Element Church Afterthought 1-27-08

We had a blast today at Element Church. I love worshipping with you all. And man was God worshipped today. We had a ton of fun at the end of service. I am so blessed to have some great musicians here at Element Church. Bryant, one of our drummers, put together this trash can blue man group thing to end the service along with "the noise we make". You must watch the video it was fantastic. Jeff did a fantastic job closing the Deal or No Deal series. He casted a lot of vision for the church and where we are headed. And the closing phrase was "we were not made to be silent but to make some noise" in reference to our impact in our commmunity, and so we ended with this song. It was a blast and if you were in element today I bet you left excited. God has been so faithful to us here at element church and we anticipate so much what is ahead.

We will start our Satan's Sex-Ed series next week, where we will expose what Satan is teaching, our kids, our singles, and our married couples. I am looking forward to this series, it will be in your face but again the goal is freedom and looking more like Christ.

Please continue to pray for my family, I talked with my mom today and its been so tough down there. There is some laughter today and everyone is starting to talk a little, however, it comes in waves, and when the grief comes its very intense and difficult. My prayer through this all has been for God to protect everyones heart. Its in times like these where our faith is tested and we have to trust. It is ok to grieve and to be angry and frustrated but my prayer is that we don't let that replace our trust in God. Please pray that everyones heart, God protects. As a testimony my mom and dad said that God's presence has been all over that house and there is such a peace that truely they don't understand, they said "it's weird, how they can be grieving and then laugh". Thats just God answering our prayers. Praise Him! My cousin was a believer and gave with his life for everyone else. He moved into an apt. with a kid with MS just to take care of him, what 23 year old does that. He daily worked with my autistic cousin Blake, and always was looking at how to take care of people. Ryan truely was a neat guy. And he just gets to be with God first, NO FAIR. Seriously isn't that the best thing ever, that after we are done here we get to go be with our God. Oh I can't wait. My prayer now more than ever is God make everyday count while on earth. Sorry so long just wanted to update you all. Ryan we will miss you!

Worship Set 1-27-08-
Salvation is here- United
Not to us- Chris Tomlin
Madly- Steve Fee
Yearn- Adam Cruz
Amazing Grace (my chains are gone)- Chris Tomlin
The Noise we make- Chris Tomlin (Element Style) LOL

Worshipping Him,
Adam

Sunday Afterthoughts!

Hey all you Element Followers or Elementers (slang for "attenders of Element"). We had a great time of worship this sunday morning. Wow what a time. 10 child dedications today. That is awesome. We dedicated a 15 year old that wanted to be dedicated. That is awesome. We took Elements first communion together. A lot of first time things today at Element. It was great to take communion together and no better way to take it than after Jeff's message. Go Jeff. Everyone needs to listen to today's message. We opened a mini series called "thanks:giving", and he covered "thanks" today. It was good. Worship went great. My band gets better every week. I have a new drummer coming on next week to alternate with our current drummer. Looking forward to getting him plugged in the mix. He is good. I love both of my drummers. Its a privelage to be able to find 2 GREAT drummers in a church.

We are getting ready for Element's first Baptism today at 4:00pm. We are baptizing 2 people. Looking forward to this time together.

We have a very simple stage setup for this series. We are pouring some time and energy into our next series called "Believe". Not that this is more important. Its just going to be really good and we need a lot of time to build some things. Looking forward to that.

We have a cool announcement coming up for our next Outreach to the community as Element Church. Not sure if I have the freedom to say right now. But its good. I love blessing people, just to bless them, regardless if they come to Element Church or not. I will announce it next Sunday.
Cheyenne WILL know that Element Church is here for them. That we love them and will never stop serving them. Thats what we are about as a church. Meeting practical needs and blessing their socks off, so we can point them to Jesus and bring them to a place where they might meet.

Set List for Sunday November 18th,
Forever - Chris Tomlin
We Lift You Up - Desperation Band
Open the eyes of my Heart - Paul Baloche
You Never Let Go - Matt Redman
Amazed - Desperation Band


Worshipping Him,
Adam