Hey Element Church! Pastor Grant, Pastor Adam, Pastor Andy and I all drove to Billings late last night for our denominational Annual Conference. We rolled into Billings about 12:30 AM and have meetings starting today after lunch through Wednesday noon. We’re actually going to head out after all the business on Tuesday night so we can get back to keep working on the new location on Wednesday. Please pray for our safety as we travel back late Tuesday. We had another awesome day yesterday. Here are my ruminations.
— 557 total attendance yesterday. Once again we had people in the video venue both services.
— Thank you to those who are choosing to sit in the video venue. It’s a huge help to have some open seats in our live theater.
— All the pastors wore suits yesterday. People thought something was up. We also borrowed a very large wooden pulpit from another church in town.
— Adam led worship with an acoustic set. Much more mellow feel than Element usually does. We didn’t use our stage lighting like we usually do either.
— The reason being, I spoke on our core value of worship. In the Bible we don’t see suits, choir robes, pulpits, steeples, stained glass, hymn books, video projectors, electric guitars, drums, lights or sound systems, yet we limit worship to all those things.
— I spoke from Amos 5. God says about worship in verse 24 “Instead, I want to see a might flood of justice and an endless river of righteous living”. I think the worship that God wants is found in the Great Commandment. To love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. And to love your neighbor as yourself.
— We announced our move into the new location. If you are an Elementer plan on attending church at the new location, 600 E. Carlson, on Nov. 23rd. If anything changes we’ll announce it at church this Sunday and on the blogs and web site.
— There is a LOT of work to be done in order to get in on time. LOTS of cleaning to be done. Touch up painting. We’ll have to move all of our supplies from the theater over to the new location.
— We’re planning on working Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nighs 6 – 9 PM. Saturday 9 AM to 4 PM. We need Shopvacs galore. Brooms. Mops eventually. Anyone with carpet laying expertise. Willing bodies. If you have questions, please call the office.
— Gotta run! probably some slow blogging this week with everything going on. I’ll do my best to keep you updtated.
— I love pastoring Element Church.
Following Christ,
Jeff
