Thank you to all of you from our “mother churches” who continue praying and supporting Flipside. God has been so very good to us and the ministry of our new church. He is blessing us in honor of your prayers. It is hard to believe it is only our 2nd Easter service since we began this work. God has been using us here in mighty ways and I just want to share some praises with you stemming from Easter Sunday. Currently we are averaging about 400 every week, and Easter “blew the doors off” anything we’ve experienced here yet! Here is a bit about the day.
We did one large service which was held outside. Our children took over the theatre we usually meet it. They did a huge program, different stations, pumping live band, puppets, etc. It was really cool. Literally ½ the children who came were 1st time guests. After service we had an Easter egg hunt divided into 3 age graded section with nearly 9,000 eggs.
The adult service was incredible. The band sounded great outside. We opened with U2’s “Beautiful Day”. A bit “old school” song but really appropriate.
In all we had over 700 people. We are still finalizing count and decisions, but so far it looks like about 41 people made a decision for Jesus! We are following up next week with what it means to be a part of a church and a 101 class after services for new people.
I have never been as relaxed and “under worked” as the week prior to our service, and the morning of. Our church stepped up, our staff team was phenomenal, and all I had to do all week was build excitement, hug people and preach that morning. It was a lot of fun and most importantly many people accepted Jesus.
Thank you so much for your consistent prayers and support. It is bearing much fruit for God’s Kingdom. Just wanted to share some of the great “God News” with you and ask you to praise God with us for what He is doing. Thank you for being such a wonderful support in getting us “off the ground”. Keep up the great work for God’s Kingdom and know that your role in helping plant Flipside was a significant step in reaching the disconnected and unchurched.
Blessings on you all. Love, Pastor Karl
Karl Roth
Flipside Christian Church
www.acts176.com