This Sunday is going to be amazing. Ted and Gayle Haggard will be live at Elevation on stage with Pastor Steven. I hope this Sunday will for some begin a time of healing in their lives and for others be a time of strengthening against sin. Sin creeps in one step at a time, and gives birth to something much bigger. Many people will be showing up just to hear the story, but it is my prayer that the application of Ted and Gayle Haggard’s story will speak loudly to everyone that comes. It is my prayer that this will help people catch sin in the first step and get rid of it before it gives birth to something bigger. Read more about this on Pastor Steven’s blog. Come this Sunday to hear the story of Ted and Gayle Haggard.

Due to popular request on sunday. Here is the Yule-Tithe Cheer video from yesterday. Enjoy.

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We are in the middle of our series called Do You Hear. This series has been strong. This week we had a great time of worship that was really intimate. Below is a clip of Mack singing Go Tell It On The Mountain. The version we did is by Lee McDerment from Newspring in Anderson, SC. I can’t wait to see what God does this week to close out this series.

On a different note. I’m really excited about our Christmas Eve service Uptown on the 24th. Our service times are 3:00pm, 5:00pm, and 7:00pm. This will be a christmas eve like none other you’ve experienced. Of course we are doing it Elevation Style. We get to celebrate as a church together to close out what God has done this year and in anticipation for what is yet to come. Pastor Furtick says it best, “The best is yet to come!”

Check out this video from this week. You can see this and others here.

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We began our new series called “Do You Hear” this week. Everything was real smooth. The series teaser is in the highlight video player. We produced this video about life change. Here is a clip from the video at our Butler Campus. The video is from a wideshot camera so the quality is donkey and the audio is no bueno. But… thought you might like to see how we use video elements in our services. Enjoy.

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This week went really smooth. Everyone seemed to get sick this weekend, but everything worked out great. God is awesome. I don’t want to ever forget the priveledge we have to worship Him freely every week. Brett Younker and Casey Darnell were in to Lead this week. Here are some worship teases from this week. The first is of Casey and the Second is of Brett. The guys did great. Casey led at Uptown and Brett led at Providence. However I had both of them on stage for the 1 O’Clock service. Enjoy. You can watch some other videos here.

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We had Chrystina Fincher in from Atlanta. Today’s highlight video is of Chrystina singing one of her originals called “Your Love.” Pastor Steven used pumpkins as a financial illustration. There was nasty pumpkin insides all over the stage! For a list of the worship songs from this weekend go here at some point this week! I’m also showing you an announcement video and sermon recap video for the series which includes all weeks of Real Change except for this week. Enjoy.

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Here’s a rundown of this past week and our service elements. Go here to get the song list. The first video is a support piece we used behind the band and the song “Solution” by Hillsong United. The second video is a support piece on finances that Pastor Steven used during his sermon. You can view these and other videos here. Enjoy.

Last night our volunteers and key leaders gathered at our new Matthews Campus to pray over the space in anticipation of what God is going to do there. I was blown away by what God has already done at our Matthews Campus through worship and prayer last night. This building will be cutting edge in technology and creativity. However, last night we started out on the right foot. Regardless of what the building will have in it technology wise, in fact wipe all that away… because this building is going to represent a vision of seeing people far from God being filled with life in Christ! At the end of the day… that is the only reason we exist. Our new campus is coming early fall 2009!

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