all true believers, footwashing which represents our daily need for forgiveness and connection with God and the bread and the cup which reminds us of the sacrifice Christ made on the cross for our sins. It's always a special time for the Body. To learn more about the theology of why we do communion this way, Click Here. There are even some pictures at this link for you to see what we do.
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