What a crazy awesome season it has been these last two months at Relentless Church. I can’t begin to share everything God is doing in our midst in one writing, but here are a few highlights:
Baptisms! God really does pursue us relentlessly with His grace. I cannot explain to you the emotions that come from seeing real live humans give their lives to Jesus. We had 3 people make the decision to be baptized last Sunday, and we baptized them on Monday night. Shout out and thank you to the Point Church for allowing us to use their building. We have several more people that are considering baptism, can’t wait to see what God does and how He does it. Like I preached Sunday, for 2000 years when people buy in to the gospel message, they get baptized. Celebrating new life with Kelly Quinn, Michael Bauman, and Brayden Smith!
Challenges: God has been so good through the insanity of the last few weeks. Two Sundays ago we found out on Saturday night that the pipes were frozen in the movie theater and we would not be able to meet. With 15 hours to find a place, God came through like only He can and we had a great service at the Hilton Garden Inn. God used these circumstances to truly teach and grow our team, it was amazing. Then, last Sunday, we had freezing rain and ice that came through right as we were setting up for church. 93 people braved the nastiness to attend Relentless and God showed up and showed out in calling people to baptism. This week we deal with another challenge, springing forward with daylight savings time; should be a piece of cake after the last two weeks!
How to Spend Time with God: Last Wednesday night we had week one of a three week elective centered around how to spend time with God. Exciting to see 23 people show up to begin this elective, can’t wait to see how God uses this group.
February numbers: Despite the challenges mentioned above, we had more people come to Relentless Church in February than any other month in our short history.
Teams! We got teams! As of this writing, we now have these teams up and going with appointed leaders: RC Kids, Worship, Hospitality, Prayer, Load In/Out.
A Relentless 1st: For the 1st time in our history, we are bringing in a guest speaker this Sunday. This isn’t just any guest speaker, this is a great friend of mine who used to be my youth pastor when I was a kid. Kenny White leads a church plant called the Crossing in the Cincinnati area, and Kenny and the Crossing family have been an enormous blessing to Relentless Church. Set your stinkin’ clocks ahead an hour and get to the theater on Sunday to hear what God is going to say to our church through Kenny! And one more thing- bring somebody with you!