Good morning Fellowship Family,
I received this great email this morning and wanted to share it with you. I hope you will stop by this page and then watch the video in the message. It all comes down to an open heart.
Marriage Click this for the message and video.
See ya Sunday
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Say What You Need To Say
So some of you guys have been asking me how we got the idea to do the cards with the song Say by John Mayer. Well we can’t take full credit for the idea. I saw a church do this a while back and when we were planning for this series we thought this would fit and possibly be a very powerful way for you guys to understand how important communication is within our marriages and our relationships with other people. I hope all of you enjoyed it and my prayer for all of you is that God is speaking to you through this 3 week series. We will conclude it this Sunday with what is God’s role in the family through marriage.
Here is the VIDEO from Sunday
Mickey
Here is the VIDEO from Sunday
Mickey
Weekly Worship Blog
Hello everyone,
Wow what a day! Sunday was incredible, we had our second week in our Restore:Marriage series and it was great and a little tense and maybe awkward at times, but that is good if we are going to have outrageous marriages we need to be awkward for our spouse.
Today I’ll attempt to explain a song called The Broken & The Tired by Elevation Worship. This is one of my favorite worship albums out right now. Elevation is a church in Charlotte, NC that started a little over 3 years ago and has grown to over 7000 people in weekly attendance. You can check out the church at www.elevationchurch.org or their worship website at www.elevation-worship.com or you can download their album from iTunes HERE.
This song is evangelism at its finest. The chorus speaks to every person who has stepped across the line of salvation that God sent His Son to die so our lives could be healed from all the junk in them. I love how this song has the verses explaining how God has rescued us and brought us from death to life the chorus tells us what He did and the bridge is a prayer of confession to God and a prayer of thankfulness for His willingness to die for us.
My prayer for this song that we have sung each week during this series is that God can heal our marriages and restore them to the way He intended marriage to be. Many times in our marriage we are blind, deaf, weak, or numb but God sent His Son for us to be healed so we could dwell in His love.
Click HERE to see video of The Broken & The Tired
Mickey
A big kudos to Casey Thomas for filling in on the drums last minute notice he did a great job. Fellowship Church is so blessed to have talented musicians that are willing to let God lead their life.
Sunday Set List:
Your Grace Is Enough-Matt Mauer (Chris Tomlin Version)
Blessed Be Your Name- Matt Redman
The Broken & The Tired-Elevation Worship
Glory to God Forever-Fee
Say-John Mayer (I'll post video of this later today)
The Broken and The Tired Lyrics:
When I was blind
You gave me sight
You gave me eyes to see the colors of Your sky
When I was deaf
Without a sound
You gave me ears to hear the songs of Your love
Your love is kind
Your love's the only thing that's perfect in this life
You sent Your son to die
For the broken and the tired
And You healed my life
With my hands raised high
And my heart a burning fire
I'll give my life
To dwell in Your love
When I was weak
With tired feet
You gave me strength to run the race you'd given me
When I was numb
My heart grown cold
You gave me nerves to feel the warmth of Your love
Jesus, we confess
We were lost in brokenness
Til You came and conquered death
For love
Wow what a day! Sunday was incredible, we had our second week in our Restore:Marriage series and it was great and a little tense and maybe awkward at times, but that is good if we are going to have outrageous marriages we need to be awkward for our spouse.
Today I’ll attempt to explain a song called The Broken & The Tired by Elevation Worship. This is one of my favorite worship albums out right now. Elevation is a church in Charlotte, NC that started a little over 3 years ago and has grown to over 7000 people in weekly attendance. You can check out the church at www.elevationchurch.org or their worship website at www.elevation-worship.com or you can download their album from iTunes HERE.
This song is evangelism at its finest. The chorus speaks to every person who has stepped across the line of salvation that God sent His Son to die so our lives could be healed from all the junk in them. I love how this song has the verses explaining how God has rescued us and brought us from death to life the chorus tells us what He did and the bridge is a prayer of confession to God and a prayer of thankfulness for His willingness to die for us.
My prayer for this song that we have sung each week during this series is that God can heal our marriages and restore them to the way He intended marriage to be. Many times in our marriage we are blind, deaf, weak, or numb but God sent His Son for us to be healed so we could dwell in His love.
