Looking for love... ok, a love-ly set design

It seems stage design is an area where a lot of people have a lot of ideas so here's your chance to share them!!!

We are now in the process of planning the stage design for our Fall Big Push series: Staying in Love.

Here are some images from the marketing we are using to get your creative juices flowing.








Now, post your thoughts on what we can do with our stage design that will be creative, capture the mood of the series and put our best foot forward for the guests we will have visiting during these four weeks.

Testing a tool for your use

I had a request awhile back for you all to be able to post pictures some how as suggestions for Muse. I agree this would be a VERY valuable asset for this site. So, I'm in the process of testing this out with Picasa and will give you full details once I've worked out the bugs.

Here is a test of pics of our recent "IT" set design that was created by Chip Davis, Chris Cox and myself.

Go Fish: It Was This Big!

Based on the story in 2 Kings 7:3-11 this service will center around the idea that is stated in verse 9 of the story:

"This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren't sharing it with anyone!"

We, like the lepers in the story have discovered something fabulous... something life changing. With this new discovery comes a great responsibility. We have to go back, we have to talk, we have to invite, we have to share with others the good news of Christ that has changed our lives.

Go Fish: Don't Muddy the Water

Religion can seem to be such a complicated thing. In fact, often, is the stuff that makes it complicated that keeps people from becoming a Christian. But in reality what each of us needs to know to be a Christ follower is very, very simple: God loved, God gave, we believe, we receive.

Worship Wednesdays

We have one more Worship Wednesday left, are there any worship ideas that you would like to suggest for our last Wednesday? Any creative ideas for how to share communion together?

Go Fish: Fishing Buddies

Want some good news? We were not challenged to fish alone.

We each have an amazing story of God's love that we can individually share with people in our circles. There is something completely irreplaceable about the power of your story. There is also something irreplaceable about the role of the church in our opportunities to share God's love with others.

So, fishing is not a solo sport. It is designed to be done together. You have a very important part and so does the church.

Go Fish: Caught and Released

Jesus made a very interesting appeal to the first disciples. He challenged them to "come follow Me and I will make you..." Did He say "wise", or maybe "disciplined", or how about "great fathers to your children" or even "great pastors?" No, He said "I will make you fishers of men." And He did just that. These 12 men started what soon became the Church. They did not do this because of their knowledge or talent or skills, but because of what they had seen. They had seen Christ - the Son of God and had experienced for themselves His love for them. And they couldn't help but tell others about it.

You and I were fish once.

Someone cared enough about us that they couldn't let us keep going through life without showing us Christ Who had changed their lives - knowing that He would do the same for us.

So we were caught and we too are released to tell others about this amazing thing that has happened in our lives.