Lakepointe Church Launch Video

Mark Nipper made an awesome video to recap our first service!

Sunday Aftermath

Just a few quick thoughts about Lakepointe Church first service today:

• Never thought that this day would come! I'm glad that it finally came.
• Our volunteers were awesome this morning. We couldn't have done it without you guys!
• The set up team showed up at 8:30 this morning. The temperature was 32 degrees. It was freezing! I need to get an ice scraper for the car. Needed it this morning.
• By the time the service began, the weather warmed up to about 45-50 degrees. It was sunny and gorgeous! A perfect fall morning. God, thank you for the beautiful weather!
• The worship was great! The children's environment was awesome! The hospitality was first class! The first impression team was very welcoming! Again, thank you to everyone involved in making this day awesome!
• Had 84 in attendance today (from children to adults). God is good!
• We heard many great comments from just about everybody! People were blown away on how we transformed a school building to a place of worship. We strived for excellence and it showed up. AND the people noticed!
  
• Started our series, "Unstoppable Force." I shared today on an Unstoppable Vision and challenge people to find a fresh vision for their lives.
• Thanks to the wonderful movie, Forrest Gump! So many great illustrations to use. I specifically used the clip where Forrest Gump ran across the country over a 3 year period. If you remember in the movie, Gump didn't have a purpose in his run. He's just running without "a vision or purpose." I applied to our lives, how that many of us are just running, going through the motions without purpose. Many are "Forrest Gumping" their lives away! I showed the clip where he stopped in the middle of the desert and told his followers that he was done and was going home. If we live life without purpose and vision, eventually we will find ourselves in the middle of the desert and will say, "What's the point?"
  
• I loved that we made a fun video to do our announcements.
  
• Our team met tonight to celebrate, and we wrote Thank You notes to all of our guests today.
• Thank you specifically to our core team leaders: Mark and April Nipper, Jared and Beka Sabo, and Ben Ayers.
• Final thanks to my wonderful wife who has made the sacrifice of letting me do this full time! I love you, Karen! Thanks for your full support and for being an awesome cheerleader!
• Heading to Pensacola tomorrow until Wednesday. Going to attend the Unchained Conference. Ed Young is speaking tomorrow night, Ergun Caner on Tuesday night, and Ed Stetzer on Wednesday morning. I'm praying for the opportunity to meet more pastors that will support the vision of Lakepointe and to be a financial partner with us.
• Final thought: God, thank you for letting me a part of your big plan and for this opportunity to reach more people for you!

Check back later this week for a short video vignette of our first service!

Opening Kickoff Series

What does a church looks like when it it's running on all 8 cylinders? I believe that it can truly be an Unstoppable Force. When a church is living to its true potential, it becomes powerful entity. Join us at Lakepointe Church this Sunday for this amazing series as we learn how the church is a force to be reckoned with and what it means for our lives!

The Service Schedule for the Next 5 Months (3rd Sundays of each month):

• October 18 - "An Unstoppable Vision"
• November 15
• December 20
• January 17
• February 21
  

Weekly services will begin on March 21.

Kicking Off This Sunday

Consider yourself invited.

We want you to be our guest at Lakepointe Church for one of our Sunday services. We will meet each month on the third Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Iroquois Middle School starting October 18. Come check it out, no strings attached. We'll change the way you think about church!

For more information, check out the our website at www.LakePointeChurch.tv.

A Funny Perspective of a Pastor's Life

I know, I know - this is somewhat corny but I was laughing when I saw this. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.

The Next Conference - Innovate 2009

Next week, I will be taking our Lakepointe Church team to Grainger Community Church in South Bend, Indiana, for an amazing conference. If you're planning on attending, please look us up!

New Worship Leader

Lakepointe Church's newest team member - Ben Ayers!

This past weekend, I had the chance to meet Ben at his church, Warren Woods Baptist, where his dad is the worship pastor. Yesterday afternoon, we met for several hours and he decided to take the plunge to be the Worship Leader of Lakepointe Church.

When you're around Ben, you can't help but laugh. At the same time, he can be very serious (as you can tell in his only decent picture that I could find on his facebook page).

We are excited to have Ben on the bandwagon. Welcome to the team, Ben!