Countdown to LAUNCH!!!

Element Church held it's final monthly preview service on Sunday, July 19th, and what a great day it was!

The day before the service, we had about 220 people from Allison Park Church, The Crave (the young adult group from Christian Life Assembly in Camp Hill, PA), and Element Church who served our community in so many ways for MPACT Millvale Day. It has been so rewarding to hear reports from many different sources about lives that were touched in our community. THANK YOU to everyone who came to care for our neighbors, and to let Millvale know that God cares about them, and that so does Element Church! You guys are the BEST!

What was even more rewarding, was the influx of guests we received at our July monthly preview service at Element Church. One new friend from Millvale named John seemed to really connect with us. After the service, he jumped right in to help out with our tear-down team. I encouraged him to come and join our Street Team on Thursdays, and to make sure to invite any friends and family that he had. John informed me that he was new to the area, and that he didn't really have any friends here, but that he really liked the idea of being a part of us. John began that day very alone in the world, but left that afternoon knowing that he was part of our family!

I think that's one of the things that excites me about serving in Millvale. I don't mean that I enjoy the pain that so many people experience in their daily lives, but rather the God we have the opportunity to introduce them to who meets them in the midst of that pain. For so many people, their view of God has been one that has left them with feelings of emptiness or unfair judgement by a "celestial cop" who is looking for them to mess up. We have the opportunity to introduce them to a God who loves them unconditionally, and who has gone to incredible lengths to reach out to them! Don't you love that???

As far as the service itself, I am continually blessed to think about the team that God has assembled to serve at Element Church. They are the most committed and dedicated servant-minded individuals I know! Every time we meet, they do all they can to prepare a venue for people to come near to God, and they do it with such excellence!

As I finish this post, I am so grateful for the journey that has brought us to this point. A journey that began with a handful of people who believed in serving an area of Pittsburgh that so many people overlook. A journey that began with those people hoping to do something that would leave a mark on a town. A journey that would begin with serving like Jesus would, by going to serve whoever was in need. And lastly, a journey that would look to the future and instead of seeing a that was, would believe in a town that would be forever changed by Jesus. Get ready, Millvale...Element Church is here to stay!

The preview services are over, and that means one thing...IT'S GO TIME!

ELEMENT CHURCH'S GRAND OPENING

AUGUST 16, 2009

DON'T MISS IT!!!