You Rock, FOSM!

I am a pastor at an AWESOME church. It is made up the finest people in the world. If you are a part of FOSM, I wanted to take a minute and let you know how much I appreciate you.

This past Sunday YOU did an tremendous job inviting your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors to church. God worked through you in a big way. Two people indicated that they trusted Christ! 9 people picked up a first-time visitor gift (a COOL COLEMAN COOLER… say that three times fast ;).

I believe that our greatest days are ahead of us. This has been a difficult year at times, but God has used the tough times to make us better. People that are far from God are excited that we are here. They have hope that God loves them because his people (us) love them. I can’t wait to see what God is going to do next.

Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

God Bless,
Pastor Randy

Tuesday Mind Dump

Man, a lot of great stuff in the past few days. Here’s what’s on my mind right now:

1) Making videos is really hard work -check out the “running with the bulls” posts to see what I mean.

2) Tuesday morning men’s breakfast – Wow. We met this morning at 6:30am. We’re going through 2 Timothy. Today we talked about “grace” and how NONE of us has any business doing anything for God. BUT (that’s a big but), His grace is sufficient for me. That means He’s got me covered. What an awesome thought to know He can use me to make a different world.

3) Sunday at FOSM – What an awesome Sunday! I’ve mentioned before that this was a difficult year for FOSM. But God continues to amaze me. God has taken some faithful people who stuck through the difficult times and is continuing a great work. Sunday, two people turned their lives to Christ. 9 or 10 first time guests picked up a free gift from us, a coleman water cooler with some cool info about FOSM inside. The excitement of the new people is so encouraging. One man, who gave his life to Christ during the service, came up to me after the service. He said that he had given up on church a long time ago. He thought church was boring and irrelevant. He thanked me and FOSM for offering something fun and relevant to people like him.

4) This weekend, we kicked off our FOOLPROOF series. We talked about making the best decisions by asking the RIGHT question: “In light of my past experiences, my current circumstances, and my future hopes and dreams, what is the WISE choice for me to make?” That’s a tough question to ask.

5) Fantasy Football Week 1 – Yikes! San Marcos Phat Attack (Austin and I) LOSES to Team Stacy by THREE points! Steven Jackson, where were you?!?? Wakeup Willie Evans!! Maybe next week!