Creative Scribble

OneLife today was an awesome day - not just a great service. At one point, I had to kind of pinch myself that God is doing so much in such little time.

• We wrapped up the Break Out series today.
• I broke out my Speedos from high school swim team as an illustration. No, I didn't wear them but would be happy to send you a picture
• To live freely, we must let go of control - the control of sin.
• We are like one of two prisoners. The first one is tired of being controlled by prison and ready to get out. The other continually sabotages his parole because the freedom scares him.
• Do you really want to be free?
• It is impossible to be controlled by sin AND be a Christian. If you are controlled by anything but Christ, you are not his follower!
• Knowing ABOUT Jesus isn't enough. You need to KNOW Jesus!
• The band was all back together this week and sounded tight. Great songs about freedom, tearing down walls, and focussing on the cross.
• We had TWELVE new volunteers today helping setup and greet. Incredible.
• We had our "Get to Know OneLife Lunch" right after the service. I expected about 50 people to sign up. We ended up with around 100 signed up last week and 120+ there today!
• Thankfully Buddy's Barbeque sends PLENTY of food when they cater. Either that or it was like the fishes and loaves
• I got to meet lots of new OneLifers including several first time guests who stayed.
• Next week we start a new series that is going to be a lot of fun. "Crazy People" will deal with church-issues that make a lot of outsiders think Christians are just a bunch of crazy people.
• The trailer video that Tyler did for this series cracks me up. People don't know if it's ok to laugh at first! It's a bunch of TV clips of "crazy Christians."
• Can't wait for the new series to start. I wish it was tomorrow! See ya Sunday and BRING A FRIEND!!!