LifeKIDS with Lisa

We had an awesome Eve of Christmas Eve service Thursday! God brought in so many to join us in celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, and I pray they were all blessed beyond measure! I was blessed to sit next to a whole row of kids worshiping our God! It was great to be up front and see the kids being able to move around and worship Him in their own way!

I pray you each had a wonderful Christmas with your families. We did not plan on a regular service December 26 and it was a good thing, because we had over eight inches of snow and probably would have had to cancel services.... Driving has been a bit tricky since then, the white Christmas was beautiful and we are all trying to keep warm:) Life Church office is back up and in full swing today! Planning for the new year and excited to see what God has in store for us next is so exciting! I know he will make it an incredible 2011!

So I am looking forward to getting back to LifeKIDS this Sunday, January 2nd!!! I have missed the kids and volunteers and the routine! I pray you all have a fun and safe New Year!

Lisa Hanna
Life Church Franklin
LifeKIDS Coordinator

FIRST - Message this Sunday

We are really excited about this message for the new year. It's all about "First".

Portable Church Giving

2 weeks ago I challenged Life Church Franklin to give over and above the tithe towards our new portable church setup. We need to change the setup at the theater because of some arrangements so we are purchasing $30,000 in new lights, sound and video that will be ours for Sunday mornings for the adult and kids experiences.

We believe this will allow us to keep impacting our community and leading people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. There is still lots of work to be done in our community and Life Church is a big part of that. Our prayer is that you will pray and seek what you can give over and above your tithe (10%) between now and the end of January to sacrificially give towards this effort. The latest collection total has us at $9,000 already! Amazing, but we have $21,000 left to go.

If you would like to give towards this effort you can give now online at our secure PayPal page.

Here is a short video too from LifeChurch.tv Lead Pastor Craig Groeschel addressing our Network Church about this effort.



Life Church Franklin is proud to be a part of the LifeChurch.tv Network.

LifeKIDS

LifeKIDS this past week was a true test of portable church!!! We were not able to use our normal facilities, however we made it work! Thanks to a wonderful team of volunteers to help set up, tear down, direct kids and work with the kids (all in a new and different way)!!!! Our four to ten year old kids were all together and started with adult worship and then were able to gather for the Christmas Story and then many crafts! A great time was had by all!

Looking forward to a new curriculum starting in January to help these kids gain a better understanding of what it means to worship! We worship Him when we pray, we worship Him when we sing, we worship Him when we obey, we worship Him when we serve others...

Robert Morris delivered another awesome message on giving and we are kicking off a challenge at Life Church Franklin to give over and above! We are committed to seeing people become fully devoted followers of Christ and love to see our church body come together to serve and support that vision with us each week! Thank you for hearing His voice Life Church... He has so much for each of us!!
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21

Thursday, December 23 invite your family and friends to join us for a night to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We will begin at 7:00 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts! Hope to see a packed house!!!

Merry Christmas to you and yours,
Lisa Hanna
Life Church Franklin
LifeKIDS Coordinator

Around Life

Some quit hits on whats going on at Life Church:

- The Eve of Christmas Eve worship experience is tomorrow night at 7pm at the Smoky Mountain Center for Performing Arts. This is sure to be Christmas like you've never seen before. We are so excited about this and hope to see you there.

- There will be no regular worship experience on Sunday, December 26th which is the day after Christmas. Enjoy the time with your family and out next Sunday worship will be Sunday, January 2nd.

- The giving challenge this past Sunday was amazing! We are still praying for the fund of $30,000 total to be collected through January 30th for out new portable church setup, but we are so thankful for all that many of you have given and will give in the coming weeks. I will share more about this next week on the blog.

See you tomorrow!
Patrick

LifeKIDS News

We had to cancel services last week due to the wintry weather, I thought about not having to do that from where we lived before...(Florida) However, we did have cancellations there for hurricanes... I think I prefer this!!! It is still very cold out there today and someone said it is even beginning to sleet a little out there. It is not the same to be at home Sunday mornings and not able to fellowship with our wonderful volunteers and children of LifeKIDS!!! I did watch Life Church TV and enjoyed it!

I was able to send out some beautiful cards, pictures and letters to our children we sponsor through Compassion International! It is such a blessing to have a hand in what God is doing in their lives so far away from us! LifeKIDS did a wonderful job of sharing!!
I wish we could be there to see their faces as they get their little pile of notes!

