Loved the services yesterday at Foothills Community Church! We continued the That's What he Said series yesterday with a parable that Jesus shared about forgiving other from Luke 18:21-35
** Any time you deal with issues of forgiveness/ unforgiveness, the message seems to hit a nerve with many people.
Here are a few key thoughts:
** Unforgiveness and bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
** The only person that is hurt by unforgiveness is the person that is unwilling to forgive!
** Forgiveness means to "release" someone for an offense.
** The more severe the offense, the less likely we are to forgive.
** Forgiven people need to forgive people.
** If God is willing to forgive us from the tremendous debt of our sins than we should be willing to forgive others.
** Loved the song that the band did, I'll Pray For You. Funny song that made a great springboard into my message.
** We are doing some serious Christmas planning at Foothills. This years series will be called, "Gifted"
** Our Christmas Eve services are going to be UNBELIEVABLE!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Facebook observations
Facebook is a phenomenal social networking site, BUT there are some things that I wonder about:
** Where do people find time to play Mafia Wars and Farmville, and whatever other stupid games there are? Maybe a better question is WHY?
** Why do some people feel the need to quote lines of songs all the time for their statuses?
** I have a theory that there are people on Facebook for the sole purpose of being melodramatic about how bad things are going in their lives, so that other people will reply to encourage them. Really? Do you need encouragement that badly! Doesn't anything good ever happen in your life?
Example:
Joe Smith: "My life stinks. My roof is leaking, I'm broke, my car won't start and my dog has hemorrhoids"
Bill Jones: I'm here for you, bro!
Susan Brown: I know it will get better, you're such a wonderful person.
Doris White: I love you Joe. I'm praying for you.
Ed Black: If you need anything. let me know. You're an awesome person.
** Some people share WAY too many personal details on a public forum. For the record, if you're mad at your husband, let HIM know, not 500 of your closest internet friends.
Here's a crazy thought. How about using Facebook to express positive things? Just a thought. Thanks, I feel better now!
Oh, and in case you're wondering, these are general observations, so I'm not picking on anyone :-)
** Where do people find time to play Mafia Wars and Farmville, and whatever other stupid games there are? Maybe a better question is WHY?
** Why do some people feel the need to quote lines of songs all the time for their statuses?
** I have a theory that there are people on Facebook for the sole purpose of being melodramatic about how bad things are going in their lives, so that other people will reply to encourage them. Really? Do you need encouragement that badly! Doesn't anything good ever happen in your life?
Example:
Joe Smith: "My life stinks. My roof is leaking, I'm broke, my car won't start and my dog has hemorrhoids"
Bill Jones: I'm here for you, bro!
Susan Brown: I know it will get better, you're such a wonderful person.
Doris White: I love you Joe. I'm praying for you.
Ed Black: If you need anything. let me know. You're an awesome person.
** Some people share WAY too many personal details on a public forum. For the record, if you're mad at your husband, let HIM know, not 500 of your closest internet friends.
Here's a crazy thought. How about using Facebook to express positive things? Just a thought. Thanks, I feel better now!
Oh, and in case you're wondering, these are general observations, so I'm not picking on anyone :-)
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday review
Intense. That's the way I would describe yesterday at Foothills Community Church.
We are in a series where we are examining the parables of Jesus. Yesterday was the parable about counting the cost found in Luke 14.
** When Jesus called people to discipleship it was a call to die to themselves and follow Him. Anything short of 100% dedication was not enough. He challenged people to count the cost BEFORE they followed. It almost seemed that Jesus was trying to talk people out of following Him!
** This was one of the most difficult messages that I've ever preached. It was a message that convicted me, and judging from the feedback, also many others.
** Could it be that we have made it too easy to follow Jesus? Just say a prayer, and presto, you're now a disciple. That is NOT what Jesus said. Salvation is a free gift, BUT true discipleship costs us everything.
** Our worship team did another phenomenal job.
** Yes, we have brought back the donuts!
** Our Toccoa campus had their Friend 10-10, and I heard it was fantastic. many new families and tons of energy. Thankful for our Seneca praise choir making the road trip to Toccoa to help out!
** If you have not signed-up to help at Trunk or Treat on October 31st, call the church office and do it today. In Seneca it will be at Walmart. This is a huge event. I was told that over 8,000 people came to it last year! In Toccoa we will do it at our Toccoa campus. They will not only be giving out candy, but hot dogs as well. They will also have a concert with B-Shoc, who attends the Toccoa campus.
We are in a series where we are examining the parables of Jesus. Yesterday was the parable about counting the cost found in Luke 14.
** When Jesus called people to discipleship it was a call to die to themselves and follow Him. Anything short of 100% dedication was not enough. He challenged people to count the cost BEFORE they followed. It almost seemed that Jesus was trying to talk people out of following Him!
** This was one of the most difficult messages that I've ever preached. It was a message that convicted me, and judging from the feedback, also many others.
** Could it be that we have made it too easy to follow Jesus? Just say a prayer, and presto, you're now a disciple. That is NOT what Jesus said. Salvation is a free gift, BUT true discipleship costs us everything.
** Our worship team did another phenomenal job.
** Yes, we have brought back the donuts!
** Our Toccoa campus had their Friend 10-10, and I heard it was fantastic. many new families and tons of energy. Thankful for our Seneca praise choir making the road trip to Toccoa to help out!
** If you have not signed-up to help at Trunk or Treat on October 31st, call the church office and do it today. In Seneca it will be at Walmart. This is a huge event. I was told that over 8,000 people came to it last year! In Toccoa we will do it at our Toccoa campus. They will not only be giving out candy, but hot dogs as well. They will also have a concert with B-Shoc, who attends the Toccoa campus.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
How's your foundation?
