Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Our Secret Shopper, Life Groups & Awake 21

Hey Thrive Team!  I hope you are having and amazing Tuesday.  I wanted to mention to you all how humbled I am to lead a congregation that "gets it" like you all do.  You understand that Life groups are how we pastor you, and as such, our life group attendance is growing at an amazing rate.  Just remember life groups are like churches.  They are all different and God has the right one for you.   There is nothing wrong with shopping around a bit to find your group and the people that God has for you to make divine connections with.    If for some reason you have not registered for your life groups yet, please don't hesitate.  To quote our website, "You  can never experience all that Thrive is until you are involved in a Life Group".   You can register online for a life group here : Browse Life Groups or visit our website www.thriveportorange.com  
 
Awake 21 is Thrive's time to seek God's direction for the upcoming year with prayer and fasting.   Many, many thanks to all of you  that are participating.  The blessings at Thrive that we are currently enjoying is the result of a time of prayer in January of 2012.  There was just a handful of us praying back then and look what God is doing now.  Imagine what Thrive will look like at this time next year!  If you have not gotten involved in joining your church family in Awake 21, it's not too late.  For more information check out our website: http://www.thriveportorange.com/awake-21
 
This past Sunday, we had a "Secret Shopper".  His name is Joey Brasher.  He is a coach with the GROW Network which is a part of the church planting organization that helped us get started (ARC - Association of Related Churches).  He is based out of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham Alabama, a church of over 15,000 and he coaches churches across the country.  I asked him to come while we were still very young as a church so that we can get some feedback early on and make any necessary improvement while we are still young as a congregation.  He was completely impressed!  For a church as new as Thrive, we seem to be doing a great job!  He said he felt welcomed from the moment he was pulling into our parking lot.   He said we reminded him of a church he worked with in New Jersey - that quadrupled in size over the past year! Way to Go THRIVE!!!
 
Man, I love this Church!  So exited to see what God is doing!
 
Honored to be your Pastor!

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Thrive is a Life-Giving church, developing families that THRIVE!
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