WE’RE IN!!

1 12 2008

Folks, we are having church at the new location THIS SUNDAY!  We just passed inspections and will recieve a TCO (Temporary Certificate of Occupancy).  There are a couple of updates that must be done before we receive a Final Occupancy.  Fire code issues as far as exit lighting and HVAC fire issues.  BUT, we passed.  We will worship this Sunday at the new building.  That deserves a big PRAISE THE LORD!  Well, we’re going to need help this week moving everything in and setting up.  MAN, I’m so excited.  Ok, gotta start working!

EXCITED (to say the least),

Jeff


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You Choose

1 12 2008

youchoose2Lots going on around here these days.  Right now we’re finishing up last minute code issues and waiting for this afternoons final inspection.  If you read this and remember, we’d love for you to bathe this in prayer.  Ask for God’s favor and blessing in the inspection.  The reason for this particular post is to announce to everyone our YOU CHOOSE Sunday.  On Sunday, December 28th we will be celebrating what God has done in 2008 together, AND, looking ahead to what God is going to do in 2009.  For the worship set list we are putting the decisions in YOUR hands.  If you go to  elementweb.net you’ll see a link like the one above.  Or click HERE to go to the page.   There you can vote for your favorite 3 songs out of 3 sections (fast tempo, mid tempo, slow tempo).  Adam will compile the 5 song set list from all of your votes.  Contrary to what Curtis said Sunday, we are NOT taking write in votes.  Although I would love to see Adam lead “Lord I Lift Your Name On High” with motions.  You get to vote from every song the band did over this past year.  It will be a fun Sunday of looking back but more importantly, looking ahead over to what’s coming up.


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New Location Update

23 11 2008

Well, it is down to the nitty gritty.  Right now there are very few jobs left for us to do.  Finishing work now and major cleaning.  Ceiling tiles need to go in.  Baseboards.  LOTS of vacuming and cleaning.  ALL the carpet is in.  PRAISE THE LORD!  We did it all ourselves and saved a TON of money.  Plumbing passed inspection and is all done.  Electric passed inspection (have to install fire alarms still) and is done.  All lighting and HVAC is done.  Paint murals need to be finished.  WOW!  Can’t believe how much we’ve done.  CRAZY!  Keep praying for those stupid doors to come in on time.


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Sunday Rumination (11-16-08)

16 11 2008

One more week of “Heart” and then hopefully we’ll be in the new location.  Here are my ruminations on the day.

— 3 people in first service and 4 people in 2nd service acknowledged that they had asked Jesus to come into their heart.  One of them was one of our JV youth students.

— 3 kids accepted Jesus today as well in e:kidz.  That ROCKS!  People need to Jesus, not as a buddy but as their Savior.  NOTHING tops seeing people come to know Christ.

— We have received some GREAT comments and emails of people sharing about how Jesus transforming their lives.  LOVE it!

— 544 today.  Both services full again!

— Due to a scheduling conflict last week (we had to play in the championship game of the city flag football tournament.  WE WON!), we rescheduled The Tour for today.  We also have Partnership class at 4 today.  I love seeing people connect in a deeper level to Element.

— Long day when you throw those two things in.

— Adam stinkin’ rocked out a new version of Amazing Love today.  Holy Cow it was awesome!

— Spoke on our core value of significance.  As stated through this series, I don’t want these values just to be on paper or viewed on the web-site, but what we actually live!  Our values need to guide, direct and navigate our mission and vision.  I hope people actually see our values IN us.

— Made the announcement that we will not be moving into the new location this week.  We do have our final inspection scheduled for Friday.  We need three things done and need your prayers on them.  #1 Electric needs to be done.  #2  HVAC needs to be done  #3 Our doors are NOT in yet and we can’t pass inspections without doors.  Please pray on our behalf.

— We’re not naming a date again, so we don’t have to retract again.  HOWEVER, it is SOON!  We are so close we can taste it.  I’ll have some new pictures up tonight.  Carpet should be done this week.  Bathrooms are floored (one small area in womens to be done).  Toilets going in.  It’s super close.

— I’m actually gonna miss the theater.  It’s become home!  Sure it will be great to not be portable but the theater holds some awesome memories.  It will be one of my “memorials” for the rest of my life.  I think we need memorials like God used to have the Israelites put up.  It helps you remember what God has done!

— Alright!  I know there is probably more but I need to head to partnership class!  I LOVE Element Church!

— I’ll try to get pictures up tonight.

Following Christ,

Jeff


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New Location Update

5 11 2008

Paint is rapidly going up.  We had a good work crew last night and got lots of stuff cleaned up and prepped.  We started putting up our sound panels in the worship center which will help with echo and sound control.  I think they look sweet.  The welcome center is now painted and lights are going up.  Hallways are being painted and kids rooms as well.  The owners are redoing our front sidewalk and parking lot.  The sidewalk and new island will be done this week.  Parking lot is next.  That is HUGE for us!  Tomorrow one of the city inspectors is coming out to see how we are tracking.  PLEASE PRAY FOR FAVOR!  This is not a final inspection, we just want to know where we are standing as far as a timeline.  We’ll be working Thursday and Friday night and Saturday 9 starting at 9 AM.  We’ll have lots of cleaning.  We need good shopvacs.  Need to fix a lot of our celing tile track (what holds tiles).  Need to get the floors cleaned up as best we can so flooring can go down.  If you’re coming out bring brooms, trash cans, and shopvacs.  We’ll have some touch up painting on the ceiling track as well.  Here are the latest pictures.


