We were able to take a well needed vacation last week. We all went to Orlando to see the great Shamu. Let me tell you, this was awesome! I definitely recommend this to everyone with children. Anyway, we were able to stop through Jacksonville and visit a church that we really enjoy. The church is called Celebration Church.
Being a future church planter I am always looking for creative ways that people do church. I am really passionate about worship style, how the church is affecting the community it serves, and not watering down the Word of God just to being people to the church. At Celebration we found a few of these things happening. We were only able to see from a visitor’s standpoint, but what we saw we really liked.
This began a thought process for me on the way back home from Jacksonville. As we talked about the service and what we enjoyed my mind kept thinking about what God has wired us to do and be? On the top of our blog I have the name of Relevant Church. This is by no means a name that is set in stone, but as I was driving, there were two names that kept coming up in my mind. The first one was Generation Church, and the other was Relevant Church. After thinking about it Relevant Church began to stick with me and I began to process what it meant to me. The tag line that I put under the name says it all (real...consistent...relevant). I feel that no matter what we need to be real with people. The world is tired of fake Christianity and watered down messages. The world also wants to see consistency in the lives of believers and in the way the church functions. Lastly, people want to be able to take something away from a message that they can apply to their lives today. To me that is relevant.
So let me know what you think about the name, thought process or any other thoughts you may have.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
The Drive Home
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I think it so exciting to hear about the path that God is taking you on. It's amazing how He takes us places we never imagined possible. Ok, my thought on the name of Relevant Church. I like it-in fact being relevant is one of our core values. It is essential to being effective. I am looking forward to watching your new church unfold- thanks for blogging about it!
I work on staff at Celebration Church and if I can say one thing that has really stood out is how being relevant has been a defining thing for us as a church when it comes to reaching people. It always excites me when I hear others who's passion is to bring people the life changing truth of the Word of God right where they are.Continue to pursue the calling God has placed in your heart. I'm excited to see your participating in the fast (also a defining thing for our church). I'm not sure if you have heard about The Association of Related Churches but you might want to check it out they are really useful when planting a church. Next time you visit shoot me an email and I'll be happy to show you around.
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