We had a really great first service. 79 people came! That was amazing!!! We had a lot of friends and some of Kent's relatives come to support us, but we still had well over 40 people who just came because they wanted to check out a new church. It was surreal to see strangers streaming in to take their seats. What made them decide to come to this church that we decided to start??
Well, the answer is that it's God's church. He called us to start the church and he called those people to come. I'm really, really grateful to God for letting me be part of the experience of planting a new church. It's so much more work than I thought it would be - especially considering most of us on the team work full time jobs and have families or other things in our lives that we can't just totally put on hold - though many things have dropped off our radar so we could concentrate on getting ready for our first service.
But I love the work. It's exhausting at times - especially when passing out door hanger promotions in 90 degree temperatures all day or when spending days building equipment cases. But even then, the work is energizing to me. I wouldn't want to be doing anything else! I feel real pleasure in doing the little things that added together will make Epic the kind of church that will lead to changed lives - and a changed city.
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