Every so often in ministry you have Sundays that stops you in your tracks and confirms you are going in the right direction.

I call these “God Sightings”…last Sunday was one for me…here’s why:

* God’s spirit drew people to HIM – 10 people committed their lives to Christ, LOVE IT!!!

* I saw people laughing and enjoying church as our guest -Real life Strong Man -Dennis Rogers broke, bent and mangled things that no regular human should be able to do. If you haven’t heard of him, check him out at Dennis Rogers.net. He’s the real deal – he loves Christ and he’s really freakishly strong. It was a joy to have him at THRIVE.

* Our band dialed up the energy and threw in into high gear for two services – love our musicians and worship leader Jimmy Savage…we are going places!

* Putting every chair we had in our building for our second service…we were standing room only…I guess it’s time to buy more chairs..People keep inviting friends, that’s a good thing; no it’s a GOD thing.

*Looking at the sign up sheets and seeing all the people that are signing up for Dodgeball: The tournament on April 24th -playing together is where we find community – I have my team…beware!

* My friend Anacarren Molina came out and took some pictures of our service, she is simply gifted.

* Talking with some of the new couples at Thrive 101 and realizing that God is sovereign and he can bring people to church in ways you can’t even fathom.

* Jackie and I leaving the kids at the sitter and going to the movies with Mike Nooney and Crystal Campise on Sunday night – so fun just hearing what God is doing in their lives.

Can’t wait for this Sunday as we continue in our series: THE OFFICE: thank God for work….it’s going to be good!

Go to our Flickr photostream to see some pics from Sunday!

Invite a friend to church – Be the difference

Tom