Invite a friend, save a life weekend in review

We had a great weekend at Connection Church.  Sorry this is posted on Tuesday, but I had to work overtime yesterday and could only get to it today.

Many people are probably wondering if we hit our goal of 200 people.  We didn't, but we did have a record number of people there (115+).  We also had one of the greatest number of first time visitors in a long time. 

What struck me was the amount of young people (under 30) who came out to our service.  It goes to show that this generation is passionate about social justice issues and want to play a part in making a difference.

All that being said, we are still going to supply 200 people (are original goal) with clean drinking water for an entire year. 

One last thing, I want to give a shout out to all the people who volunteered Sunday morning to make our "Invite a Friend, Save a Life," day a success.  You Guys Rock!

Invite a Friend, Save a Life

Did you know that 4500 children die from water related diseases every day? 

Did you know that unclean water kills more people every year than all forms of violence including war? 

Did you know that 42,000 deaths occur weekly from unsanitary water?

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS COMING SUNDAY AT CONNECTION CHURCH?

This Sunday at Connection Church, we are having our last and our biggest Friend's day of the year, and we are partnering with Charitywater.org to make this an epic event.  For every person in attendance at our friend's day, Connection Church is going to provide clean free drinking water to one person in a developing country for an entire year.  Our goal is 200 people, so that means 200 people will have a chance at life that they didn't have before.

So Be A Friend and Save A Life by coming to Connection Church this Sunday at 10 am. at the AMC Veterans 24 movie theater.

Weekend in Review 11/07/2010

Wow! What a fun day at Connection Church yesterday.  We continued in our series "The Red Letters," as we looked at Mark 10:1-12, which is Jesus' teaching on divorce. 

Tracy and I taught on this together and had a lot of fun doing it.  We geared the morning towards singles and the thought that preventing divorce happens before you say "I do." The highlight of the morning was all the questions that were texted in.  There was a few moments of tension, especially when we challenged the single people to stay pure for their future spouses and not to make the mistake of living together. 

The challenge came from a question that we answered about living together being a way to know if you are compatible with your future spouse.  Here's the main thought we gave. "Compatibility doesn't breed commitment, rather commitment breeds compatibility."  In other words, it's not the compatibility of a couple that makes a good marriage, but rather their commitment to each other in the covenant they made together.

We will continue the discussion this coming Sunday as we talk about ways married people can prevent divorce.