LAST SUNDAY/ THIS SUNDAY

LAST SUNDAY we continued UPGRADE with a message that Perry said was one where he wanted to share his heart with the church. I am so glad he did. WOW! What a message. If you missed it, you need to go check it out. I know I say that every week so you will have to get used to it. I tell you to check it out because I know trying to give you a written synopsis would not even do it justice. www.newspring.cc

We had our largest attendance at our Ownership class this past Sunday. I get so excited seeing people join and plug into the local church. I have seen so many of our Owners flourish in their relationship with Christ. To see the way God is working in all areas of their lives really gets me excited like almost nothing else does. I say all of that to challenge you to fully get involved in a church. You are the CHURCH. If you've been checking out NewSpring Charleston, you need to step up and plug in. Stop just consuming, and start contributing!

THIS SUNDAY we will continue UPGRADE. I believe if we would all apply this coming Sunday's message to our lives, we could not possibly remain where we currently are.

I told everyone last week that the trend with every campus has been to have their largest weekend attendance the week the campus pastor was in Kenya. I am just as excited to see who God will bring through our doors in Charleston as I am about getting to go to Kenya. Don't let Charleston break the trend!! I am praying for a 500 weekend while I am gone, and wouldn't be mad if we had a 604 weekend. That would break our highest attendance ever! God is moving in incredible ways; in ten weeks we have seen 34 people saved and 31 people baptized. I can't believe I get to do this and be a part of what He is doing through our church. As the church, God is going to continue to use you to get people here and to make Sunday happen!

I'll be praying that God does amazing things Sunday!

CAN'T WAIT FOR SUNDAY

I'm Going to Africa

In two days I will be leaving with the March team that is going to Kenya from NewSpring! I can't wait and can't believe it. My overwhelming thought in preparing for my trip to Kenya is for God to show me why I'm going. I know there will be a great personal take-away. I've been told over and over "It will rock my world" or "It will change my life." I'm sure it will!

I know God has me where He has called me, and I couldn't be more passionate than I am for the local church and especially the local church he allows me to serve here in Charleston. As I told some of our attendees at Unleash last week, Charleston is my Promise Land! With that being said, I am even more prayerful about my trip to Africa and how God will use this experience to impact those of you with the Charleston Campus. I know that there will be many of you who will feel the call to go to Kenya, and I pray that through my trip you will be challenged to answer that call.

I ask that you pray for the trip and selfishly for me as your campus pastor. Pray that God would use us in an incredible way to further His GOOD NEWS!! I ask also that you pray for my family while I'm gone. I will be gone for ten days, and I know my wife would covet your prayers as she takes care of things at home.

I will be praying on Sunday for you and what God will do here in our cities. The volunteers God has assembled here in Charleston make it so easy for me to leave, knowing that our Church is in great hands. I will miss you guys and look forward to being back with you and continue to fulfill our desire to see the "Holy City" truly become the Holy City!

LAST SUNDAY/ THIS SUNDAY

LAST SUNDAY we had an amazing Sunday, seeing 7 people go public with their faith and get baptized! It is always such an honor to be used by God and get to play a part in someone's relationship with Christ.

We also had several little worship leaders on stage last Sunday. It was so much fun seeing the KidSpring children singing, spinning, bouncing, clapping, and staring at the lights. I hope you were able to join us!

Perry also gave a challenging message on how to "UPGRADE" our lives in the area of giving and how to fight off GREED. The phrase will stick with me was, "It's not Satan that is holding the church back but greedy Christians!" If you missed it check it out here... http://www.newspring.cc/series/upgrade/

THIS SUNDAY we SPRING FORWARD; don't forget to set your clocks forward and make sure anyone you've invited does the same.

We are also having an Ownership class at 2:30pm Sunday afternoon at the NewSpring Charleston Office. It's not to late for you to join us. If you want to know more about NewSpring or know that you want to join NewSpring church then the Ownership class is for you.

NewSpring Charleston Office

2093 Executive Hall Road

Charleston, SC 29407

Load-in is happening at 4:00am in the morning and we would love to have you join us. It takes us from about 4:00am - 6:30am to get everything up and running. If you could serve for a couple of hours, you could make it home to relax for a few hours and then come back for the 11:15 service. Having some people who would step up and even offer to load-in once a month would really help our volunteers who do it every week!

One last thing... DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD!!!!

CAN'T WAIT FOR SUNDAY!!

LAST SUNDAY/ THIS SUNDAY

LAST SUNDAY we started a brand new series called UPGRADE. The message was all about Forgiveness. Perry said forgiven people should forgive people! At the end of the message Perry used the visual aid of a key to help us see the "prison" that we can free ourselves from if we would forgive others. You can watch the entire message here... http://www.newspring.cc/series/upgrade/forgiveness/

On a personal note, last week was incredible for my family and especially my wife. Before moving to Charleston my wife and I prayed and continue to pray that God would put us in the path of lost people. We pray that He would set up divine appointments that we can't avoid. Not long after moving to Charleston my wife started taking our kids to a reading time at a local Barnes & Noble every week. She was taking the kids just to have something that would get them out of the house, but God had set up one of those appointments we had prayed for. There she met a lady with three kids and they began to talk. My wife invited her to church and she decided to come. She came almost every week to our preview services. Around Christmas time she stopped coming and about three weeks into our launch she sent a text to my wife saying she wasn't going to come again because church wasn't for her. About three weeks after that she sent my wife a text saying she was coming to church and that everywhere she turned that week people were talking about God and church. This was two weeks ago and she was one of the 21 people who raised their hands that Sunday and accepted Christ. Last Sunday was so great because my wife was able to sit down with her in between services and talk with her about her decision. We know she will be in heaven with us and we pray now for her husband to experience the same life change!

That is why we do what we do! Thank-You Jesus!!

THIS SUNDAY we are continuing UPGRADE. We have a few "small" surprise worship leaders joining us this week. You do not want to miss this!

We are also going to be baptizing this Sunday. I love seeing people go public with their faith. If that is your next step, it's not to late. You can email charleston@newspring.cc to sign up!

I had someone ask me this Sunday if you have to be baptized to be a part of NewSpring. If you haven't been baptized after salvation and if you haven't been baptized by immersion, then the answer is yes. If you are a Christ-follower and you have already been baptized by immersion you do not have to do it again; you just need to come to an Ownership class and then you can join NewSpring. Our next available class is next Sunday, March 13th. Email charleston@newspring.cc for details or signup this weekend at Guest Services.

This week we are also able to load-in on Saturday. If you are available to help, join us at the Convention Center in Ballroom A from 9:30am - 11:30am.

Sunday is also Ali, our Kidspring Director's birthday! Parents: no gifts needed, but please be sure to say Happy Birthday if you see her! She works so hard to make sure our kids have fun and learn about Jesus on their level each and every week. I know she will appreciate it. THANKS!!!

I hope you are inviting or praying that God would bring someone around you to invite each and every week!

CAN'T WAIT FOR SUNDAY!!!