Element Church Insider

Hey men of Element Church!  Coming up on November 18th and 19th we are holding a Men’s Conference.  It’s themed RISE UP and it’s going to be a GREAT follow up to the Man Series!  We’re going to talk about putting into practice, the things we talk about through the whole series.  The Element worship band will be there to lead us in worship, Pastor Scott Bloyer from Elevation Church in Aurora, CO will be our guest speaker, we are staying at the Embassy Suites in Loveland and will be going to a Colorado Eagles Hockey game on Saturday night.

The cost of the conference is $85 and the deadline for registration is October 16th.  We’re gonna have a GREAT time hanging out together, diving into God’s Word, being challenged by the Holy Spirit and making some life changes that will effect ourselves and our families forever!  I’m going to be there, and I hope I’ll see you there as well.  Fill out a registration form and money at Element Church to make sure you are on the list!  Men, let’s GATHER together so we can be SENT to the world!

“The longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved!”  The Apostle Paul said that in Romans 10:1, and I’ve been praying it over our church and church family(s) this week.

Tomorrow, we’re continuing our sermon series called Masqeurade, and I just wanted to throw this out there.  Tomorrow we are taking on the “mask of salvation”.  85% of Americans believe they are going to Heaven, yet only 21% of those same people believe you have to be a Christian to go there.  According to a recent Barna research poll, only 48% of self professing CHRISTIANS believe they are going to Heaven for sure.  WHAT?  Whether intentionally or not, SOMEONE is putting on a mask.

With that in mind, I am preaching one of the most straight forward and simple messages on salvation tomorrow called “How do I know if I’m really saved?”  If you call Element Church home, I’m asking you for three things:  1.  PRAY!!!  Pray that the power of Jesus Christ would break through the masks that people are wearing, and pray specifically that PEOPLE WILL BE SAVED!  I’m believing God for salvation tomorrow.  2.  INVITE!!  If you know someone who does not know Jesus, and have a trusted relationship with them, I encourage you to invite them to come with you.  Offer to pick them up, meet them at the front door, take them to lunch afterwards, whatever you feel comfortable with.  If you have a chance, text someone, Facebook them, tweet them…just do what you need to do!  3.  BE THERE!  There is something POWERFUL about God’s message being preached among God’s people!  The lost respond in the midst of the FOUND.

I’m believing for salvation tomorrow.  Will you join me?

Believing,

Jeff

—  After a 2 week break from the blog I AM BACK!  So for the 3 people who follow this, the blogs will begin back regularly this week.

—  I had an AMAZING vacation with my wife 2 weeks ago, and took this last week to catch up from being on vacation.  Plus, getting back to a broken water heater and car which wouldn’t start made for an interesting “get back in the groove” week.

—  I have THE BEST STAFF on the planet.  Today was my 3rd Sunday in a row not in the pulpit, and I didn’t question ONE BIT that the team was able to fill in in my stead.  From the e:kidz takeover, Pastor Adam, and Pastor Andy today, knowing we have a fully capable team is PRICELESS.

—  By the way, a pastor who believes he can NEVER take a Sunday off has a ME problem not a pulpit supply problem.  The church does NOT center on the pastor, it centers on JESUS!! Anything else and you are not a church.

—  Sorry, got preachy there.  I haven’t preached in 3 weeks…it happens.

—  Had a solid attendance today again.  Been SO pleased with our summer attendance.  We are not even coming close to our typical “summer slump”.  We are down slightly from our average, but nothing like we expected.  I LOVE those kinds of surprises.

—  I had the chance to meet a first time guest family today who had some great compliments on the church, had an equally great but disappointing conversation with a family who was here for the last Sunday.  Military family who was PCS’ing this week.  LOVED hearing how important Element has been for them, but HATE seeing people have to go. Just need to remember, we don’t LOSE people…we SEND them.

—  Pastor Andy started a 2 week mini-series that I’ll be finishing next week called “Make War”.  It is a series on discipleship.  He did a GREAT job.  He preached on the story of the rich young man from Mark 10:17-27 and asked the question “What are the marks of a disciple?”  Here are some excerpts:

• Sometimes we approach God as if we’re doing Him a favor.  Like “Ok God, I guess I’ll believe in you.”
• The young man didn’t know who he was talking to.  Jesus was the MESSIAH, he called him “good teacher”.
• When we choose to follow Jesus we aren’t signing up for a club, we are choosing to give up everything.
• Jesus is not your buddy, your pal or someone you debate with.  He is the Son of God.
• The obedience Jesus was calling the young man to was just a little too much for Him.  (And that’s where a lot of us find ourselves today)
• Andy talked a lot about how obedience and belief work together.

— Andy’s message was a GREAT start to this series on discipleship.  Can’t wait to conclude it next week.  Discipleship in two weeks.  WHAT WERE WE THINKING?

—  SO PROUD of our church taking the backpack ministry on FULL FORCE!  We purchased 400 backpacks for people to fill up with school supplies for EVERY student at Rossman Elementary.  So far, only 22 backpacks remain left to be picked up.

—  Don’t forget to bring the backpacks back to church filled up and ready to go through this week, or by Sunday the 31st at the latest.

—  Like I said, SO PROUD of my church.

—  Sabrina’s parents are in town this week so I’m looking forward to spending some time with the fam.  Gonna sign off so I can go do that.

—  It was GREAT to be back with my church family today.  I love you guys!  Thanks for letting me lead you. The BEST is yet to come.

Till the end,

Jeff

I like making up words.  I also LOVE spending un-interrupted time with my wife, and that is what I’m doing the next week.  Sabrina and I are on a KID FREE vacation, which means I’ll be on a blog free one as well.  Also, the rest of the month of July will be a little hit and miss.  Trying to use it to focus on some other things.  Can’t wait to get back in the saddle and be with my favorite people on the earth…ELEMENTERS!!  Love you guys!  See you on the other side.

Hey Element Church!  For all you ladies out there, WOW is putting on a women’s conference called Hope’s Alive coming up on Mother’s Day weekend.  There was a great article on the paper about it today.  Christian recording artist Kathy Trocolli will be sharing about Hope in Christ.  Check it out HERE to read more information about it. Don’t miss it!