LAST SUNDAY

We had an incredible service this past weekend! Thanks to everyone who was in town and served to help make it happen. (Saved People Serve People).

I went back and forth with whether or not to cancel the service this past week. Many of you were not able to make it because of the holiday weekend so I wasn't sure if we should just cancel. We watched the recap video from 2008 which is my favorite one I think. After seeing the way it ended, I am convinced that the reason we needed to have the service is because someone needed to have the opportunity to give their heart to Christ. No one came forward and no one came up to talk to me at the end, but I know God was working and moving.

As I said at the end of the service I hope the past few weeks have given you a glimpse of what you are going to be a part of here in Charleston. I am blown away that God would use me to do such amazing things to make His name great. I am so grateful and know that the BEST IS YET TO COME!

We can not sit and think it's going to just happen. We have to do our part and make sure we are where we need to be in our relationship with God. The greatest thing you will ever give to NewSpring Charleston is a consistent personal relationship with God. (Growing People Change). Out of a dynamic relationship with Jesus everything else will flow!

Use the tools we have given you to find people. (Found People Find People.) Also, pray for divine appointments where you can use those tools.

We have a special Christmas offering starting this week. (I'll blog about that tomorrow, but You Can't Out Give God)

I'll let you know more about this coming Sunday later this week as well. I miss you all like crazy Monday through Saturday and can't wait to see you each and every Sunday!!

THIS SUNDAY

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and that you were all able to have some time off this week.

It was so nice being back in South Carolina for Thanksgiving. We enjoyed the day spending time with family and eating large amounts of food. I found myself very thankful for many blessings and people in my life. The shock was how quickly I've found myself so extremely thankful for many of you guys. I can honestly say I look forward to Sunday more than I ever have, and I've missed you guys this week.

I can't wait for Sunday!!

This Sunday many have said they will be out of town so we will be doing one service tomorrow at 11:15am. We will be loading in at 8am. If you are available, please come lend a hand.

Can't wait to see you! Show up ready to take advantage of your serving opportunities and what God wants to do through you at NewSpring Charleston.

LAST SUNDAY

This past Sunday was incredible!

We watched a message from August titled "I Heart My Church". I've had many requests from people wanting to watch it again and from people wanting to make sure other people who were not able to make it Sunday get to see the message.

Here is the link to the message... http://www.newspring.cc/series/i-heart-my-church/

Please remember that in the message Perry challenged all of us to read the book of Acts this week. I encourage you to dive in and enjoy the beginnings of church history. I'm pretty sure it's applicable to NewSpring Charleston. In fact the first thing I read after taking this job was the book of Acts!

Perry also talked about two other things I want to highlight:

1. At NewSpring we have Owners not Members. Members have rights and Owners have responsibilities! If you are interested in becoming an Owner at NewSpring or finding out more about this, please email us and we will get you on the list for our next class.

2. There is a difference between your attendance and your involvement! This is HUGE! I hope you have been praying about what God wants your part to be in what He is going to do at NewSpring Charleston. These preview services are all about preparing the army, mobilizing the troops and seeing where God wants to use us. If you have not been plugged into a volunteer role there is an opportunity waiting for you.

My highlight from Sunday was that we were able to have some parkers in the parking lot for the first time. What made this so great was that the Holiday Market was also going on at the Convention Center. Our parkers for the 11:15 service parked everyone. I can not imagine a better week to practice parking than when hundreds are showing up to shop for Christmas, and they were served by NewSpring Church. I loved it!!

Something Better! Something More!

THIS SUNDAY

Tomorrow we have our fourth preview service. I don't know about you, but it feels like it's been about a month since last Sunday. I can't wait for tomorrow!!

For the service tomorrow we are going alllllllll the way back to August. The service we will be watching on Sunday is a message titled "I Heart My Church." Come this weekend and find out why we love NewSpring. I pray that this weekend you will see Jesus's love for you and His place for you at NewSpring Charleston.

This weekend is another great opportunity for you or someone you know to see the heart behind what we do and the heart of our Pastor. We will also have some more tools for us to use in getting the word out about our launch on January 9th.

If you are interested in being involved in NewSpring Charleston please stop by Guest Services this weekend to sign up for your next step.

Remember 84% of Charleston is unchurched, and everything we do in these preview services is preparing us as a church for how God will use us to lower that percentage. Tomorrow will be the best Sunday we have ever had. Don't miss it!!!

LAST SUNDAY

This past Sunday was so great! We had over 100 people for the first time. We were able to do several things BETTER than we had the previous two weeks and were able to MORE than we had the two previous weeks as well!

"Something BETTER and something MORE than the week before" is our goal each week moving towards January 9th. Without hesitation I know we accomplished that this past week!!

Thank you to all of you have come on board to see God move in Charleston. I love that Perry says you can't plan a move of God, but you have to be prepared for one to happen. I know each week that's what we are doing.

