Well, it happened. God was at work this past Easter Sunday at truenorthchurch-Journey Land. It was truly an amazing day.
The morning started at 5:30am for most of us in Journey Land. The blow-ups had to be delivered and set up before our 8:30am service on the North Augusta Campus. I did find out the hard way that the cafeteria ceilings are 14ft tall. Now most wouldn’t think that was a big deal. I’m hear to tell you that it is a HUGE deal when you have blow-ups that are 16ft and taller. Needless to say, we got them moved outside, and set up. Praise God for awesome weather. (A personal thank you to Jeff Cook from Bump-N-Bounce Blow ups-(803) – 279-4400)
What can I say about our volunteer’s? To put it in perspective I would like to quote our Pastor, Steve Davis.
“I love our VOLUNTEERS who make it HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE WEEK RAIN OR SHINE! I love our KIDS MINISTRIES in JOURNEY LAND and KIDZ STUFF – THERE IS NONE BETTER! I love our BANDS and MUSICIANS; they work hard and give their best every week! I love our STAFF. I’ve never been more excited about the LEADERS God has given us to lead TNC and our campuses! Finally, I love our Great God! There is NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD!”
The children, WOW! How amazing they are. As I walked onto our Columbia County Campus and North Augusta Campus, I saw children learning the most awesome story of all, the “Easter Story.” Yes, we had blow-ups and an Easter Egg Hunt and the children had an awesome time, but Easter is about Jesus. I hope you will talk with your children about what they learned.
As I have shared in some of my other posts, numbers aren’t everything. But, they are a way to allow us to plan for the future and celebrate the wins. What are wins? Well, for us at truenorth church, we would say lives changed. This past Sunday we saw a total of 77 people get baptised. That is just so powerful.
As I stood on our North Augusta campus watching the spontaneous baptisms, I couldn’t help but be in awe. The most amazing sight was when a young man was asked what his testimony was. He replied, “I’m ready to die.” Tears came to my eyes, I couldn’t hold it back. The Holy Spirit was in this place, no one can doubt that.
We had a total attendance of over 2100 people on all three campuses. Journey Land North Augusta had 154 children and 66 volunteers. Columbia County had 31 children and 12 volunteers and Decatur had 6 children and 2 volunteers. SO! if you left Journey Land feeling like you put in a full days work, you did! Job well done, thank you.
