Uptown is Alive July 7, 2008

So last night Elevation had a sneak peak look at what service at Uptown at McGlohon Theatre is going to be like. Here’s basically what went down:
-All three worship leaders were there
-Pastor Furtick gave a little motivational sermon
-We worshipped our little hearts out
-McGlohon was packed 40 people over capacity
-At least 20 new people went to church at Elevation
-And the CMPD got called for us greeting “too hard”

It’s going to be AMAZING. Charlotte has no idea what’s coming for them, but I have a strong feeling that this campus is going to bring Uptown Alive in Christ. I think that it’s location is great for drawing people off the streets who have never experienced church before. Really truly filling peoples lives with Christ who are so far from God.

I went with my small group leader Erica, her hubby Chris and her three kids Dallas, Austin and Maddie. Maddie is the yougest, 5th grade. And she’s going through her first break up. But it’s not your typical break up. She doesn’t really want to be in a relationship anymore, but doesn’t want to hurt her boyfriend. But he already knows she’s going to dump him, so he’s really upset, and seeing him upset really hurt her. She’s such a sweetheart, she doesn’t like to see any one hurting. Well, we had a little girl talk last night. Her mom is amazing, but she’s still her mom. So I went in to talk to her girl to girl. I left her my cell phone number and told her to call me if she ever needed to talk about anything or needed me for anything. Her mom thought it was amazing. Really, it’s the least I could do. She’s the go to non-mom person for me, so how could i pass up the chance to be that for her daughter? 

Oh and at service yesterday Wade Joye got a chance to share his situation with our congregation. Pastor lead us in prayer for his babygirls and then gave an alter call for any one else who needed a “Sun Stand Still” prayer in their life. It was amazing. You should so check out the sermon here. Also continue to pray for them and read their progress in both Wade and Ferris Joye’s blogs. Oh, also, every single cent that was raised in CD sales yesterday went to Wade and Ferris. It was the release date and they sold like hotcakes. (did i really just say that?) $17,000 went to the Joye family to help cover the medical expenses not fully covered by their insurence. What an amazing generous church i belong to.

I don’t think i left anything out. it was a big day. If you’re a regualr reader, plese pray for my room facilitator Teri, her grandmother is very sick and she could use our prayers to help her get through this emotionally.  Love!

Please Continue to Pray. July 2, 2008

I know I’ve briefly mentioned Wade and Ferris Joye. They’ve had to give birth very early to their two beautiful twin baby girls. There has been a lot of ups and downs with the progress of their daughters, and right now things seem to be looking up for Liana. Things are fairly good for Adleigh as well, but she is still undergoing medication for her heart. You can read the whole story on either of their blogs.

No matter how well the girls are doing, I still feel it’s very necessary to pray every day for the whole family. Wade and Ferris both are taking this as an opportunity to grow in their faith and share their faith with every one in the hospital. I think that is SO amazing. It takes a very strong family of God to keep their faith as strong as they have through such a difficult time.

So please check out their blog, pray for them, and spread the word that they still need our thoughts and our prayers!