It is so hard to believe that we are planning for our last LifeKIDS this year! We will have LifeKIDS this Sunday the 19th and then our Eve of Christmas Eve service is a family service for all (I hope you have had a chance to invite someone!!!)

The Eve of Christmas Eve service will be a wonderful evening to invite your friends, family and neighbors to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!! Join us at the Performing Arts Hall on Thursday, December 23 at 7:00!!!
I hope to see you there!!!

As you prepare for Christmas, remember to keep Christ in the center of it all!!!
Have a great week,
Lisa Hanna
Life Church Franklin
LifeKIDS Coordinator

Around Life

- We were not able to have our Sunday worship experience this past Sunday due to snow and unsafe winter conditions. It's one of the tougher parts of being portable, but it will make us more grateful when we have our own facility one day.

- Sunday we will be collecting hats and gloves for local children with our Tree of Warmth. We will have a big tree for you to hang gloves and hats that we will be distributing to local kids throughout our community who are in need. So, bring a bunch of gloves and hats this Sunday.

- I am super excited about the Eve of Christmas Eve worship experience taking place next week Thursday, December 23rd. We have a great line up or worship and more. Most importantly we will celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. His birth set in motion our salvation. We will be celebrating loudly that night!

Stay warm this week. It is really cold out there. I can't wait to worship with you this Sunday!

Patrick

Mid Week Look

The Christmas season is in full swing with LifeKIDS!! The kids are working on activities to help celebrate and learn more about the birth of Jesus! The rooms are decorated and our volunteers are doing an awesome job of pouring into the kids!

The message this week was a wonderful reminder to put God first in all that we do especially in our finances! I really want to read the book “The Blessed Life” by Robert Morris.

The best thing this past week was our volunteer appreciation dinner Sunday night called The Big Show! I pray that each person there and even those that weren’t able to attend knows how much our staff appreciates each and every one of them! Life Church doesn’t happen each week with out the hands and feet of the volunteers!! It is amazing to see them step up to the plate with love, joy, patience and giving of themselves to truly show the love of Christ to others! You are so loved!! If you aren’t a part of a team, you don’t know what you are missing!!!!

Please invite someone to our Eve of Christmas Eve service at the Performing Arts Hall on Thursday, December 23 at 7:00! It will be a night to worship and glorify our Lord and Savior!

Have a great week,
Lisa Hanna
Life Church Franklin
LifeKIDS Coordinator

Around Life

- Yesterday was so busy for Life Church. We had our Sunday morning worship experience and then the Big Show on Sunday night for our volunteers.

- Sunday worship was interesting. We used a whole new video and sound setup. It was our first week so it will take some more time to dial it all in, but it worked. We are working very hard to make it better and we are grateful we can do so. Just like many things at LCF, it's a work in progress. :-)

- Our first ever Big Show volunteer appreciation event was held last night with great success. Our volunteers are at the core of what happens at Life Church. Without these amazing people serving every week we would not be able to share the Gospel of Jesus with as many people as get to. The volunteers were treated to dinner, games, worship and over course, prizes! I can't wait to do it again next year.

- The Eve of Christmas Eve worship experience is coming up on Thursday, December 23rd. We are really excited about celebrating Christmas with you and your family that night at the SMCPA.

Have a great week!
Patrick

LifeKIDS Christmas

It is now December and this Sunday we will begin our Christmas series in two of our LifeKIDS classrooms! I love Christmas and all that it means and it is so exciting to share that with children! Our All-Stars class will begin with a study on Mary and then Joseph and our Motion class will learn about sharing their things and that Jesus is the greatest gift. Both classes will end with a study on giving and the manger scene! Our two and three year olds painted and glittered a star for the star of Bethlehem this past week and they turned out so cute!

I can’t go a week without lifting up our awesome LifeKIDS Volunteers!!! They are so faithful and dedicated to developing fully devoted followers of Christ! A few of our volunteers have had other things come up and actually came in to fulfill their commitment to LifeKIDS first. A big HIGH FIVE to them!!!

What better gift could you give someone than to share Jesus with them? Bring someone to church on Sunday and/or our Eve of Christmas Eve service on Thursday, December 23rd! That goes for the kids too, bring a friend to church!!!

Have a great week,
Lisa Hanna
LifeKIDS Coordinator 
Life Church Franklin