Comments on: Tempted but not ready http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/ Discover the Difference! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gardner@bcwe.org http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/#comment-327 gardner@bcwe.org Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:45:23 +0000 http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/#comment-327 Actually the notion of an early service is to get double use out of our building! We will be in the same rented space for several years unless God works a mighty miracle. I am praying for Him to work a miracle. We will only be able to hold 250 or so max in the building that we currently have. By that I mean the auditorium. There are people that like to go to church earlier and some may have carnal motives no doubt but I am hoping that others would just like to go to church earlier because they are up earlier. In Peru we had to have 2 services--you are right that it really can make you feel like two separate churches but that will only go on until we can build a building and then we also have Sunday nights where those that really want to carry the load of the church will show up It is not ever my goal to have 2 or 3 services just for the sake of extra work or to diminish unity or fellowship--it is only to use our facility to the max and to reach as many people as possible Just pray with us please that we will know what God would have us to do and when. Actually the notion of an early service is to get double use out of our building! We will be in the same rented space for several years unless God works a mighty miracle. I am praying for Him to work a miracle. We will only be able to hold 250 or so max in the building that we currently have. By that I mean the auditorium.

There are people that like to go to church earlier and some may have carnal motives no doubt but I am hoping that others would just like to go to church earlier because they are up earlier.

In Peru we had to have 2 services–you are right that it really can make you feel like two separate churches but that will only go on until we can build a building and then we also have Sunday nights where those that really want to carry the load of the church will show up

It is not ever my goal to have 2 or 3 services just for the sake of extra work or to diminish unity or fellowship–it is only to use our facility to the max and to reach as many people as possible

Just pray with us please that we will know what God would have us to do and when.

]]> By: Ruth Bassham http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/#comment-326 Ruth Bassham Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:26:57 +0000 http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/#comment-326 Is the notion of an early service to make Sundays more convenient for people? Convenient for what...to let them get church out of the way and have more time for themselves? What would it do to the pastor, staff and workers to have to do double (and repititious) duty? Or could you duplicate the set of workers? Do you think it would feel like two separate churches, diminishing the fellowship, unity, and teamwork; and complicating the preparation and communication? Is the notion of an early service to make Sundays more convenient for people? Convenient for what…to let them get church out of the way and have more time for themselves? What would it do to the pastor, staff and workers to have to do double (and repititious) duty? Or could you duplicate the set of workers? Do you think it would feel like two separate churches, diminishing the fellowship, unity, and teamwork; and complicating the preparation and communication?

]]> By: gardner@bcwe.org http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/#comment-325 gardner@bcwe.org Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:41:32 +0000 http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/#comment-325 Hey that is a vote that we really appreciate! Thank you so much Mrs. Sherry--you are a blessing. I will let you know long before we bring it on! Hey that is a vote that we really appreciate! Thank you so much Mrs. Sherry–you are a blessing. I will let you know long before we bring it on!

]]> By: Sherry P http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/#comment-324 Sherry P Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:45:04 +0000 http://visionbaptist.com/blog/2008/03/16/tempted-but-not-ready/#comment-324 Hey, I think I could make it to an 8am service and it would be ok, cause we don't have one!! I must be really backsliding if I need 3 sermons in one okay! BRING IT ON. Hey, I think I could make it to an 8am service and it would be ok, cause we don’t have one!! I must be really backsliding if I need 3 sermons in one okay! BRING IT ON.

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