Well, another Sunday is in the books. But this was no "ordinary" Sunday. It was the Grand Opening of our newest campus in Hartwell, GA. There is no way to describe how excited I am about our potential to reach more people for Jesus!
It has been a whirlwind preparing for the Grand Opening. There was all of the work on the facility to get it into shape for a service. There was a lot of training to get leaders ready for the big day. There was all the marketing, inviting, and getting the word out. And of course there was the planning and preparation for the actual service.
I am so thankful for every person that has helped in some way to make the dream a reality. Under the leadership of our campus Pastor Duane Hall it is official, we are one church in three locations!
I have heard that for the most part everything clicked and the service went quite well. You always are a little nervous about this kind of thing, but the Lord showed up and they had a great service.
They had 140 people show up for the service!! (which is exactly twice as many as we had when we launched Foothills Community Church in Seneca, SC back in 1998)
This week there will be a lot of follow-up, and some tweaks for next week's service. If you attended the Grand Opening, come back next Sunday and bring a few people with you.
On our other campuses great things are happening as well. On Saturday, our Toccoa, GA campus had a huge community party. Hundreds of people showed up to that. Most of the people attending were blown away that it was completely FREE.
On Sunday both the Toccoa and Seneca campuses also had awesome services. We started a new message series called, My Secret Life. This series is going to hit home with a lot of people. Next week the message is called, "My Kids Are Making Bad Choices" If you or someone you know has a "prodigal" son or daughter, get them to Foothills!!
Don't forget, our next Get In The Game Class will be on Nov. 11th at all 3 campuses. Sign-up today.
