Pastor's Blog

Friday, May 7, 2010

National Day of Prayer @ Columbus City Hall (5.06.10)

Our community gathered on the lawn of City Hall yesterday to call upon God during the National Day of Prayer. The Bible Reading Marathon concluded and the service began at 12 noon. Weather was sunny and beautiful. Participants added such a tremendous depth through prayer and song. God gave us a good crowd to practice the scripture verse found in 2 Chronicles 7:14.

One thing for sure...God was listening and shining His face upon us!

Special thanks to all who attended, to my NDP Task Force members, to the 360 bible readers and 24 captains, to Mayor Fred Armstrong, to the pastors and laypeople who were involved in the service and to those who were listening by radio (thanks to Matt Bond and WYGS for broadcasting on site).

Keep praying for America...land of the free!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

NDP in Columbus

The National Day of Prayer Task Force is once again leading the charge in sponsoring two main events here in Columbus, Indiana.

Currently, we are leading a Bible Reading Marathon which started on Monday, May 3rd @ Noon and runs through Thursday, May 6th @ Noon. That's 72 solid hours of sewing God's Word into the fabric of our community...priceless!! This translates into 360 readers reading 12 minutes each from over 40 different churches. This requires 24 captains to organize their teams into a well-oiled reading machine. This is a huge project that blesses the heart of God with each believers' commitment and dedication to the cause of Jesus Christ.

The Bible Reading Marathon culminates into the Community Gathering Service on the steps of City Hall from Noon to 1 pm on May 6th. Our committee has been planning this special community gathering for several months and we look forward to what God has in store for us. Over 120 churches have been contacted in Bartholomew County to participate in such an event. Wouldn't it be awesome to witness hundreds of Christians gathering at City Hall to pray for our city, our country and our world? Let me encourage you to put this event on your calendar and join us for this powerful prayer service!

The pictures captured above reveal the sights of our Bible Reading Marathon going on right now. If you live in Bartholomew County or surrounding areas come on by and show your support for the proclamation of God's Holy Word!

Love to all!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

CFA Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

LARGEST EGG HUNT in Columbus! Sat., April 3rd

Make plans to attend our 8th Annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by Columbus First Assembly!

Date: Saturday, April 3rd
Time: Noon to 2 pm
Where: Columbus First Assembly
2100 Tenth Street
Columbus, Indiana 47201

There will be plenty of fun inflatables, tons of candy, lots of cool prizes, games, popcorn, food and an awesome speaker who juggles, rides a unicycle and loves kids! You don't want to miss this.

BUT you must be registered by going to our website: columbusfirstassembly.org and clicking on the banner at the top. This will direct you to register your children for the event!

Love to all.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

First Sunday of March

Growth Group meeting in our home

Devon and the saxophone girls

It's been a month since I've blogged...better catch you up.

Our area had quite a bit of snow in the last month (mostly gone now)...but the kids got out of school for several days. It was such a welcome sight to see and feel the sun today and know that Spring is on the way!

We hosted the first meeting for our Growth Group. Wow...what a fantastic night we shared together! Our church is focused on growing relationships this year through seven different Growth Groups. By tonight all seven groups will have met for their first meeting...three more to go in this semester.

Last Sunday was 100% Day @ CFA. It was a great service plus a wonderful fellowship dinner for all of our workers serving in the many ministries of our church. I loved preaching the message "Next Man Up," which used the sports message that the Indianapolis Colts used in their run to the Super Bowl. One man goes down...the next man is up! Check it out.

Today was a powerful service at church...such a strong presence of the Lord from the beginning. Great worship experience...special celebration of communion...lots of guests...my son home from college...and a great time ministering the Word through the message, "Spiritual Earthquake." Two souls were added to the Lamb's Book of Life this morning! PTL!

Looking forward to another great month with Spring on the way...and Easter just around the corner.

We've opened up the registration process for our 8th Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Date for this community-wide event is Saturday, April 3rd. Visit our church website and click on the banner with the Egg Hunt listing to register your children and family.

Blessings and love to all!