Click HERE to see video of The Broken & The Tired
Mickey
A big kudos to Casey Thomas for filling in on the drums last minute notice he did a great job. Fellowship Church is so blessed to have talented musicians that are willing to let God lead their life.
Sunday Set List:
Your Grace Is Enough-Matt Mauer (Chris Tomlin Version)
Blessed Be Your Name- Matt Redman
The Broken & The Tired-Elevation Worship
Glory to God Forever-Fee
Say-John Mayer (I'll post video of this later today)
The Broken and The Tired Lyrics:
When I was blind
You gave me sight
You gave me eyes to see the colors of Your sky
When I was deaf
Without a sound
You gave me ears to hear the songs of Your love
Your love is kind
Your love's the only thing that's perfect in this life
You sent Your son to die
For the broken and the tired
And You healed my life
With my hands raised high
And my heart a burning fire
I'll give my life
To dwell in Your love
When I was weak
With tired feet
You gave me strength to run the race you'd given me
When I was numb
My heart grown cold
You gave me nerves to feel the warmth of Your love
Jesus, we confess
We were lost in brokenness
Til You came and conquered death
For love
Friday, September 18, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Weekly Worship Blog
I’m back, I took a week off from the weekly blog because of a couple of reasons the first reason 1)Monday was Labor Day and I didn’t want to work when I didn’t have to, 2) I was busy getting things ready for our booth at the fair this week (which you should go check out because it is definitely the best booth there).
This week we will talk about My Deliverer by Chris Tomlin, who just recently moved to the great state of Georgia to lead worship for Passion City Church in Atlanta. He also has written some other pretty good songs like How Great Is Our God, Holy Is The Lord, and recently redid Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone). Maybe you have heard of some of those.
If there was a modern day book of Psalms this would get my vote to be included in that book. Well this book was really inspired from the Psalms so I guess it is kind of already in the Bible. When David was writing most of the Psalms it was during the time when God was delivering them from the hands of the enemy and David was bound and determined to lean on God for deliverance. Our mindset should not be any different today. We may not be fighting physically against an army but the Bible tells us we are in a spiritual war against the devil. We must build our foundation on Christ who will deliverer us from anything that comes our way as long as we are hiding behind His walls of salvation.
Click HERE to see video of My Deliverer from Sunday
Don’t forget Sunday September 27 at 6:00 p.m. we will be having a night of worship at Fellowship Church so make plans to be there and ready for a great evening of worship with the band.
Mickey
Sunday Set List:
I Will Go-Starfield
Jesus Paid It All-Passion Version
Shout Unto God-Hillsong
Our God Reigns-Passion Version
Hallelujah (Our God Reigns)-Hillsong
My Deliverer-Chris Tomlin
My Deliverer Lyrics
I will wait for You to move
For Your mighty hand to save
When the trouble water rise
You are my hiding place
You are my hiding place
You walls are salvation
Your gates are praise
My Deliverer
My Deliverer
My Deliverer
Is the Lord
Who is like You mighty God
Who can take me from Your hand
As I walk with You in freedom
You're the Rock on which I stand
You're the Rock on which I stand
This week we will talk about My Deliverer by Chris Tomlin, who just recently moved to the great state of Georgia to lead worship for Passion City Church in Atlanta. He also has written some other pretty good songs like How Great Is Our God, Holy Is The Lord, and recently redid Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone). Maybe you have heard of some of those.
If there was a modern day book of Psalms this would get my vote to be included in that book. Well this book was really inspired from the Psalms so I guess it is kind of already in the Bible. When David was writing most of the Psalms it was during the time when God was delivering them from the hands of the enemy and David was bound and determined to lean on God for deliverance. Our mindset should not be any different today. We may not be fighting physically against an army but the Bible tells us we are in a spiritual war against the devil. We must build our foundation on Christ who will deliverer us from anything that comes our way as long as we are hiding behind His walls of salvation.
Click HERE to see video of My Deliverer from Sunday
Don’t forget Sunday September 27 at 6:00 p.m. we will be having a night of worship at Fellowship Church so make plans to be there and ready for a great evening of worship with the band.
