The 3rd birthday of The Journey...wow. To think, three years ago, almost no one knew this place was around, and now, well, many more people know about the Journey and God has used us to change MANY lives.
Today (as you will see from the pictures soon to be posted) was a GREAT day. To begin, the weather was beautiful - it was cool (in the 70's) and the humidity was dropping. Thank You, Lord, for that.
On top of that, the entire setup went pretty smooth, outside of a few glitches on Sunday morning (I would have liked maybe an extra 30 minutes for a sound check), but we had to work within the time frame we had (we'll fix that next time). THANK YOU to everyone who helped in the setup - and who let us borrow equipment and staging - and who helped in organization - and who worked - you all made that possible. I was so proud to see our church come together from many people - the church of God at work. Good stuff.
The service was great from start to finish. The Broken Road video in the beginning was moving, as we saw face after face of men and women who have had their lives changed by The Journey. The music was great, as the praise team sounded good and the congregation was in a praising mood. John Bolduc did a fantastic job with the special music, even when the music suddenly stopped during Voice of Truth - THAT was a God moment there, as John invited everyone to join him and the congregation just rang out together - wow. This congregation is tackling giants, walking on water - and getting ready to do some more.
The congratulatory video by Pastor Anthony and Pastor Steve from GSBC was great, especially since only one person decided to take up Pastor Anthony's charge to smash cake in my face (and I will get even with you, Chelsea!).
My message was brief, just focusing on finding our place within the story of Rochester, and moving forward together to accomplish something great here. I thank God for those of you who stood with me to dedicate this ground and our church as holy ground during the commitment time at the end - we have decided to follow Jesus - no turning back.
The baptism was the capping off of a great day, as we baptized six (Ginny, Raquel, Christina, Devin, Ellen, and Bob) - I love watching people take that step of faith and obedience, and it was a great day to baptize outside, under the Son - God was pleased.
This was probably my favorite birthday celebration of all so far as the church service. This was the first year we did something different for the church service on our birthday, so it was nice. I look forward to sometime soon celebrating in our new facility.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE JOURNEY FAMILY! MAY OUR 4TH YEAR BE A DECLARATION OF GOD'S MOVEMENT IN THIS AREA AS WE WORK WITH OTHER CHURCHES IN BRINGING ABOUT GOD'S DREAM FOR ROCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE PLEDGE OURSELVES TO THIS. AMEN.
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Yes, Amen !!We are 3 years old as a fellowship of believers.May the maturing process of the Lord accelerate even more this year. May God's sons be as plants grown up in their youth.We put away childish things and as Hebrews 6 says we leave the elementary principles and press on into maturity in Christ.
Thankyou pastor Rob and Krista for giving yourselves to the Lord and allowing the WORD to be made flesh ( Christ in you, the hope of Glory)! Happy Birthday Journey !~
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