Freshly Bru'd

Easter is coming! And it will be one of the most well-attended Sundays for most churches this year. As your Pastor, I want to take advantage of the opportunity to present the simple but profoundly hopeful message of Jesus’ resurrection to all of the extra guests who come.

But the gospel does not stop with Easter. This year following Easter Sunday is our next “Friend’s Day.” We will begin a new series of messages on that day entitled: “Living for More Than Weekends.” So many people today are bored with their lives or jobs; they are missing out on what it means to live a full, meaningful, abundant, and exciting life every single day.

These two big days (Easter and Friend’s Day) give all of us the opportunity to specifically pray that many people who attend will meet Jesus personally. We have an opportunity to invite and bring the unbelieving relatives and friends in our personal lives, and an opening to make an impression for the truth of the gospel.

Nothing builds morale and stretches our faith more than seeing people come to personally know Jesus. Working toward these two big days should motivate us to be about Jesus’ mission: making disciples. Let’s trust God to do great things for His glory on these two days.

With all of this said, will you help First Free ‘get ready for company?’ We need volunteers to greet, usher, and accommodate these guests. If you’re interested in greeting or ushering, contact Julie Florom (jflorom@firstfreelincoln.org) to sign up to help! Maybe you let our guests have parking places closer to the church building; perhaps you will have to move one or two seats over to let them be seated easily. If you sense somebody doesn’t know what is going on, help them understand. Be friendly, warm and inviting.

You might be thinking shouldn’t we do these things every Sunday? Of course! But we have found that having special ‘Big Days’ three or four times a year as a concentrated, whole-church effort is healthy for enlarging our vision, boosting excitement, and creating a high point on the church calendar.

Remember the two big days (Easter, followed by Friend’s Day) will be upon us in two weeks.


Blessings,
 

P.S. We all want to look back at our lives and say “I attracted others to Christ.” We want to hear God say to us “Well done, good and faithful servant.” This would be the result of a life living for the things that really matter, but many of us don’t know how. Join us this Sunday at 9:15 or 11am and discover the 3 essentials of attractional living.