Monday, April 27, 2009

Sunday @ Journey (April 26)


It was a distinct day at Journey for a variety of reasons. First, Guy Delcambre spoke and did an amazing job delivering a message of timely truth through God's Word. I believe that people were truly ministered to and we saw evidence of that as several came forward for prayer during our ministry time. It is great to have a God-given team carry the weight of Journey. May God help us to continue grow on a personal level as the church grows.

A second distinction about this past Sunday was the fact that I got to be involved in the worship time in a "loud" way. I got to play in the band. Now those of you who might know me, that is really nothing unusual. I am a musician and I have been playing instruments and singing in church forever. As a matter of fact, some can remember the first set of drums at Bethel in Duncan. That white, now creamy white, set of drums on stage with a stringy headed 11 year old kid pounding on them. I was just a kid when I started playing drums in church. What a chance my dad took on me! This past Sunday I found myself playing drums once again. Our drummer called in on Friday and said he would be unable to make it. As a new church, options are usually pretty limited but I have always said, "if I have to I will" and I had a blast. I spoke to one of our first time visitors and she said, "I've never had a pastor who played the drums before." I just hope I played better than I did when I was 11!

Great job team! Another day of serving the Lord in our field!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Sunday @ Journey (April 19)

There was a great presence in our worship experience on Sunday. So many times we try to think that the things WE do make the day meaningful but in truth, it is the things that HE does that causes our corporate experiences worth while. As we were lead into worship by our team, I found myself lost in a moment of worship.

The vision for Journey is to be a place where people can genuinely experience the presence of God in a corporate environment. Sunday was a great day for that. Now you must understand that people come with presupposed ideas of what it means to experience God. My take is that when a person is truly touched by the presence of God, the grading system of our human wants gets set aside.

I thank God for everyone who made the day great...especially HIM.