Spring-a-thon Fun Run

Spring-a-thon is coming up soon and that means that Team Church will be conducting a Fun Run.

This is a 3k run that we have been asked to lead the last couple of years.  Dr. Howell, our local dentist has always supported the race with medals, trophies and t-shirts.   And the AJ Football team has always brought a team to run.

Kershaw FUN RUN for the Spring-A-Thon May 12th @ 8:00 am

Here’s an opportunity for us to provide a kind service for our community.  Let me know if you want to help with the event.

October Baby March 23rd

See October Baby in theaters March 23.
http://www.octoberbabymovie.net/

This movie resonates with those who are involved with adoption, foster care, or grieve abortion.

The producers of the movie have assigned 10% of the profits of the movie to the Every Life is Beautiful Fund.

Check out their website to hear more like the testimony below.

Tony Evans and Anthony Evans

I like watching the Voice.  I was really looking forward to the first of the “Battle Rounds” Monday.

I didn’t realize that Anthony Evans was the son of Pastor Tony Evans until Monday.  It’s too bad that both Anthony and his competitor weren’t on two different teams because they both would have probably made it through the first round.

A friend shared this video of Pastor Evans on “Fathers and Friends.”

Here’s the video of the battle between Anthony Evans and Jesse Campbell.  You’ll have to click on it and watch it on Youtube’s site.  Totally worth it.

New Horizon Revival this week

this weekend I will be preaching for New Horizon Community Church Friday, April 30th, and Saturday, May 1st at 7 pm, and conclude the services Sunday morning, May 2nd at a 9:30 AM.

New Horizon is a church plant in Lancaster.  They are 5 years old and a contemporary worship style church.  When Team Church began last year the pastor of New Horizon, Dr. Steve Stewart, enthusiastically wanted to partner with us.  Early on, I preached there right before our launch, and soon after, their worship band led worship for Team Church on a Sunday morning in Kershaw. In addition to preaching a series of sermons over this coming weekend, the Team Church band will be leading the worship on Saturday, May 1st.

This is a great partnership and an example of teaming up with other local congregations.  One of our four shared responsibilities at Team Church is “Serving the Church.”  That means that we intentionally lend ourselves to helping local churches in the Kingdom of God.

Team Church is committed to partnering with other local congregations because we’re on the same team!  Pray for this special series of services that New Horizon Community will be refreshed and revived!

New Horizon is located near the corner of Airport Rd and Hwy 200 in Lancaster (map)

Meanwhile, back at the AJ Rec Center, Scott will be preaching the conclusion of “Not So Random” series with the message “No Random Acts of Kindness.”  And remember the top secret mission you have to spread some kindness this week.

Soup and Sam (& other things I liked about Sunday)

Sundays keep getting better at Team Church!

Sam Kennington preached the last message of the InterFEARence series, and did a great job.  The Old Testament story of Elisha opening the eyes of his servant was a tremendous way to complete the series.  Not only has this series taught us to view our fears differently, but also this last message shows us how to turn the interference around…instead of things interfering with you…God interferes with the things that scare you!

Think about it.  If God were to pull back the spiritual veil that shrouds angels and demons, I imagine that we would faint from what we would see.  But the point is not that there are scarier things that we don’t even know to be scared of…the point is that God will win in the end!  Elisha’s prayer teaches us how to preemptively “run interference on FEAR.”

Another great moment about Sunday was the Souper Bowl of Caring...read what Scott reports:

Sunday, February 7^th our local help agency K.A.R.E., Kershaw Area Resource Exchange, called for area churches to raise money and canned goods for the Souper Bowl of Caring, an annual event which raises resources to feed folks who are in need.  Team Church set a goal of $350 and 75 food goods (that’s about 10% of what they received last year).  We are so excited to report that we exceeded both goals!  Thanks to you we delivered to K.A.R.E. $383 and 130 food goods.  Way to go Team Church!

I also want you to know what an awesome time the band had yesterday evening.  Hyde Park Baptist Church‘s youth pastor invited the Team Church band to play at their pre-game gathering.  Man! We had a blast.

Thanks to everyone at Team Church…you guys give us life to share!

What happens in the dark, stays in the dark?

I mentioned David Letterman’s admission on Sunday. Last weekend he admitted to being the target of an extortion plot, and then he confessed to (at least some of) the things the blackmailer had against him. Even if the suspect goes to prison, we all know that the info will eventually come out. Letterman knew that too, and went ahead and uncovered the secrets before someone else could.

Luke 12:2-3 NIV says…

There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

We face temptation all the time to do things in secret, and then we believe the lie that they will stay hidden.

Our perspective is that what happens in the dark, stays in the dark.

To be more specific…

• what happens behind a closed door, stays behind closed doors…
• what happens at the office, stays at work…
• what happens at school stays at school…
• what happens in the bedroom stays in the bedroom…and so on

But God’s perspective is very different from ours. He knows all that we do and think. He even knows the motivations behind what we do and think. And yet, with all that dark data, He still loves us and pulls for us to pass the tests that come our way through temptation.

Giving in to temptation has serious, serious consequences!  And even Letterman faces that.  Not only did he have to face up to this extortioner, he also had to testify about all he had done in front of a grand jury.  And on top of that just last night he made another announcement on the subject.  This time it was an apology to his wife about the affairs.  He said that she had been horribly hurt, and that he had his work cut out for him to attempt to make it up.

What were we thinking the last time we gave in to temptation?  I’m sure we were not thinking of all the consequences we would face when the things we did in the dark finally come to light.