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Week 3 of Toxic is in the books and it was awesome. We will have the message posted to the church website tomorrow evening, so if you missed it please watch it this week.

Here are some things happening this at Life Church:

- The LifeKIDS Great Campout is this Friday night at the Jaycee Franklin Memorial Park at 7pm. This is for 4-10 year olds. (We are not sleeping over night.) It will be a night of fun and activities for our awesome LifeKIDS as they get ready to go back to school. Hope to see you and your kids there.

- The Loop (11-12 year olds) will have a Tailgate Party this Friday night too! It will be at the McCollum House starting at 7pm. Our student ministry Life Group for Youth will be bowling and eating pizza at The Factory too.

- I am really loving our PR (Prayer Room) for people to have prayer after the worship experience on Sundays. It's a more intimate place for anyone to come to and get prayer for anything going on in their life. It's been great to see some of our mature believers in the PR praying for others.

- We are working on a community outreach team that I super excited about. This team will help dream up ideas for us to do even more outreach in Franklin and this region. I look forward to sharing more about it soon.

- More than ever I am so thankful for what God is doing at Life Church. I believe the greatest days are still ahead and that if we stay in His will and seek him in all we do he will do things we could've never even imagined. Hang on Life Church, God is definitely on the move. Lets be ready.

Patrick

You Are A Leader

I been thinking a lot lately about what it is to be a leader. Jesus was such an amazing leader as he showed the ultimate leadership is about serving those around you. I heard a line in a song the other day that said Jesus came to serve and NOT to be served. Serving is not a weakness, it's actually the purist form of leadership.

I twittered the other day that Serving=Leading. So, if you are serving wherever you're at you are a leader! Think about that. God has called you to serve. He has called you to lead.

He wants you to serve/lead your family, your friends, your co-workers, your business, your Life Group, your wife, etc...

My prayer for you and for Life Church is that we are raising up and making aware that everyone is a leader wherever God has put them and I pray they lead strong as they serve.

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." - Mark 10:45

Patrick

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Week 2 of Toxic is in the books. What an awesome message as Craig explored Toxic Influences. I have to say that I was really overwhelmed by the verse he shared towards the end of the message:

Test everything. Hold on to the good. 22 Avoid every kind of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22

I've read that verse many times, but it just seemed like ti really "clicked" yesterday in a way I've never experienced. I am praying for you this week as you "test everything" to find the good around you and stray from the evil so that you might not be influenced away from what God has for you today.

Here are somethings going on around Life Church:

- We will have Baby Dedications on Sunday, August 29th. If you have a child you would like to dedicate before the church and have the church leaders pray over you and your family please email contact@lifechurchfranklin.com .

- We are still collecting school supplies this Sunday for kids in Franklin. Please bring the following items to Life Church this Sunday:
Pencils, Glue sticks, Crayons, Markers, Scissors, Loose leaf paper, Pencil boxes, Spiral notebooks.
You can also drop them off at the Life Church office at 37 Phillips Street, Franklin, NC. (We are across from DNET Internet and upstairs above Goshen Timber Frames in downtown Franklin. You can also leave the items at Goshen Timber Frames.)

- We are holding the LifeKIDS Great Campout Back To School event Friday, August 20th at the Jaycee Park in downtown Franklin. This is for LifeKIDS ages 4-10 years old. Check out this flyer for more info.

Have a great week!
Patrick

Replacing The Toxic Thoughts

We are in the middle of our Toxic series at Life Church and week one was about toxic thoughts. Boy, did this message speak to so many people.

My prayer this week for you and myself is this scripture:
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is ― his good, pleasing and perfect will. - Romans 12:2

So, take your toxic thoughts about life, money, relationships, God and renew your mind to remember and believe the truths of God word:

Luke 18:27....... "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

Josh 1:9............ "Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed,
for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

Rom 8:28............ "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."

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Here's a few things going on around Life Church:

- We are collecting school supply items for kids here in Franklin. We will collect the following items on Sunday mornings for the next 2 weeks:
Pencils, Glue sticks, Crayons, Markers, Scissors, Loose leaf paper, Pencil boxes, Spiral notebooks.
You can also drop them off at the Life Church office at 37 Phillips Street, Franklin, NC. (We are across from DNET Internet and upstairs above Goshen Timber Frames in downtown Franklin. You can also leave the items at Goshen Timber Frames.)

- Yesterday's worship experience was amazing. What a powerful word of overcoming toxic thoughts from Craig Groeschel. Watch the message here.

- I had a great conversation with several new guests yesterday, but one stood out. A man and wife said he had been to church before, but he had never been to church like this. I wondered if that was a good or bad thing in his mind. So I asked. He said it was a great thing and that he was coming back next week for sure. That was awesome.

- As we keep growing as a church we have one huge need in our volunteers. We need more help Sunday mornings with setup. As a portable church we need help setting up every week. We are growing and thing are getting bigger. We need 6 more setup volunteers ASAP to help us get things setup properly and quickly. We begin at 8:30am Sundays. Please consider helping us out. Sign up online here!

- Keep praying and inviting people to Life Church. God is doing some amazing things and we are in the mist of it all!

Patrick