Around Life

(Looks like we are finally back at it here on the blog. Sorry for the down time and it's great to be back!)

Here's whats happening around Life Church:

- This morning was an incredible time at Life Church. We saw 3 people make a commitment to Jesus as their Lord and Savior. In talking about being good stewards of our finances, I talked about being good stewards of our lives. God wants us to live for something more than ourselves. We can only do that and be in His will if we are committed to Jesus Christ. Seeing these 3 lives changed today forever is one of the great joys of leading LCF.

- Thank you to everyone who gave food today for CareNet's food bank. Resources are shrinking and it's our responsibility as the Church to reach out and help organizations and people who need organizations like CareNet.

- Thursday, December 23rd is our Eve Of Christmas Eve worship experience. This will be a Christmas celebration filled with worship music, scripture, communion and more. There will be NO LifeKIDS that night, but we want you and your family to attend together. Bring your family, friends and anyone else to this amazing night. We will start at 7pm at the Smoky Mountain Center of the Performing Arts.

- As we are a few days away from Thanksgiving I think it's very appropriate to let you know that I am so thankful for all the people who make Life Church. I'm thankful for our awesome leadership team, staff, volunteers and congregation.

Thank you for joining us on this journey of Life Church and have a great week!

Patrick

So Much Happening

Wow, so much is happening around Life Church Franklin!
-New Offices
-New Volunteers
-Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes

We are in our new offices and I must say it is great! I can't believe how much space we now have. I have my own office (which I have never experienced). We have storage on sight and it is so nice to have supplies in one place! It all came together very nice with the new paint, carpet and furniture! Thanks to all who helped make it happen! I will miss Bonnie from the old office but I know I can go to visit her anytime! I will also miss the ease of conversation that we were able to have in the closeness of the other office!

God comes through each week to provide volunteers that make LifeKIDS a great place for our KIDS to grow closer to him each week! Honestly, my flesh worries weekly as we have a few volunteers that are not able to make it for some reason or another. I can worry, but until I truly trust Him to provide for all of our needs, then I can find the peace needed for all things to work out! We have incredible volunteers that will fill in for each other, others who just say we will be fine with the volunteers that we already have and those willing to substitute, it has worked out!! We also have lost a few volunteers lately to various circumstances in their lives, however, God has come through and is providing new volunteers to fill those spots!!! He is so good!!! I shouldn't be surprised but should know we are blessed to be provided for in many ways!

We had a great time last week at our “Shoe Box Night”! I love seeing all the KIDS and parents working together to put the boxes together! It was awesome to see the KIDS writing letters to share Jesus to a child they don't even know, filling boxes and helping to wrap them too! We were able to put together just over 200 boxes this year! That night there was also an opportunity to prepare Christmas cards for our troops. One of our six year old LifeKIDS wrote the most touching Christmas card it almost made me cry! If you weren't there, you missed out on a wonderful time!

John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Warmly,
Lisa Hanna

New Office Space Makes For Blog Break

The whole Life Church staff has been crazy busy this week getting our new office ready to move into. This new space has more room for staff, volunteers and small groups.

SOOOOO....we are not blogging this week,. We will be back in action next week. See you Sunday!

Patrick

Around Life

After spending time last week with other LifeChurch.t Network churches I am once again reminded how special all that is happening here at Life Church Franklin really is. God is moving and changing so many lives, including mine. It's an amazing place to be and it is simply by his power and Spirit alive in us that this is happening. I encourage you to continue praying for our church and for the lives that will be changed during the remainder of 2010.

Here are some thoughts about Sunday and things at LCF:

- The start of our new series Masquerade was awesome. Craig very specifically encouraged us to take off the makes we hide behind and quite trying to hide from God. I could see in the eyes of many people yesterday that they were freed to quit hiding and live in His love and grace.

- The time of prayer after the service was amazing. I'm telling you, it's not an easier life when you decide to follow Christ whole-heartedly, but it's a life worth living. His love, grace and mercy are more than enough for us both in the good and bad. God is good!

- Life change is happening! 2 people committed their lives to Jesus Christ yesterday. That never gets old. Lets pray for them that God will surround them and they will feel his presence and grow in their faith in great ways.

- Collections for items for operation Christmas Child shoeboxes are this Sunday. Bring stuff. We want to fill at least 250 boxes this year. For a complete list of items to bring this Sunday click here.

- Thank you Life Church Franklin for being faithful to the work God is doing in our church. Things are just getting started and the best is yet to come!