You have GOT to see the set design that Jennae Gee has put together for the Horton Hears a Who. It is Seussville!! The colors, the patterns, the designs… skills…some people got skills!
O.K. Just a friendly reminder from your Pastor:
We want to make all of our guests on Sunday, EASTER, feel welcomed and comfortable with us. The major issues we have in being received well and feeling welcomed are issues of “flow” and spacing. So – please allow me to encourage you with this:
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Please don’t make our guests be the ones to sit in the front rows. Ironically, they are the BEST seats, but 1st time guests don’t want to sit in them. Fill in all available front seats and leave the seats in the back available. Again, I promise to spit less while preaching
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When you park your car, don’t take the premium spots. Park around the perimeter of our property.
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As you are coming into the building (and we have bad entryways…just the way it was designed)…don’t stop and talk in the middle of the hallway…you stop people from getting through (same goes for the pathetically small entryway into our auditorium).
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Eat breakfast before you come to church. We will be offering donuts and coffee, but these are primarily (not exclusively) for our guests, not for your kids who you didn’t have time to feed prior to church.
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When you sit down, don’t take the 1st seat in the row. Move to the center, that way others don’t have to crawl over you to sit down.
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Don’t be offended if one of our ushers reminds you of these principles and asks you to act upon them on Sunday morning.
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Parents: remember that children will have their own activities for THE ENTIRETY of the service in the back – check in time begins at 9:40 a.m. (Side note: this is optional for you. If you would rather have your kids with you…they are more than welcome to).
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If anyone looks lost in our building…offer to help them get to where they need to be going.
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Remember: Every single person that walks through that door God is crazy in love with and expects us to feel the same way. Don’t overwhelm them, but remember to view them through God’s eyes! It is a big deal for someone to come to a church (especially a new and strange one) for the first time. The people there could be freaks. Don’t be freaks (at least…not in a negative sense )
Very excited about tonight. Big night planned. At least for me and my oldest son, Isaac (and I’m hoping I can get my other two kids involved too…but they aren’t as willing) are going to watch some March Madness on the T.V. We put together a bracket at ESPN.com and somehow it got lost, so we have to do that again today. My brother-in-law, Paul, set up a group and invited us to offer a bracket prediction for dominance in the family.
O.K. America. I was pulling for Amanda Overmyer to move on to the next round, but I get it … you probably don’t sing Back in the U.S.S.R. when you need America to vote for you, and although I like it, she only has ONE sound. So, Amanda goes home. I’m disappointed, but I’m not angry with you America. I understand…
