Sunday, February 8, 2009

Sunday Evening Reflections

Wow! What a weekend! Today we became a church that meets in multiple locations. We are now officially a multi-site church. We had such a great day today at The Journey. We had over 219 adults and over 50 kids that we had a chance to minister to. This has been a part of the vision of the church for more than 3 years since we first opened. Today that dream became reality. I'm so grateful to all the people who put in hard work and sacrifice to make that happen. The campus pastor's Shawn Allen and Todd Bates have been phenomenal. Robbie Cheuvront and the tech team guys have been irreplaceable and absolutely ensured that we were able to be fully functional in both locations. It is just exciting to see everything come together so well. Our Host Teams and Children's Ministry were stellar at both locations today and provided a great experience and friendly atmosphere for families attending.

There is still work to be done and many awesome days ahead with our two remaining previews and Grand Opening on March 1st. The Journey became a different church today and this day will not quickly be forgotten. Invite a friend, tell a co-worker, and help continue to ignite this Jesus movement that we all believe needs to happen.

Journeying forward,
Pastor Erik

Friday, February 6, 2009

The Time is Here

We are now only two days away from opening our second campus at The Journey. It is exciting to think about what is going to take place. We have been working extremely hard and praying even harder for this new start. We have distributed nearly 5,000 door-hangers throughout the Providence/Mt Juliet community. We have a newspaper article done on us. We have had communication go out through the school to the families and faculty. Now the time is here to move forward. Be praying that God leads people to respond to the invitations. Pray that His would be glorified and sought after by those who attend. Pray that this would be step one of a Jesus movement igniting in our area. Invite your friends and family to come experience this exciting day at Providence campus launch. This Sunday, February 8th @ 10:30am - Rutland Elementary School behind the Providence development.

Monday, February 2, 2009

A Big Week

After typing the title to this BLOG, I'm asking myself if there is such thing as "Big" or "Small" week...a week is a week. Anyway, sorry for the sidetrack. I'm excited about this week. We are launching our second location in the Providence community this week. We have had the vision of being multi-site since the day we opened our doors three years ago, now the time is finally here. It is so much fun to watch what God is doing. He is bringing people to the church and changing peoples lives. If you have people that you have been wanting to invite to The Journey, this is a great week to do so. The West Campus meets at 9am and the Providence Campus meets at 10:30am.

Another note of news: The Mt Juliet News will be running the newspaper article reported in the Lebanon Democrat this Wednesday, so be looking for it. Pray often this week as you take time to think about all that God is doing at The Journey and the lives that can be changed through the starting of this new campus.