Mickey
Sunday Set List:
I Will Go-Starfield
Jesus Paid It All-Passion Version
Shout Unto God-Hillsong
Our God Reigns-Passion Version
Hallelujah (Our God Reigns)-Hillsong
My Deliverer-Chris Tomlin
My Deliverer Lyrics
I will wait for You to move
For Your mighty hand to save
When the trouble water rise
You are my hiding place
You are my hiding place
You walls are salvation
Your gates are praise
My Deliverer
My Deliverer
My Deliverer
Is the Lord
Who is like You mighty God
Who can take me from Your hand
As I walk with You in freedom
You're the Rock on which I stand
You're the Rock on which I stand
Sunday Guest Services Team Lunch Sept 20
Hey folks, we are planning this Sunday for the Guset Services team lunch. We need a count on how many are attending so we can prepare enough chow. Please email fellowshipchurch@windstream.net by 10:AM Wed if you can attend. Thanks
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Book Review: The Noticer Andy Andrews
Book: The Noticer
Author: Andy Andrews
Once again Andy Andrews does a great job of crafting a good principle for life into a story about life. While on vacation this year I was challenged to read Andy’s book The Traveler’s Gift. I came away from that reading encouraged, educated and challenged, but most of all thankful for the recommendation. It was a pleasant surprise to be asked to review the sequel to The Traveler’s Gift, The Noticer.
I think the thing that impacted me the most about the Noticer was that the gifts I give away by investing in others may never be recognized, however the impact is diminished in no way. I was reminded about those who had invested in me and taken the time to encourage me to move forward toward my goals.
You will be captivated by Andy’s ability to write a book that feels like a novel, however it holds some great truths within. A very quick and short read, this is a book useful for a day away or vacation list. Have fun hearing how the Noticer leads you on a journey to discover prospective.
Author: Andy Andrews
Once again Andy Andrews does a great job of crafting a good principle for life into a story about life. While on vacation this year I was challenged to read Andy’s book The Traveler’s Gift. I came away from that reading encouraged, educated and challenged, but most of all thankful for the recommendation. It was a pleasant surprise to be asked to review the sequel to The Traveler’s Gift, The Noticer.
I think the thing that impacted me the most about the Noticer was that the gifts I give away by investing in others may never be recognized, however the impact is diminished in no way. I was reminded about those who had invested in me and taken the time to encourage me to move forward toward my goals.
You will be captivated by Andy’s ability to write a book that feels like a novel, however it holds some great truths within. A very quick and short read, this is a book useful for a day away or vacation list. Have fun hearing how the Noticer leads you on a journey to discover prospective.
Fearless by Max Lucado
Book Review: Fearless
Author: Max Lucado
As always Max Lucado takes the Scriptures and applies practical life experiences that everyone can understand. In his new book Fearless, Pastor Lucado takes on the single greatest emotion that plagues the church, FEAR.
It seems following September 11, 2001 everything changed in the culture and spiritual landscape of America. For the first time in American history a foreign enemy attacked the homeland and forever changed how we live our lives. Fear became the norm, would terrorist attack again? Where would they attack? Are my children safe? On and on the questions grew. Then the economic impact of a banking system gone wild caused a collapse in consumer confidence crushing the global economic growth of the 90’s. Job lose is at an all time high, the stock market collapsed and 401K’s began to shrink. Everywhere you look FEAR is the norm.
In this book titled FEARLESS, Max Lucado views fear through a Biblical lens that will help you overcome your struggle with fear. Each story and thought by Pastor Lucado will pinpoint the root of your fear and how to overcome by understand God’s plan for your life. Ultimately he concludes with the healthy fear of God that produces a dependence on God for our future.
So grab a copy of Fearless and spend an afternoon shedding the load of fear that fills your lives. Paul wrote to the Christ followers of his day about fear, listen to these words that are foundational to Max Lucado’s new book FEARLESS:
Romans 8:15 (NIV)
15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thinkin 'bout...
Oswald:The Far-Reaching Rivers of Life
He who believes in Me . . . out of his heart will flow rivers of living water —John 7:38A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, "rivers of living water" will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even "to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8 ) regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be. We have nothing to do with the outflow— "This is the work of God, that you believe. . ." ( John 6:29 ). God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.
A river is victoriously persistent, overcoming all barriers. For a while it goes steadily on its course, but then comes to an obstacle. And for a while it is blocked, yet it soon makes a pathway around the obstacle. Or a river will drop out of sight for miles, only later to emerge again even broader and greater than ever. Do you see God using the lives of others, but an obstacle has come into your life and you do not seem to be of any use to God? Then keep paying attention to the Source, and God will either take you around the obstacle or remove it. The river of the Spirit of God overcomes all obstacles. Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source. Never allow anything to come between you and Jesus Christ— not emotion nor experience— nothing must keep you from the one great sovereign Source.
