Our best!

We had the chance to celebrate Easter with my sister and her family in Greeley, CO this past Sunday. Not only did we have a great time with them and our kids' adopted grandparents (sisters husbands folks) but we enjoyed a phenomenal Easter service at their church, Greeley Wesleyan. The worship not only sounded great but it was genuine (big difference). And their pastor preached one whale of an Easter message. Through this week I've been thinking about something, and it really has nothing to do with Greeley Wesleyan, although the quality of their service triggered my thought process. There are so many churches who put days, weeks, perhaps MONTHS, planning their Easter service. They want to pick out the perfect songs, graphics, dramas, cantatas, because "Someone new will be there to hear the Gospel for perhaps the first time". They spend money on larger and better advertisements, challenge their people to "INVITE, INVITE, INVITE!" Put together special choirs, etc. You get the picture. My thought (I know you're wondering when I'll get to it). Shouldn't this be our attitude EVERY Sunday. Isn't every Sunday the celebration of the risen Lord? Isn't every Sunday a chance for "Someone new to be there to hear the Gospel for perhaps the first time?" Seems lots of churches roll out the red carpet for Easter and then settle for the other 51 weeks of the year. I hope at Element we'll give our best, our ABSOLUTE BEST! Every Sunday. We give our best not to "sound good" or "look good", but in the hopes that perhaps we will engage someone with the greatest message known to man in a way that they can best see Him and know Him. If we don't give our best, why give at all?

Following Christ,

Jeff