We kicked off our new series, "That's What HE Said" this past Sunday at Foothills Community Church. The topic was Foundations
Build Your Life on the Right Foundation from Foothills Community Church on Vimeo.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
sunday review
Today was one of those days that everything just clicks. It was absolutely a blast worshiping at Foothills Community Church this morning.
** Tons of guests with us on Friend 10-10. I believe we had the most 1st-time guest children check-in to Kidzone this year!
** Worship was incredible. It is always fun to have Joy Honeycutt in the house. The choir was adding the energy and the entire band was rocking.
** Lots of people responded to the invitation to make Jesus the cornerstone of their lives. I believe around 30 people made that decision!
** The new series, "That's What He Said", is going to be a great, but challenging series.
** Lots of people were doing their 1st Serve this morning They were checking out areas of interest for them to serve.
** Toccoa campus also had a phenomenal day with a great attendance and a lot of people signing up to serve during their ServeLink!
** Another person was saved at the Toccoa campus today too!
** The Krispy Kremes were a big hit today!
** We're praying that the gusts who came today will be back next Sunday. Thanks to all of you that invited your friends!
** Tons of guests with us on Friend 10-10. I believe we had the most 1st-time guest children check-in to Kidzone this year!
** Worship was incredible. It is always fun to have Joy Honeycutt in the house. The choir was adding the energy and the entire band was rocking.
** Lots of people responded to the invitation to make Jesus the cornerstone of their lives. I believe around 30 people made that decision!
** The new series, "That's What He Said", is going to be a great, but challenging series.
** Lots of people were doing their 1st Serve this morning They were checking out areas of interest for them to serve.
** Toccoa campus also had a phenomenal day with a great attendance and a lot of people signing up to serve during their ServeLink!
** Another person was saved at the Toccoa campus today too!
** The Krispy Kremes were a big hit today!
** We're praying that the gusts who came today will be back next Sunday. Thanks to all of you that invited your friends!
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Friend 10-10
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I am so excited about our Friend 10-10 celebration this Sunday at our Seneca campus and next Sunday at our Toccoa campus.
Our people have been inviting their friends for the last couple of weeks, there is an excitement in the air, and this could be the greatest day in our history!
Here are a couple of reasons you NEED to be there and bring some people with you:
* We are kicking off a brand new message series called, "That's What He Said". We will be looking at several of the parables of Jesus, and I am telling you, this is going to be life-changing! (By the way, we have sent out a huge mailer to 26,000 homes to advertise for this new series)
* The music is going to be UNBELIEVABLE! We will have our praise choir up there this week, and we will also have a very special guest, Joy Honeycutt. (You may remember Joy, she has sung at Foothills a few times. She was featured on the show, Intervention) If you haven't heard her, the girl can flat out sing!
* The band will be doing a feature song, that I absolutely can't wait to hear!
* Krispy Kreme Donuts. (I don't think I need to elaborate on this!)
* People will have an opportunity to meet Jesus. We are praying that hundreds will give their lives to Christ!
Monday, October 04, 2010
Sunday highlights
After 6 months of planning, we completed our mini-series called Dream Team, yesterday.
It all began on Thursday evening with our Dream Team Celebration. This was a party we threw in honor of the 600 people that currently serve at Foothills Community Church. Not everyone could attend, but it was one of the best things we've ever done. It was a time of fun, eating desserts, karaoke, music, testimonies and inspiration.
On Sunday we held a ServeLink in the concourse. The goal was for people to take what they had just learned over the last 2 Sundays and put it into practice. We had tables set up representing different volunteer opportunities. To say it was a smashing success would be an understatement, as 150 new people signed-up to serve on the Dream Team! If you do the math, that means that we increased our volunteer base by 25%!
In addition to that, many people who are already serving will be increasing their amount of time given to serving!
There were some that are still praying which area they will be serving in, so we will have more filter in over the next couple of weeks.
Here is the new culture we are trying to build at Foothills. Up until this point, the question to people was, "Are you serving?" The new question will be, "WHERE are you serving?" The goal is 100% of the people at Foothills to have a place within the church to serve AND to look for additional serving opportunities outside of the Church!
I believe this will help us build the infrastructure to get to the next level.
If you were not at church yesterday, you can still be a part of the Dream Team. Simply fill out our information card on Sunday and check off the box about serving, or do it right now by clicking here.
I just want to thank all of the wonderful people at Foothills that are giving their lives to serving God and others!
It all began on Thursday evening with our Dream Team Celebration. This was a party we threw in honor of the 600 people that currently serve at Foothills Community Church. Not everyone could attend, but it was one of the best things we've ever done. It was a time of fun, eating desserts, karaoke, music, testimonies and inspiration.
On Sunday we held a ServeLink in the concourse. The goal was for people to take what they had just learned over the last 2 Sundays and put it into practice. We had tables set up representing different volunteer opportunities. To say it was a smashing success would be an understatement, as 150 new people signed-up to serve on the Dream Team! If you do the math, that means that we increased our volunteer base by 25%!
In addition to that, many people who are already serving will be increasing their amount of time given to serving!
There were some that are still praying which area they will be serving in, so we will have more filter in over the next couple of weeks.
Here is the new culture we are trying to build at Foothills. Up until this point, the question to people was, "Are you serving?" The new question will be, "WHERE are you serving?" The goal is 100% of the people at Foothills to have a place within the church to serve AND to look for additional serving opportunities outside of the Church!
I believe this will help us build the infrastructure to get to the next level.
If you were not at church yesterday, you can still be a part of the Dream Team. Simply fill out our information card on Sunday and check off the box about serving, or do it right now by clicking here.
I just want to thank all of the wonderful people at Foothills that are giving their lives to serving God and others!
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