I don’t even know how to begin to say thanks to God, Compass, our incredible staff, and our amazing volunteers for the best 10th Anniversary Celebration EVER!!!!!
- THANK YOU GOD for Showing up and Showing off TODAY – Your presence was SO THERE in every moment!!
- THANK YOU GOD over the past 10 years for calling us, for sustaining us, for picking us up when we failed, for strengthening us when we wanted to quit, for surrounding us with a band of warriors!!
- THANK YOU GOD for sending JESUS to die for us when we were totally unworthy!! (Romans 5:8)
- THANK YOU GOD for every single story of Life Change, Marriages restored, Addicts Freed, and Purpose for life found in you – YOU know them ALL!! (2 Corinthians 5:16-17)
- THANK YOU COMPASS for allowing me to be your pastor – I Love You!!
- THANK YOU COMPASS STAFF for the most AMAZING, POWERFUL, and LIFE CHANGING service and day of ministry I’ve ever been part of – EVERYTHING, EVERY MOMENT, EVERY SONG, EVERY VIDEO ABSOLUTELY ROCKED!!
- THANK YOU COMPASS VOLUNTEERS for being the most selfless, passionate Jesus Freaks on the planet. It is an HONOR to serve this community with you!!
- We are humbled and honored to be part of such an amazing move of God in this city and our generation!!
- Truly “You have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now….”
- …No doubt “God who began this good work will continue HIS WORK until it is finally finished!!!“ (Philippians 1:3-6)
COMPASS – OUR BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD…YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET…Can’t Wait to see all God does in the next decade of ministry!!
Truly an AMAZING day and weekend…words fall short!! I’ll try to capture some of the highlights -
- I counted at least 12 people who BOLDLY stepped out of their seat, came to the front, and prayed to receive Christ – truly the MOST POWERFUL moment out of so many today.
- THAT is why we do what we do church – THAT was the highlight of the service!!!
- And, THERE’s SO MUCH MORE God’s PROMISED to do if we’ll just keep our eyes focused on JESUS over the NEXT 10 years!!
- One of the dudes who came to the front was a brand new dad – that family and little boy will never be the same because his daddy now knows Jesus!!
- We need MEN who will be WARRIORS for their families more than ever – You Can Do It Guys!!!
- Really – I”m the cryer not Lisa – it was a SURPRISE & SO AWESOME to see her heart today!!
- I can’t even begin to explain the emotions standing on the stage with the group of Warriors who were there when “the baby was born” – it’s been worth the WILD RIDE!!
- I can’t even begin to explain the emotions looking out over ONE CHURCH in ONE LOCATION all worshipping together!
- OK – THAT is what heaven is going to be like – a place where 24/7 GOD IS CELEBRATED & WORSHIPPED LOUDLY, PASSIONATELY, BOLDLY, and NO TIME LIMIT…Hey, I’m not even sure we’ll know time in heaven!! (Revelation 4:1-11)
- Yes, there’s Beauty in Brokeness, we’re ALL JACKED UP with sin (I’m at the front of that line), BUT we worship a God who LOVES to create MOSAICS out of the broken pieces.
- I about came unglued and out of my seat when Joey Echols and crew walked out on stage during “You Found Me” with the cards declaring FOUND LIVES IN JESUS – behind every one of those cards is an AMAZING Story of God’s Love, Forgiveness, and Grace!!
- Marcus Dobbs TORE UP ‘MOVING FORWARD‘ – for a lot of us, THAT’s our song!!!
- My Mother In Law literally spoke to us from Heaven today – she flat out BROUGHT THE GOSPEL in that amazing and courageous video she left us with about leaving a legacy of faith.
- Matt and the Compass Band & Singers and Production Team took it to another level this morning!!
- Paul Sims and the Video Team – AMAZING job telling God’s Story of Changing lives the past 10 years – you guys are the BEST on the planet!!
- Wesley and Chase did an amazing job bringing organization and coordination to a potentially crazy day – your preparation and planning prepared the way for God to change lives today!!
- Sheryl – thank you for being my ‘right arm’ and doing all the stuff behind the scenes nobody but God sees – you are AWESOME!!
- OK – somebody is going to die for the last part of the service…yes, you had to be there!! no, I will NOT be leading worship anytime soon!!
- It was great to see DAVID ZIMMERMAN today – he is a Man of God and is one of the reasons I am in the ministry today – THANK YOU for believing in and investing in us before we believed in ourselves.
- I’ve never received a “singing video” or “telegram” before – thank you Glenn McClure & Dan Reiland & 12 Stone Church!!
- All the encouraging texts and emails and spoken words were overwhelming and special – THANK YOU!!
- OC – Thank You for Hosting us – it was an amazing run this past year…I know you will all DESPARATELY MISS setting up next Sunday! God used each of you BIG TIME to PROVE His LOVE and GENEROSITY to this community over and over again in 2009!
- I could go on & on…THANK YOU Again for the privilege of pastoring Compass Church and the most AMAZING group of people on the planet.
- I Love you guys and love being your pastor.
- GET READY COMPASS – OUR BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD!!!!
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