There are so many things that happen in the life of a new, small church that are so cool, so surprising, so uplifting that it makes me wonder why more new churches aren't started up all the time! One of those really cool, surprising, and uplifting things happened to me this week. Several members of the Church Requel praise team got together this week and staked out their own place on YouTube. They call their small piece of cyberspace RequelPractice.
Their reason for putting it up? To give them a chance to practice together when they can't be together. And to provide an encouragement to those of us who might need a little bit of "pick-me-up" throughout the week. Cool and uplifting!
But what about "surprising?" It's surprising to me because I had nothing to do with this. I didn't think of it. I didn't execute it. And that tells me something great about our church. It's growing! Other people are taking responsibility for how God is working in their lives and using their gifts to encourage the body. The more our church grows, the more things like this will happen. To which I say, "GREAT!"
Want to sing along with the songs for tonight? The team will open our services with "Cannons." Then we will sing "Come Thou Fount," "Everlasting God," and "No Sweeter Name." After the teaching time, we'll take communion together and sing "This is Our God."
My personal favorite is "No Sweeter Name." Trish will be joining the team this weekend and it sounds like she's going to do a GREAT job! I'm looking forward to seeing you all tonight at church! Pastor Mark
