Re:wind<<
We had a lot of fun today! The morning started off with a bang as our sound guy was unable to make it soooo...guess who was the new sound guy? Yes...that's right. Me. Have I ever mixed sound in church before? Yes...that's right. NO! So I was a little nervous. On top of that we didn't have a bass player so it was a two man band (which, once again, they pulled off with an insane level of excellence!) The whole deal was a little nerve wracking at first but once I figured out what did what, it was all good. My worshiping leading played into my ability to at least hear what was good/wrong (Even though my ability to fix the problems was very limited!) While I was speaking, Dave the worship guy came back to the board and manned it, making me sound as good as humanly possible.
We also didn't have our omega team helping out with set-up/tear down with Upstream Kids but Tina pulled it off with flying colors. I went over there before the gathering and I was blown away by how much time and effort she put into prepping for it and it's not wonder to my why the kids come out grinning from ear to ear.
We continue to be blown away how God can use such limited resources (mainly us as people) to get his dream accomplished. It's usually the days when we think everything is gonna bomb that we get the most compliments on the whole thing and today was no different. It's always funny getting a comment on who amazing the worship was when you've only got an electric guitar and drums.
It's a good feeling to know that we can pull off a Sunday with such limited help. This also gave more people the opportunity to step up to the plate and help out with the take down afterwards (which happened in record time as well).
We're starting to see people connecting after the gathering, either just talking or going out for lunch, which is exactly what we had hoped for. Just going to church and not doing life with the other people there doesn't make any sense. And yet so many people do it week after week thinking that this is what it's all about. It's as these relationships are developed that true community is established and our core gets stronger.
We also didn't have our omega team helping out with set-up/tear down with Upstream Kids but Tina pulled it off with flying colors. I went over there before the gathering and I was blown away by how much time and effort she put into prepping for it and it's not wonder to my why the kids come out grinning from ear to ear.
We continue to be blown away how God can use such limited resources (mainly us as people) to get his dream accomplished. It's usually the days when we think everything is gonna bomb that we get the most compliments on the whole thing and today was no different. It's always funny getting a comment on who amazing the worship was when you've only got an electric guitar and drums.
It's a good feeling to know that we can pull off a Sunday with such limited help. This also gave more people the opportunity to step up to the plate and help out with the take down afterwards (which happened in record time as well).
We're starting to see people connecting after the gathering, either just talking or going out for lunch, which is exactly what we had hoped for. Just going to church and not doing life with the other people there doesn't make any sense. And yet so many people do it week after week thinking that this is what it's all about. It's as these relationships are developed that true community is established and our core gets stronger.