Think of the healing and far-reaching rivers developing and nourishing themselves in our souls! God has been opening up wonderful truths to our minds, and every point He has opened up is another indication of the wider power of the river that He will flow through us. If you believe in Jesus, you will find that God has developed and nourished in you mighty, rushing rivers of blessing for others.
Stan here, I feel like I am trying to flow upstream many times. Thanks for the encouraging words from Oswald Chambers for Sunday Sept 6.
He who believes in Me . . . out of his heart will flow rivers of living water —John 7:38A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, "rivers of living water" will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even "to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8 ) regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be. We have nothing to do with the outflow— "This is the work of God, that you believe. . ." ( John 6:29 ). God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.
A river is victoriously persistent, overcoming all barriers. For a while it goes steadily on its course, but then comes to an obstacle. And for a while it is blocked, yet it soon makes a pathway around the obstacle. Or a river will drop out of sight for miles, only later to emerge again even broader and greater than ever. Do you see God using the lives of others, but an obstacle has come into your life and you do not seem to be of any use to God? Then keep paying attention to the Source, and God will either take you around the obstacle or remove it. The river of the Spirit of God overcomes all obstacles. Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source. Never allow anything to come between you and Jesus Christ— not emotion nor experience— nothing must keep you from the one great sovereign Source.
Think of the healing and far-reaching rivers developing and nourishing themselves in our souls! God has been opening up wonderful truths to our minds, and every point He has opened up is another indication of the wider power of the river that He will flow through us. If you believe in Jesus, you will find that God has developed and nourished in you mighty, rushing rivers of blessing for others.
Stan here, I feel like I am trying to flow upstream many times. Thanks for the encouraging words from Oswald Chambers for Sunday Sept 6.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Sunday Night Recap
What a day at Fellowship Church.
We continued the message series Marked and today we used Tattoo's as the ultimate example of one's being marked by Obedience to the call of Christ on our lives. Although the lead up to the message caused some concerns, I believe we present truth that encouraged all who attended. I can't wait for next week as we finish our study of Galatians, you can be sure it will push us closer to Jesus.
We had several guests today and their responses were good.
Tina and I just got home from a night of bowling and Mexican food. Almost 100 people packed out the Old Clarkesville Mill to bowl, that was funny and fun at the same time. I found out I have a new name, thanks guys, I don't mind being the Joker.
Thank you to Peublos in Clarkesville for taking us all on for dinner. Over all I think we had a great day at Fellowship.
Have a great week and we will see you on Sunday.
We continued the message series Marked and today we used Tattoo's as the ultimate example of one's being marked by Obedience to the call of Christ on our lives. Although the lead up to the message caused some concerns, I believe we present truth that encouraged all who attended. I can't wait for next week as we finish our study of Galatians, you can be sure it will push us closer to Jesus.
We had several guests today and their responses were good.
Tina and I just got home from a night of bowling and Mexican food. Almost 100 people packed out the Old Clarkesville Mill to bowl, that was funny and fun at the same time. I found out I have a new name, thanks guys, I don't mind being the Joker.
Thank you to Peublos in Clarkesville for taking us all on for dinner. Over all I think we had a great day at Fellowship.
Have a great week and we will see you on Sunday.
To anonymous blog poster
We have had a few post from people concerning the last post entitled "Will We Let Satan Win". We will always post comments from those who use their name, however we do not post responses from those who aren't willing to use their name.
I will say I read your post and do not feel you have a good pulse on the situation, and my guess is like most you heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend. Maybe taking a little more care in contacting the people directly related and involved in Fellowship Church would prepare you to better respond.
If you are a regular attender and giver to Fellowship Church I will be more than happy to sit down with you and discuss your feelings and concerns.
I will say I read your post and do not feel you have a good pulse on the situation, and my guess is like most you heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend. Maybe taking a little more care in contacting the people directly related and involved in Fellowship Church would prepare you to better respond.
If you are a regular attender and giver to Fellowship Church I will be more than happy to sit down with you and discuss your feelings and concerns.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Will we let Satan Win?
