We had an awesome day at Glenville!  Normally, we have two morning services, but today we had a guest speaker, so we combined the two services.  We do not always do that when we have a guest speaker, but it is always nice to put the whole church family together in one service.  I love seeing the auditorium packed out!

The day was really awesome!  The energy was infectious, and the people were totally engaed in what was going on.

We started with our choir singing, “Jesus Saves” by Travis Cottrell and David Moffitt.  The choir just made the place ring and set a great tone for the rest of the service.  Great job choir!!!

The, we opened up with a couple of our newer songs:

• Sing, Sing, Sing –Tomlin/Reeves/Gilder/Carson/Nunn
• A New Hallelujah – Smith/Baloche (This was our third week in a row to do this… kind of a theme song for our missions emphasis month)
  

Our pastor then welcomed everyone.  We have been hitting the idea of connecting with one another and others outside the church big time.  Pastor used the welcome today, since we had a combined service, to allow people to get to greet others that they may not know.  We are trying to build the feeling of community within the church, which is even more difficult when you have multiple services.

We went right into our second set of music after the greeting:

• You Are Good – Houghton
• Mighty To Save – Fielding/Morgan
• You Are My Strength – Morgan

Pastor then got up and gave a promo for our big day that we are having in two weeks.  We are calling it Connection Sunday, and are just encouraging everyone to bring one person with them.  Then, he introduced a skit and the guest speaker.  The skit was called “A Couple of Shady Characters” and was about two people that had kicked back sitting in the shade and were just comfortable enjoying life and not too concerned with reaching out to others.   God removes their shade and prompts them to get involved in other people lives.  It is a funny little skit, but it gets the point across beautifully.

Our speaker for the day was Jerry Thorpe.  I always enjoy hearing Jerry speak.  He is a proven leader and built a great church in Odessa.  He challenged our people in the area of reaching out to others, connecting with them so we can help them take their next step towards Christ.  It was a great message, and was perfect for where our church is at, and where we are heading in the near future.  Altars were full as people made decisions for God!

It was just an awesome day!  Attendance looked up (was in my choir – we are quickly running out of space in what we have set up). The people are excited about what God is doing… and so am I!

This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at Fred McKinnon [dot] com.