My thoughts on yesterday

Everywhere I go, smiling and supportive people ask, "how did it go yesterday?" I tell them the same generic answer..."It was great. Very exciting but rough. Not rough like hard, just not smooth." But I think if I take time to look deeper I can come up with a better answer.

For one thing. I was really nervous, and I'm sure that it showed as I stumbled through my message and the instructions I gave. I'm sure that people probably snickered in their heads when I repeated the obvious, or didn't know an answer. Probably the best way to sum it up was in a conversation I had with a new friend and first time visitor. She told me that her husband didn't really want to get involved in any organized religion. I laughed and said, "Well, the good news is that you can go home today and let him know we're anything but organized."

Another thing was the response of the River Peeps. They showed up early, and stayed till it was all packed up. They worked hard, and took notes on how to make it better. I was very impressed with the Launch Team. Kudos to You! They followed it up with a stellar appearance of cullinary excellence as we provided refreshments for the multi-church prayer meeting last night in Annapolis.

One of our guests with no prior connection to SRC said she's definately be back, and joined a small group...At a service that wasn't even advertised. I expect more visitors in the future, and more stories like this. Which brings me to my most important thought after yesterday.

It doesn't matter what I think. DID WE ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION? Months ago I began asking the question what is a one word win for our services. I abstained from answering so as not to taint the thought process of our Launch Team. But if we had agreed on my one word win, then we WON yesterday.

Some questions that we'll face weekly in answering the question did we win...
1. Did we have a first-time and returning visitor?
2. Did we have a convert to Christ?
3. Did we baptize a disciple of Christ?
4. Did we give more away?


-- Great day. I'm hungry for next week. Ben