If you have not gotten plugged in or come to check out a preview service yet please join us this Sunday.

Here are some of the volunteer opportunities that are available to you...

KidSpring

Guest Services

Ushers

Parkers

Greeters

Load-in/ Load-out

Production

Facilities Cleaning Team

Campus Safety

(Please email charleston@newspring.cc and we can connect you with someone to get you information and plugged into where you know God wants to use you.)

If you grabbed invite cards this weekend know that we are praying with you for divine appointments for you to give those out this week.

I can not wait until Sunday.

I'll let you know more about it later in the week.

THIS SUNDAY!!

It is Thursday and I can barely get anything done because I can't stop thinking about Sunday. I wonder if this is what every week will be like from now on. I now get how Perry is so excited each week about the coming weekend and thinks almost every week was and is going to be one of the best ones ever.

This Sunday will be a perfect week for someone who you have been talking to about NewSpring. This weekend's message will paint a picture for them of what a year at NewSpring is like and what NewSpring will be like in Charleston. Please invite people and get them to the Convention Center.

For those of you who have been to our service the last couple of weeks, we will continue with something better and something more than the week before. We are preparing for January 9th and expecting God to obliterate what we imagine!! That is why these first weeks are so crucial. We are learning where and what God wants our roles to be in what He is going to do in Charleston.

If you have not plugged in yet and would like to do so, do not leave this weekend without signing up for a volunteer opportunity or for our next ownership class. I look forward to seeing or meeting you this weekend!

The BEST is yet to come!

You Need To See This!!

Check this out!!!

A Story: From the Ashes from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.

LAST SUNDAY

Preview service #2 is in the books! It was such a great day, and I love that the Charleston campus is having services every week.

We watched a message from 2006 that was loaded with the vision of NewSpring Church. It's awesome how God can use words given to Perry that many years ago to challenge and apply to us TODAY! Who says that satellite campuses don't work?

My favorite part was when Perry talked about being excited about what we are going to see God do in the next six months. That was my favorite because I know that if Perry had been there live on Sunday, he would have said the same thing!

These preview services are giving us a great time to get to know each other and prepare for our official launch on January 9th. I would love to have you join us, and I will be blogging later this week about this coming Sunday.

NewSpring Charleston facebook Page

NewSpring Charleston has it's own facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/newspring.charleston.sc

Be sure to check it out and "like" it if you have a facebook account. You can also direct your friends to it for information and stuff pertaining to the Charleston campus. I will be using this from time to time to give you information that writing a blog post for might seem unnecessary.

Have a great day and I'll see you Sunday! (Love getting to type that!!)

Guest Post: Ali Zacker

Hi- I’m Ali Zacker and I am so excited to serve as the Charleston Campus KidSpring Director! Yankee, Clemson Diving alumnus, blonde, amateur baker, runner, middle child…these words can all be used to describe me.

I moved around a lot when I was younger but would say that I grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with my mom and dad, my older brother and my younger sister. When I graduated from high school, I moved to Clemson, South Carolina, where I was a springboard diver at Clemson University. It was during my time at Clemson that I began to attend and eventually join NewSpring Church. Since I can remember I have had a passion for children, to this day my family jokes that “you can always find Ali sitting at the kids table,” and throughout high school and most of college I was affectionately known among friends as “mom.” So, naturally, I found my “sweet spot” serving in KidSpring. In May of 2009 I graduated from Clemson with a BS in Industrial Engineering. After graduating I left for Perth, Australia, where I spent four months doing mission work and attending a Sports Discipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). After Australia I went to Mexico City, Mexico, and spent three months doing an outreach before returning back home to the states. For the past seven months I have been living in Anderson, South Carolina, and working for NewSpring, first as the Anderson Campus Discipleship Intern and then full time as the Assistant to the Central Discipleship Director. Now, I am moving to Charleston and I can’t wait to be a part of what God is already doing in this city and the incredible things I know He is going to do!

LAST SUNDAY

This past Sunday we had our first pre-view Service for the NewSpring Charleston Campus. I am still bouncing inside with excitement. What a day it was to see things with "fresh eyes" and for the first time. It was also a day to celebrate all that God has done up to this point and all He is going to do in the future!

On Sunday we had an Ownership Class for people interested in being a part of NewSpring Charleston. The Ownership Class is the process by which you join NewSpring and are then able to volunteer. We will be holding more of these if you were not able to attend. So, please email charleston@newspring.cc if you are interested.

The next ten weeks we will be preparing for January 9th which is our official LAUNCH! We will be training volunteers and working out the vision we have for how NewSpring does church. If you or someone you know wants to get involved please join us. We will meet every Sunday at the North Charleston Coliseum Convention Center in Ballroom A at 9:15am and 11:15am.

I would love to have you join us this coming Sunday and be a part of seeing God do more than we can ask or imagine!