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Video Venue

27 10 2008

Hey Element Church!  I want to challenge any of you Elementers who are regular attenders to do something that would really help us.  We’ve been having some first time guests being put in the video venue and we’d love to avoid that.  If you are already committed to Element and can put up with worship and ME on video for 3 - 4 more weeks, we’d greatly appreciate it.  Any seats that are open in the live service are VERY valuable to our first time guests.  SO, there is the challenge.  Please try to open up seats for us.  I think we may start needing the video venue in first service too.  We’ll see.  We are on target for November 23rd in the building.  We talked to the electricians today and they are on target.  Drywallers were in today and on target.  Continue to pray that God would grant us favor with the city and labor as well to get in on target.  Thanks to those of you who will give up your seat for a few weeks.

Following Christ

Jeff


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Sunday Rumination (10-26-08)

26 10 2008

AWESOME day today at Element.  So glad I listened to God’s voice and called the audible.  The message God gave me for today was as much for me as for anyone else.  I did have several comments from people of how this message was perfect for them.

— 8 people raised their hand today indicating that they had received Jesus as their Savior.  LOVE IT!

— 1 person was from our video venue.  SWEET!  Love knowing that people in there are still connecting with God’s Word via video.  Isn’t technology great?

— The Lead Team is talking about how we can utilize video in the future.  Whether it’s for more space, another venue or in the church planting mode.

—  543 in church today.  25 in video I think.  We are completely full in both services now.  Both services had the front row filled.  We’ll keep doing our best in the theater.  Can’t wait to be in the new location though.

— The lobby was stinkin’ crazy today in between services.  Holy cow!  It was just a mass of people.  Love seeing all the people in between.

— Speaking of new location.  Texture on the walls starts tomorrow.  ALL the major drywall is done (a few patches yet).  Painting will begin this weekend.  It’s getting close.

— I spoke today on having certainty in an uncertain world.  I really felt this was important for us in the times we are facing.  Regardless of the outcome in the elections, the stock market, oil prices or housing crunch we can be ceratain that…#1 God is in control  #2  I have my part  #3  The answers are in His Word  #4  God is with us  I used Joshua 1:1-9  You can listen or watch online later this week if you missed it.

— The band, holy smokes, did awesome.  Worship was crazy good.  Adam, thank you for your hardwork putting together everything this week.

— The band learned two new songs, sung one as a special in my message.  We revamped the order of service from what we normally do.  It felt good.  Nothing major, just some subtle changes to mix it up.

— Hearing the congregation belt out Great Is Thy Faithfulness was awesome.

— We dedicated Elyjah today.  Ely is from one of our anniversary Sunday testimony videos.  It was very cool to dedicate him today.  You can check out the testimony vid HERE.

— The family asked Grant to do the dedication.  I was MORE than thrilled to allow him the priveledge.  It was his first time to dedicate.  He did a GREAT job.

— Had a couple people from our home church in Gillette.  Awesome to see them.

— That’s about it.  Getting ready for a night of NOTHING!

Following Christ,

Jeff


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New Location Update

21 10 2008

It’s been a busy day here at the new location.  We have some volunteers coming out every day right now for about an hour doing drywall for us.  They are also going to help us with some of our flooring.  Our mud and tape guys started today and already have 2 coats done in the welcome center and started in the worship center.  Toilets and urinals have been ordered and are ready to install.  We have someone ready to paint everything starting November 1st.  Electricians are moving right along on target.  Below are the latest pictures.  Exciting stuff.  November 23rd is still our goal.  Please continue to pray with us that the Lord grants us favor in this process.


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Sunday Rumination (10-12-08)

12 10 2008

WOW! WOW!  WOW!  To say we were NOT prepared for today would be an understatement.  I am absolutely wiped right now.  Andy said it best HERE.  I don’t think we’ve been busier or more tired but MAN I can’t imagine doing anything else right now.  I love my team.  I love Element Church.  Here are my ruminations on the day.

— 561 in church today.  YES you read that correctly.

— First service was full and second service was PACKED!

— I was sitting in the lobby during 2nd service worship and all the sudden a stream of people came filing out of the worship center.  I didn’t know what was happening until I realized they couldn’t find a seat.  Thankfully we started our video overflow two weeks ago.  Only TODAY did we figure out how to get lyrics and sermon notes over the video.  Imagine that.  So we had 50 or so people in our video venue enjoying the service.

— We were prepared as far as there was video and sound in there, but we were NOT prepared for people to actually use it.  lol OOPS!  We had communion today and didn’t have ushers or communioners ready to go.

— Tomorrows meeting should be fun.  Got LOTS to tweak in our video venue.

— 5 people in first service, over 10 in second and I’m not sure about the video venue  indicated that they received Jesus as their Savior today.  LOVE IT!

— We had about a 1 second delay on our video/audio in the video venue.  Need to figure that out.

— We have TONS to learn when it comes to the whole video venue thing.

— I think AC is going to become a four letter word for me.  It was cold this morning but with all the action in the worship center it heats up quick.  So we had the manager turn the AC on.  Right before 2nd service I realized it was smokin’ hot again.  Come to find out, someone told the theater staff they were cold and they cranked the heat up again.  CRAZY!

— GREAT start to our Heart series.  Love talking about our values.

— Had The Tour today.  Good turnout and again, I LOVE talking about Element Church to people who are curious about who we are.

— Don’t forget to bring spaghetti sauce and noodles each week so we can help keep Needs Inc. food pantry stocked.

— Getting much closer on the new location.  Don’t forget, Tuesday Thursday and Friday nights we’re working from 6 - 9 PM.  Saturday we’ll start at 4 PM.

— Can’t imagine NOT doing this.  God has been great to us.  I pray He continues to grant us wisdom in knowing how to handle it all.

Following Christ,

Jeff


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Element Church One Year Recap Video

11 10 2008

Hey Element Church!  Well it’s been one year in Cheyenne since we’ve been ministering together.  Here is the video we showed last Sunday highlighting the years activities.


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