Encounter 10 5 05 / Recap
Thursday, October 06, 2005
So we had a really good turn out tonight. I've been meaning to assign someone to take a head count so we can keep track of such things, but I keep forgetting. Next week though. This week we had at least 8 new people who have never been to a CGEN event. You guys really took up the V.21 Challenge to BRING a friend. That's awesome! I'm really excited about what's going on in CGEN. One of the things I've been working real hard on is the atmosphere at Encounter. I think it's really starting to pay off. My prayer is that when you walk in on a Wednesday evening, you'll be able to just feel the love of God all over. I think we're getting there. I want to give props to the leadership team. They're playing a HUGE role in making that a reality. You guys are awesome! This week I started the Raising The Bar series. The first topic in the series is Purity. We'll be spending a few weeks on Purity. I didn't do a great job of time management speaking this week and only had time to hit the 1st point under Purity, Purity in our Motives (Hearts). Doing a recap of the previous weeks message is really eating into the time. However, I feel that repetition is so important if anything is going to really sink in. I think I just really need to work on time management in the future. Afterwards the atmosphere was real cool. Lot's of people hanging out having a good time. That's what it's really all about for me. Having a place where young people can come, hang out, have a good time, and leave knowing they're loved. And not too far off we're going to re-launch the CGEN café. We're working really hard behind the scenes to make this a top notch production. You won't want to miss it. And trust me when I say this ... it's gonna be HUGE.
posted by MATTHEW JOHN BELL @ 10/06/2005 02:04:00 AM,