Good Morning Fellowship Family,
I wanted to take a moment to share with you a concern. Last Sunday we announced something different would be presented in this coming Sunday’s message as an illustration. Since that time I have received several calls and comments of concern. Although I understand and appreciate each contact I can’t help but be broken hearted over how some have responded. On Thursday the staff and I sat down to discuss the potential impact of following through with the illustration and have decided that it would be costly to the body of Christ and we will not be using it.
You may think that is why I am broken hearted, but you would be wrong. I am broken hearted over some people’s tactics within the body. Some have resorted to a call brigade to members of Fellowship Church in an attempt to shore up support for their cause. I find it incredibly offensive that some would consider personal preference about tattooing vs. blatant sin of gossip and disunity! Rumors abound and most of them are outright LIES! I encourage you to consider your conversation and also understand that when you speak untruth about the church you are speaking untruth about the Bride that Jesus died for. The implication of that action is left in the hands of a Righteous God.
Fellowship Church began as a dream to be a church that was different, to become a church where everyone was welcomed. This means that we allow people from all walks of life, not just those who look and act like we believe scripture teaches. In fact many in the church have been taught a false system of outward appearance (Pharisaical in nature) rather than an inward transformation. What I most desire as pastor is a church who stops acting religious and starts being Biblical. Our community is filled with people who are broken, hurting and need a loving hand from those who know Jesus. I pray for a day when church happens. Paul wrote these words:
1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (NIV)
19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.
22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
To those of you who have given your trust to the staff who lead Fellowship Church, thank you and know that we value your trust and will protect against violating it. We want to hear from you and will listen to your concerns. Sometimes we will change a course because we heard positive communication that caused us to consider the implications of a decision, but there will be times when we continue forward and lead this church into the future. But please do not call and threaten us, hang up on us when we are talking or use gossip to cause harm to the body, it just will not be tolerated and we will correct you in love. Let me thank those who have called with the right spirit and shared their concerns you truly helped us resolve a difficult decision and I am thankful for your Biblical actions.
I realize that some of you are caught off guard and may be wondering why I would respond this way. There are several reasons: 1) I am tired of people sinning by gossiping about Fellowship Church and will not stand by any longer listening to member comments that I know are untrue. It is enough that the religious community attacks us, but from our own is just not acceptable. 2) It’s time we either decide to do Fellowship Church or not. I love you all, but I also love Jesus and know what he has called us to do. We have been sidetracked long enough with petty differences that make no forward progress in the Kingdom. God has either sent you to Fellowship Church or not, only you know which, so get in or get out! “Pastor, you don’t love us!” YES I DO, I love you dearly, however if you think you can hijack the work of God here at Fellowship you are wrong. Everyone is valued, however, everyone is not in the right place. I realize some of you will stop reading right now and shut down, good, that is what I intended to do. For those of you who are tired of this stuff welcome, I invite you to enjoy the ride. 3) I just don’t have time to keep doing this. I will be 45 in a few days. I will be dead in a few years. But more importantly Jesus could come back any minute. People are dying and going to Hell and we have people intent on helping them get there, I just don’t get it. 4)Right now I believe our church is positioned staff wise, spirit wise and people wise to impact our community for Jesus. Let’s get with it! Now is the time and I can’t wait to see all that God has for us.
So just to be clear and open. Right now I am very frustrated, hurt and honestly mad. A pastor recently preached a message called “Get the Hell out!” Some of you are so caught up in being the spiritual police you are now mad at what I just wrote. Clearly you don’t get it. This pastor talked about all the junk going on in their church, in reality he called it “sin” or if you look at the Bible sin is also known as “Hell”. He invited those who were opposed to his church to “Get the Hell out!” If you are sinning by gossiping and lying about Fellowship Church. If your personal preferences are offended at Fellowship Church and you can’t let go and let God. THEN I TELL YOU “GET THE HELL OUT!” Oh, yeah you can send this to your friends and even point them to our blog http://fellowshipdayz08.blogspot.com, where I have fully posted this email.
I love you all and hope that you can read between the lines if you are a faithful serving, giving and loving member. I value you more than you can ever know, but it’s time to stop this. I will spend no more time on this junk, we are moving forward toward the great things God has for us. If you would like to talk to me please feel free to call or email. God bless you all!
