Prep for Easter

With only 25 days till Easter, I wanted to commit this issue of Freshly Bru’d to the opportunities we will have this Easter season.

1.         INVEST in our unbelieving friends.

Investing means you are interested in them, their lives, their interests, their hobbies. Investing means you are involved with them. You have shared interests and stories. You go to dinner and movies together. You have them in your home.

2.       INVITE unbelieving friends to church.

If you have invested yourself in your unbelieving friends, inviting them will not be an issue, especially at Easter. Research shows that 3 out of 4 of your unchurched friends would attend Easter services if invited. The vast majority of Americans consider Easter a religious holiday, but fewer correctly understand its meaning. This gives the church a great opportunity to share the Good News of God’s Grace, Love and Redemption.

I will be going up and down my neighborhood inviting them to our Easter services and I want to encourage you to do the same. Let’s not miss the opportunity before us to invest and invite others.

3.       SERVE.

You can serve our building and property by doing your part to keep it clean. You can serve our guests by parking further away so they have less distance to walk. You can serve our guests by introducing yourself to people sitting around you that you do not know. You can serve our guests by moving to another chair to accommodate their seating needs.

We can serve the Easter weekend by praying. Praying for Jeffery Miller, our guest speaker, on Thursday March 24 and at the Good Friday service, March 25. You can pray for the Community Easter Egg Hunt that people would get exposed to our church and want to learn more about who we are.

You can pray for me as I prepare the Easter message that I would speak with boldness, conviction, and clarity. Pray that the Gospel of Jesus would be clearly declared. You can pray for the hearts of all who come to be receptive to the truth of the gospel and respond accordingly.

You can serve each other by communicating encouraging words, Bible promises, and sound advice. So, as we prepare for this season, let’s invest, invite, and serve. He is risen! He is risen indeed!

Blessings,
 

P.S. If you don’t believe God is moving in your life currently, or answering your prayers, or you don’t believe you’re experiencing His blessing, then jump out of bed this Sunday, come to worship at 9:15 or 11:00 and discover what may be keeping you from experiencing God’s blessing.