So the last two weeks we have been at West Chatham Elementary. Here are a couple of thoughts I have right now:
- We have seen more people visit (and stick) in the last two weeks than we have seen in months.
- It just feels right… you know? Like, I know we are in the right place.
- Savannah is STILL a very difficult place to minister in. I swear (ok maybe I shouldn’t swear) that this is one of the hardest places to plant a church.
- I have really begun to notice some growth in some lives that attend Canvas on a regular basis. That is cool!
- Communication cards placed in the seats works. Just sayin. We’ve tried it a bunch of ways.
- I am SO proud of our band. Richard does a great job and I am just continually impressed by their quality. I think we have the best worship band in the city!
- We have a full kids program running each week so, if you know anyone in Savannah that has kids, they need to be here. We have worked had to put together a great environment for them that will help them learn about God.
- That being said… we are still attracting young couples and singles….interesting. Hey, we’ll take whoever God sends. We just want to be faithful. Love God, Love people. Thats it.
I felt like God was speaking to me in some interesting ways this past week including today. I think the phrase “Responding to God” is a great way to explain how I’m feeling right now. It also necessitated a blog face lift 
Gosh its been TOO LONG since I blogged last. I’m working on that…
It is a Go at the new location! We had our first service last weekend and are excited about what God is going to be doing there in the coming months. We even experienced our first persecution as we had some neighbors from across the street come and complain that we were too loud. Actually, they were very irate, but I think we have things worked out. I pray that we have not upset those folks too much, but frankly God has a work to do in this place and in the words of Nehemiah, “I cannot come down!”
Re-launch is upon us this weekend. We are beginning at West Chatham Elementary School this Sunday with a whole new setup AND a FULL kids area called “Canvas Kids”. Here’s a map to where we are gonna be located…
We have been out the last few weekends going door-to-door inviting as many people as possible AND we have sent out a mailer all over the West Chatham area that looks like this. It is advertising our first message series called “Religion Lies”.
I love the holidays, don’t get me wrong…but I am glad they are over because I am pumped about where God is taking us this year. I took a little Twitter/Facebook/ blogging break over the holidays and now I’m back and ready to get to it! Heres a run down on whats up:
- Bikes of Bust went GREAT! It was a screaming success. We rasied all 100 bikes for kids in and around the Savannah area that might not have had such a merry Christmas. The last few hours were CRAZY because we thought we weren’t going to reach the goal and then people just started being generous…some great stories came out of it. Praise God for a BIG success on that!
- Had a good Christmas. Santa was good to everyone here at the house and we went to ATL for a while and got to see lots of family this year…that was nice.
- We did not have services on Sunday at Canvas. It was an opportunity for everyone to rest at home or visit with family.
- Yesterday, however, was a great day back at church. It was good to see everyone again and it was a great time of worship. We had a full band, the house was rockin and we talked about new years resolutions. We used Micah 6:8 as a new years resolution and talked alot about vision.
- The next few weeks are going to be BUSY! The next 3 Saturday’s we are going to be going door to door talking to people about Canvas Church in the West Chatham area. We have things to order for the move and we have a few new things that have to be created/made. Trying to pinch pennies with excellence is hard, but we believe that God will meet our needs and do great things in the future if we are prudent and wise with our choices.
Calling all Canvas peeps! Its time to get serious about this move. This is a BATTLESHIP not a cruise ship. All hands on deck! We need everyone to jump in and begin asking… “What can I do to help?” Its not time to be tired or think that you aren’t needed. EVERYONE is needed somewhere!
We are asking God to do GREAT things this year for the glory of his name!
