This Sunday: ON TOUR

This morning, as I was studying and praying through some sermon prep for this weekend, I started to get really antsy about getting to preach this message. As I read and study the Scripture that we're going to mine this Sunday and pray over and think about our strategy as a church, I get so excited about what God wants to reinforce in our DNA as a called-out community of Christ.

As we conclude the series All Access this weekend, I want to particularly invite you to make SURE that you are in worship this weekend with an expectant and open heart and mind. Really everything that we've been talking about for the last few weeks comes to full fruition in the PRACTICE of what we'll talk about this weekend.

To all of you who decided to Rock Out and signed up to serve last weekend, welcome to the team! As we launch the new ministry season on Sept. 7, I know that God has positioned us in a place of indescribable promise. To everyone who is a part of what God's doing through and in LHC, thank you for your prayers, your service, your excitement, your giving, your inviting friends--everything that you do to make your church a healthy, vibrant, and welcoming community of Christ.

ALL ACCESS

I love climbing back into the preaching saddle! This weekend, I'm launching a new message series that we have been praying over, preparing, and working toward for months.

ALL ACCESS is a sermon series that will be (to borrow a phrase) good news for all people. ALL ACCESS is going to explain and explore the miracle and mystery of the Church. The Church is Jesus on Tour. In this world, we are his voice, his hands and feet, his children, his family, his ambassadors--literally, his Body. Literally and spiritually.

We are the Church. Imperfect. Flawed. Sometimes selfish. Sometimes exclusive. And, still, we are the Church. The Body of Christ commissioned, commanded, and empowered by the Son of God to bring hope to this world. To ALL of this world.

All because He is ALL ACCESS.

This weekend, we're going to welcome our good friend Malford Milligan once again. If you've never heard Malford sing...well, just believe me when I tell you, the House will be rockin'.


Use Malford's appearance as an opportunity to invite someone to come with you, to experience God through your church this week. Give them an excuse to come to church with you. IF you'll do that, I promise you they'll encounter God.