The Lord’s Harvest Community Church

Last Tuesday after I left the doctor office, I decided to stop by Panera Bread. We had heard good things about the food, but never had stopped to try it for ourselves. The biggest reason is, no drive through. Although, for most people this is not a problem, but with three children any outing can be an adventure.

One thing I realized about myself is I do not like new places. I guess that’s apart of being human… we like familiarity. This is not to say that we should never doing anything different. Actually, I once heard someone say that, “To get different results, you have to change what you are doing.” I think that speaks for itself. Doing new things means we have to get out of our comfort zones.

A survey of people revealed that entering into a new environment, such as going to a doctor, entering an office, or a public place (like church) is one of the most fear things we do. This was only next to public speaking, which I can understand. Some people chose not to go to church for this same reason … it can be scary. If you are in church you might not understand this thought. Strange people coming up to you, wanting to shake your hand … service is going on and you don’t understand what’s going on … wanting to sing with the church, but you don’t know the word, so you just mouth it … being asked to stand and give us your name and your church home. That last one gets me …

One thing we’ve tried to do is not scare people and make them feel apart of the worship service. I tell people all the time, “If you don’t enjoy the worship service, I will never directly ask you to come again.” …. an Panera Bread … it was worth the stop! hmmm hmmm good.

#1 Saturday Worship, you guessed it!! We are moving our worship service back to Saturday afternoon. Starting May 3 @ 3pm we are moving our worship service back to Saturdays. To be honest, I do not see us changing this in the future.
#2 Faith Bites Podcast, I will be starting this back up, real soon. I do not have an exact date, but look for it soon.

#3 CDs, sermons are now being recorded during the worship service and will be available for purchase and/or download.

#4 Local radio broadcast, we are currently researching the possibility of airing a radio broadcast twice a month on KTLV 1220am. KTLV offer streaming on the internet, which allows all of our subscribes the possibility to listen in.
#5 New Website, coming the end of April to go along with the new worship time. The podcast will be free, but sermons will be available for purchase as CDs or mp3 download.
#6 Church Anniversary in June!!! We are currently making plans for our 1st Church Anniversary Celebration. Make your calenders for June 8, 2008 @ 3:30pm. More detail will be available next month.
#7 Sunday Outreach… thats right, worshiping on Saturdays will enable us to reach out to the community on Sundays.
#8 Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International Conference, will be held in Birmingham, Alabama - June 23 - 27, 2008. The theme is “In Pursuit of The Glory.” Although I will not be going, Thursday and Friday’s night services are normally aired on The Word Network which can be watch online. I believe Thursday will be International Presiding Bishop Paul S. Morton Sr. and Friday is guest speaker Bishop Neil Jones.

#9 Saturday nights with the family. Not having to wake up early Sunday mornings means we can stay up late and enjoy each others company.

#10 hmmmmm…. well I cannot type the tenth upcoming thing I am excited about or maybe I can’t think of a tenth. Well… i’ll leave you guessing.