Behind the Scenes

I want to give you a little behind the scenes action on a church plant I have the privilege to help start. Today, we had our weekly BIG IDEA meeting. We planned a service, we will be putting on at the church he works for which is the church that will be mothering the church plant.

Here's our tentative order of service for Dec. 9, 2007. It might be a little out of order, but we are still working on it!!

Service Prep.
Theme: “LOST”

Matthew 28:19-20

Worship:
Song changes, no horns, etc.
Hill Song (The Stand), etc.

Video:
Song to Pictures of Beverly!

Goal is to put faces to the Lost in Beverly.
Begin taking pics.,
Casting Crowns (Doesn’t anybody hear her?) as the background song.

Welcome:
Briefly explain what we did and what we are doing.

Announcements:
Minimum Announcements

Prayer:
Short and Sweet, to the point, not long

Offertory:
New song,

band with guitars, etc.

Video:
Intro. Video
Rich/Jess, causal conversation,

shoot in coffee house in Beverly,

get camera,

schedule time

Message:
Lost Theme
Power Point
(1) Make a Confession:
Confessions of an Associate Pastor
Practical Atheism:

Believing God exist, but doing the work of ministry as if God doesn't exist!
(2) Make a Challenge:

Compelling Challenge
Find a time to meet after to share info.

MISC. Details:
No one on the platform
No huge pulpit, use music stand,
Countdown clock

Bulletin
Garden City Church
Simple Bulletin, Lost theme, Outreach.com
Cores Values, Mission statement, etc.
Time to meet to talk about the church plant, just come, etc.

(Got the LOST image above from Lifechurch.tv)