This week has flown by! A lot has happened and their was a lot I had planned on blogging about, but failed to find the time.
I'm just going to share the most important...The weekend!
This weekend started off with Secret Church. You can read about it here
I have wanted to attend secret church since I read Radical. I tried to get tickets, but they sold out in about 2 minutes...so needless to say I did not get any. This has been a problem, so this time they also offered it via simulcast. My friend, Mallory, invited me and several other friends to watch it at her in-laws.
I originally was a Little bummed that I could not be a part of it at the actual church, but I think I actually prefer the simulcast thing. We were hearing the exact same thing the people at the church were and during the 10 min breaks we were able to get up and get food or stretch or whatever.
I really enjoyed it and Platt most definitely challenged me. Every secret church has a different topic. He preached on Crucifixion, salvation, and the Glory of God. It lasted from 6pm to 12:30am. It did not seem like 6 hours though. It was so intriguing that the time really flew by.
I am very interested as to how many were saved through this, as people from all over were able to take part in it this time.
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Saturday morning was our First annual Easter Carnival at Church!
For those who do not know... I am part of a church plant in Cullman, Alabama. Desperation Church , pastored by Andy Heis, Officially had their first service this past September. We had one pre-launch service a month prior to that, during the summer months along with Prayer and Worship every Wednesday and many outreach projects to get the word out.
We have been continuing to have prayer and worship services each Wednesday night, two services on Sunday morning and small groups during the week. God has absolutely blown us away with how fast the church is growing. Not just in number, but with people who are on fire for God and searching/striving to go deeper in their walk with Christ. We have been able to witness many life changes, salvation, and chains that have been broken in such a short amount of time. I get chills as I type this because God is just so incredibly Awesome!!!!
For the past month and a half we have been planning our first Easter Carnival. We have anointed it in prayer and done much preparation... The goal was to simply share the love of Christ with people who might not come to church, but will come to a carnival. Once they are there... We pour out God's love on them, and invite them to church. A lot of people go to church on Easter, but do not go any other Sunday of the year. We just needed to be sure the invitation was extended to as many people as possible.
We were praying and hoping for about 1,000 people
I don't think any of us were expecting what actually happened...
6,000 people came!!!!
We are absolutely blown away and in awe of what God is doing!!!
We have no clue where all these people came from. The awesome thing is that most of the advertisement was done by word of mouth. We had a banner on the side of our church and maybe sent out mailers? I'm not positive on that...and other that that we announced it at church services and spread the word by mouth. How awesome is that?!?
a few carnival games...
This sumo wrestling thing was so funny!
I was serving as a "med team member" in case their were any emergencies, but doubled as a "face painter" because the line was WAY backed up.
This was my first butterfly
Who could be in the helicopter???
The Easter Bunny!!!
A sea of people....this is only a corner of the square they were in
15,000 eggs dropped from the sky!
Let the madness begin!!!
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Saturday night at 6pm we had our first of 4 Easter services. I attended this one, since I had to work today. It was incredible. The presence of God was heavy and I am thankful to be able to experience this on a regular basis. It was our prayer for 1,000 people to attend the services and that we would see 100 salvations
After it's all said and done...
1,077 people heard the Word and experienced God's presence, and most importantly
53 more people will now enter the gates of Heaven!!!
All of the Praise and Glory goes to our father, Jesus Christ!!!
He is ALIVE!!!!
None of this is a result of anything that we, at DC, did but a result of God and His glory.
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I had to work today...Of course I would rather have been off , but it's not so bad being at work when you love your co-workers. We brought food and had a feast. SO SO GOOD!!!
We also had a visitor
:0)
after I got off work, I went and ate...AGAIN... at my Mom's
Never too old for an Easter basket!
I hope everyone has had a Wonderful Easter and has spent the day remembering what Our Savior did for us and How much he loves His Children
"But He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed"
Isaiah 53:5
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