Totally Amazed!

All I can say is WOW!!!

Yesterday, Cyndi and I did something that a lot of church staffers don't do. We went to another church. Actually, we left right after our church's morning worship service and took two of our students with us and drove three hours to Anderson, SC.

We arrived a little after 4pm and so I drove them to the church just to see the facilities. Well after driving we decided to go to the Youth Facility called the 2seven. This is really a cool facility and it pumps me up to get our youth center up and running.

Well we arrived to the 6pm service at Newspring and immediately my wife, and our students were blown away, just by their facilities. They spared no expense on their kids and students. As far as the worship service went let me just say WOW...WOW...WOW!!!! Incredible worship! Creative!

During the service, the goalie for Clemson's soccer team got baptized!! Whoooo hoooo! It was really awesome to see a lot of the team their supporting her, and they had signs! How awesome is that! Newspring is holding a baptism service this Saturday but what I think is really cool, is that they are having a tailgating party before hand. How awesome is that! Why not hold a tailgate party? I mean seriously if we do it for football (which no longer matters until my Wolverines win again) why not for Baptism!! Christians should throw the biggest and best parties in the world!

Perry Noble, the senior pastor at Newspring Church, spoke on Baptism. He said what it is, what it isn't, and really made it applicable. Perry also revolutionized Chrisitanity...by that I mean this, he stated that today many Christians try to make being a Christian to hard. Jesus made it eaasy, and he made it easy by saying FOLLOW ME. Christianity is responding to Jesus's command to FOLLOW ME! It's not about rules, do this, do that, etc... FOLLOW ME!

Well, the service rocked and I love what Newspring is doing. No, I don't want to copy them, but definately use them as a resource. And for all of you bloggers out there that have been knocking Perry and Newspring get over yourselves!! It's not about you. It's all about Jesus, and if you have ever been to one of their services you would realize that! Stop criticising because people are coming to a saving relationship with Jesus...Lives are being changed!

Check back here for more notes and thoughts later this week!!