Pastor Craig
I wanted to take a moment to share with you a concern. Last Sunday we announced something different would be presented in this coming Sunday’s message as an illustration. Since that time I have received several calls and comments of concern. Although I understand and appreciate each contact I can’t help but be broken hearted over how some have responded. On Thursday the staff and I sat down to discuss the potential impact of following through with the illustration and have decided that it would be costly to the body of Christ and we will not be using it.
You may think that is why I am broken hearted, but you would be wrong. I am broken hearted over some people’s tactics within the body. Some have resorted to a call brigade to members of Fellowship Church in an attempt to shore up support for their cause. I find it incredibly offensive that some would consider personal preference about tattooing vs. blatant sin of gossip and disunity! Rumors abound and most of them are outright LIES! I encourage you to consider your conversation and also understand that when you speak untruth about the church you are speaking untruth about the Bride that Jesus died for. The implication of that action is left in the hands of a Righteous God.
Fellowship Church began as a dream to be a church that was different, to become a church where everyone was welcomed. This means that we allow people from all walks of life, not just those who look and act like we believe scripture teaches. In fact many in the church have been taught a false system of outward appearance (Pharisaical in nature) rather than an inward transformation. What I most desire as pastor is a church who stops acting religious and starts being Biblical. Our community is filled with people who are broken, hurting and need a loving hand from those who know Jesus. I pray for a day when church happens. Paul wrote these words:
1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (NIV)
19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.
22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
To those of you who have given your trust to the staff who lead Fellowship Church, thank you and know that we value your trust and will protect against violating it. We want to hear from you and will listen to your concerns. Sometimes we will change a course because we heard positive communication that caused us to consider the implications of a decision, but there will be times when we continue forward and lead this church into the future. But please do not call and threaten us, hang up on us when we are talking or use gossip to cause harm to the body, it just will not be tolerated and we will correct you in love. Let me thank those who have called with the right spirit and shared their concerns you truly helped us resolve a difficult decision and I am thankful for your Biblical actions.
I realize that some of you are caught off guard and may be wondering why I would respond this way. There are several reasons: 1) I am tired of people sinning by gossiping about Fellowship Church and will not stand by any longer listening to member comments that I know are untrue. It is enough that the religious community attacks us, but from our own is just not acceptable. 2) It’s time we either decide to do Fellowship Church or not. I love you all, but I also love Jesus and know what he has called us to do. We have been sidetracked long enough with petty differences that make no forward progress in the Kingdom. God has either sent you to Fellowship Church or not, only you know which, so get in or get out! “Pastor, you don’t love us!” YES I DO, I love you dearly, however if you think you can hijack the work of God here at Fellowship you are wrong. Everyone is valued, however, everyone is not in the right place. I realize some of you will stop reading right now and shut down, good, that is what I intended to do. For those of you who are tired of this stuff welcome, I invite you to enjoy the ride. 3) I just don’t have time to keep doing this. I will be 45 in a few days. I will be dead in a few years. But more importantly Jesus could come back any minute. People are dying and going to Hell and we have people intent on helping them get there, I just don’t get it. 4)Right now I believe our church is positioned staff wise, spirit wise and people wise to impact our community for Jesus. Let’s get with it! Now is the time and I can’t wait to see all that God has for us.
So just to be clear and open. Right now I am very frustrated, hurt and honestly mad. A pastor recently preached a message called “Get the Hell out!” Some of you are so caught up in being the spiritual police you are now mad at what I just wrote. Clearly you don’t get it. This pastor talked about all the junk going on in their church, in reality he called it “sin” or if you look at the Bible sin is also known as “Hell”. He invited those who were opposed to his church to “Get the Hell out!” If you are sinning by gossiping and lying about Fellowship Church. If your personal preferences are offended at Fellowship Church and you can’t let go and let God. THEN I TELL YOU “GET THE HELL OUT!” Oh, yeah you can send this to your friends and even point them to our blog http://fellowshipdayz08.blogspot.com, where I have fully posted this email.
I love you all and hope that you can read between the lines if you are a faithful serving, giving and loving member. I value you more than you can ever know, but it’s time to stop this. I will spend no more time on this junk, we are moving forward toward the great things God has for us. If you would like to talk to me please feel free to call or email. God bless you all!
Pastor Craig
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