Sunday Summary 8.22.10

Yesterday was AMAZING as people have now officially returned from vacation and the church attendance was back up! Thanks to Heather for coordinating our music as we wait for the arrival of Joey Colson. Thanks to the band, praise teams, and choir for your patience! There is a genuine spirit of unity and cooperation among our worship ministry team, and it is so refreshing.

In our morning service, I preached for the fifth week on "Serving." This is the third step in the disciple making process adopted by our church. I ran through many Scripture passages where Jesus taught His disciples about serving. Our study revealed the following:

• If you want to be great... you must serve.
• If you want to hold a place of honor... you must serve.
• If you want to make a difference... you must serve.
• If you want to be like Jesus... you must serve.

We concluded the service with the story of Jesus washing the disples' feet. Think about it... the Creator washed the feet of His creation. We spoke of the "Power of the Towel" and laid small towels across our altar and asked those desire to become servants for our Lord to take one of those towels and place it in a prominent spot where it would remind them to serve Him.

During our evening service, Cindy Faile, our missionary to Mali, Africa gave a report of her work. Cindy has been a missionary for 25 years and felt God's call on her life at 11 years old. She is an amazing lady and doing an amazing work.