Posts Tagged “Night of Worship”

Jan 22 2010

TIMES ARE CHANGING –

Posted by: jcarpenter in General, tags: , , ,

Over the next 3 Sundays, we have 3 DIFFERENT sets of Service Times. Are we CRAZY? No!! Just AUDACIOUS!!  Here’s what it looks like. Take Note because the next 3 Sundays at Compass are going to be the BEST EVER!!!!!

  • THIS SUNDAY, 1/24/10 – No Changes and YES, we will be ONE CHURCH in TWO LOCATIONS for one more week. ATHENS CAMPUS will meet at 9:30 and 11:00 am. OCONEE CAMPUS will meet at 11:00am.
  • NEXT SUNDAY, 1/31/10 - COMPASS’ TENTH ANNIVERSARY SERVICE at North Oconee High School Fine Arts Center. At 10:30 am, all 3 services and both campuses will come together for  ONE COMBINED service. YEA, it’s going to ROCK. I Can’t Wait!! Get there early – all I know is that God is going to be Lifted High and embarrassing pictures will be shown (I’ve changed a lot in 10 years).
  • FEBRUARY 7 – MERGE SUNDAY!! Super Bowl Sunday kicks off in Athens, GA with 2 merged services at our Athens Campus. Service Times will be 9:30 & 11:15 am. PLEASE get there EARLY for both services to give plenty of time to park and check your kids in to Compass Kids!!
SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS –
  • CAN’T WAIT to preach tomorrow – what we had planned a couple of months ago and what God had planned we’re two different things. We decided to go with GOD – Can’t Wait!!
  • The 706 Student Band is leading us in worship tomorrow – that gets me FIRED UP!!
  • Compass’ 2nd NIGHT OF WORSHIP will be this Sunday Night at the AC – 6:00pm. Don’t know of a better way to prepare to merge our two campuses together than through BOLD WORSHIP & BEGGING GOD to do something BIG in our generation & city!!
  • Merging our two incredible campuses back together was the TOUGHEST but most ENCOURAGING leadership decision I’ve had to make up to this point (yea, I know there will be more!!)
    • TOUGHEST for many reasons -
    • Most of all, God is doing AMAZING things on our OC because of this church’s willingness to take risks
    • …and, I knew it would be a Big Ask of our Oconee, Walton, and Barrow families to drive an extra 25 minutes to get to church
    • …and, it’s always difficult when God asks you to do something you don’t want to do
    • …and, sometimes God asks you to do things JUST SO YOU CAN SAY YES & BE OBEDIENT – don’t you hate that!? (just ask Abraham & Sarah – Genesis 22)
    • ENCOURAGING for many reasons -
    • Each of you – your support and belief in the Big Vision & Next Steps God has laid out for this church has been overwhelming
    • …a friend who told me “A Church ALIVE is Worth the DRIVE” and God definitely is ALIVE @ Compass!!
    • …a volunteer leader said “This is a DYNAMIC CHURCH where God is changing lives & it does not matter where it’s at!” – BAM!!!!
    • We might be meeting in the same place again (the warehouse), BUT we are definitely NOT THE SAME CHURCH
    • …we are STRONGER, have 3x as many VOLUNTEERS, and a PASSION that has grown exponentially to do whatever it takes to see lives changed and make Jesus Famous in NE Georgia and Beyond!!
    • No doubt – what some might perceive as a SET-BACK is really a SET-UP for ALL that God has planned NEXT for this great church!!

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Nov 19 2009

CATCHING UP & COMING UP

Posted by: jcarpenter in General, tags: ,
CATCHING UP –

In the Weeds this week so no time to blog…more on that another time…

A few thoughts on this past Sunday at Compass -
  • What God did this past Sunday was AMAZING!!
  • 14 people prayed to receive Christ between our 2 campuses Sunday – That’s WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO!!!!
  • Why He chooses to use us….no answer, I’m just BLOWN AWAY He does!!
  • Volunteers – thank you once again for EVERYTHING you do – I feel your passion to connect people to Jesus every week!
  • Today, we talked about a Woman’s Character (Proverbs 31:10) – it was tense at times and not the easiest topic to tackle but God Showed Up Big Time!
  • As I said, one of the biggest barriers we often miss to people seeing us as “Something” is character issues we are not willing to confront.
  • Yes, I told the guys to “Grow A Set” – it’s exactly what we have told our own boys. BE A MAN!! (don’t wait on her to ask you).
  • If there’s a girl you want to ask out then TALK TO HER FACE TO FACE and ASK HER OUT (don’t text, twitter, or email her).
  • A High Schooler texted during the service that he really wished his MOM was there to hear this – WOW!
  • Hearing there are several X boyfriends now nicknamed ‘CRUMB’ walking around NE GA!!
  • Talked about our December Christmas Gift Offering today – I’m so excited about what God wants to continue to do in NE GA through this church.

COMING UP

  • Announced this morning that on Sunday, NOVEMBER 29, Shaunti Feldhahn, author of “For Women Only” (AWESOME BOOK), will be our special guest on November 29!
  • Ladies – you definitely want to bring a guest and Men, you will NOT want to miss what Shaunti has to say – TRUST me on this one!
  • Sunday Night, December 6 is our 1st Churchwide Night of Prayer and Worship hosted by Matt Ammons and the Compass Band – I Can’t Wait.  Save the Date and Bring a Friend – it’s going to be awesome.
  • We are blessed to have not only some of the most talented musicians on the planet, but a group of people who passionately want to worship God with EVERYTHING they have.
  • PS – I’m really praying my mother-in-law can come so we can pray over her together as a church corporately.
  • If you know people who are hurting, need healing, a relationship that needs God to show up big time, or someone who just needs a touch from God – THIS is the evening to bring them with you.
  • God’s Prescription for Pain is Praise (thanks Wesley for that truth) – that’s what this whole night is about. Begging God to do something great in this city and worshipping Him even in the middle of the dips in life – CAN’T WAIT.
  • Leaving to go to New Spring for my Pastor’s Round Table with Perry Noble today – going to be a GREAT DAY!




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