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Our First Night of Worship in Pictures and Bullet Points

October 27, 2008 in The Church at Spring Hill with 2 Comments


*Last night was simply stellar – THANK YOU to all who were involved.

*Set up only took 45 minutes; tear down took even less (Thank you Spring Hill UMC and Pastor Keith!  Thanks to all who came early and stayed a little late!)

*Our worship leader Michael Farren was transparent and honest and it led to a beautiful moment of worship of our God in that sacred space

*Utopia Coffee hit the spot as we waited for kick-off

*Over 100 of us gathered…If you know me, you know that I didn't count..other well trained church goers did though.  I must say that on this night I'm glad that I found out how many were there.  Why? I feel like what happened was special – unique.  Not a dime was spent on marketing.  We simply gathered as friends…one person connected to another.  This was huge because with it came an intimacy that can't be manufactured and there was no pressure to have "x" amount of people.  It was a big group of friends and family who were happy to be together.  Some may think, "Well that's an idealistic dream that will never work."  Well, it's my dream and it feels too right to do it any other way.  No hype, no sales, just people intentionally getting to know their neighbors, learning to love their neighbors and together serving their neighborhoods.  Kinda sounds a bit familiar to me.

*Friends that I wasn't expecting showed up.  They have no idea what this meant to me and I am really grateful.

*We gave all the kids party squawkers…I know I'm popular with the parents today :)

*We've been official for only a short time and it was cool to have community service project to put before our church.  It will be cool to serve together.

*We have gotten great feedback on the simplicity of it all and on having Sunday OFF!

*We get to do it all again next week!

Thanks to all who were praying.  We could feel it.

Peace ~

William

In Case You Haven’t Seen Or Heard…

September 18, 2008 in Church with 1 Comment

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You can keep up with what is going on with our new ministry at TheChurch@SpringHill.  The past three days have been brilliant –

*Beautiful Weather
*Yes!  My Office Is Set Up & Clean.
*Overwhelming Phone Calls & Emails
*Amazed @ The Conversations With People Who Are Joining Our Movement
*Praying For The Meeting Place To Come Together
*Blessed By Friends Who Are Helping Me With Details
*Excitement About Our Fall Activities
*Wide Eyed About The Opportunities That God Has Placed Before Us.

Thank you all for your prayers, ideas, smiles and support.  We couldn't do it without you.

Peace ~

Day One

September 15, 2008 in Uncategorized with Comments Off

Picture 1"William, William.  It's 7:11.  We over slept."

That's the way that my new journey started this morning and the crazy thing is it was okay.  I've told several people that everything would be the same in the mornings.  I would get up at 6:30: I would take Ardent to Heritage and then  I would go by Starbucks for a jolt of espresso.  At that point the day would change.  I will no longer head north to Franklin but beginning today I would just stay:  turning my focus completely on my community.  Well my focus is here, but Yahweh had different plans for my morning rhythm.  We over slept.  Maybe this is a great place to begin thinking about the new rhythms that my life will take on.

It's day one.  The first day that I feel completely released to pastor and shepherd the community of people that God has placed in my life.  I have to tell you it feels good.  Actually, it feels amazing.  I have a "to do" list that is a mile long but I can't tell you how charged I am to embrace it – all of it.

So, here's to hitting home runs on day one. I am very excited about the amazing people Yahweh has surrounded me with and about the journey ahead.  It's going to be stellar.

Many of you have emailed me with questions and wanting to know how to pray.  You can keep up with us at www.thechurchatspringhill.com.

Also, my new email is… william@thechurchatspringhill.com.

 

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