I AM SO PUMPED to see Keystone wearing their ‘ask me’ t-shirts Christmas season!!! Here is an example: one Keystoner wore her shirt while shopping & THIS COUPLE came up and asked her about KEYSTONE on Christmas Eve!
How cool that she wore her shirt – how on earth did she get them to take the pic?!? So cool.
Pic up your shirt this weekend & join a small army of PASSIONATE PEOPLE inviting others to experience LIFE IN CHRIST!
A friend recently gave me the latest ‘Rolling Stone’ mag that highlighted U2’s historic tour. Knowing I was going to the concert, he thought I would think it was cool to know some of the ‘back story’ behind their budget-busting, record-breaking tour. He was right.
Surprising to me, one of the quotes I read that stuck with me the most was not from U2, but their opening act: Muse. Regarding the honor of opening to such massive crowds and such a large opportunity, they said, “It’s a grounding experience… It reminds you you’re doing well, but not quite as well as them.”
As I shared with Keystone this past weekend (LAUNCH TALK #4), that quote sums up my heart for each and every weekend our church. While Muse was playing to more people than ever, with the greatest technology and toys that money could buy… they still knew that they were not the biggest name in the room. Everyone was there to see U2, and MUSE was but the opening act.
So are we at Keystone Church. JESUS IS THE BIGGEST NAME IN THE ROOM!!! Everything we bring on a given weekend is designed to LEAD EVERYONE to experience a PASSIONATE life in CHRIST! We stand on HIS stage. We lead people to HIM. This fires me up!!!
As we LAUNCH together as a church, let’s remember that it is all fueled by the unwavering vision to share JESUS with EVERYONE. As he increases our influence & opportunity, it MUST ALWAYS be ‘jet fuel’ FOR JESUS!
Check out this 8 minute video from amazon.com founder, JEFF BEZOS, on his recent acquisition of zappos.com, my favorite online shoe store.
I am still overwhelmed by the GREATNESS and FAVOR that God chose to show us at Keystone this weekend!!!
Here are the highlights:
Thanks to EVERYONE who sacrificed, served, gave, invited and SHOWED UP to be part of God’s great church, Keystone!
Losing My Religion – Part 1 – Nicodemus (Easter) from Keystone Church on Vimeo.
Make sure to SPRING FORWARD 1 hour before you hit the hay saturday night!
Thanks to our friends from LIFECHURCH.TV for the awesome video!
I am convinced that the church Jesus died for should be LOUD in its good works and STRONG in its INFLUENCE in our culture.
There is an incredible history of the men of God standing up to influence the thoughts and opinions of the world toward God’s magnificent plan of making ALL THINGS NEW, ultimately through Jesus Christ. You see this in the lives of Daniel, Nehemiah, Athenagoras, Billy Graham, Mother Teresa… just to name a few.
I have been so pleased to see some great leaders in our nation speak into the culture with confidence and conviction. They have insight and humor. Rick Warren, Ed Young, and Mark Driscoll are three unique, different leaders of great churches. I have had the great opportunity to meet and speak with all three. I’ll be the first to tell you that THESE GUYS are the REAL DEAL. In person they are genuine and engaging. It’s a personal thrill to see them using their INFLUENCE to spread the name of Jesus & help people fall in love with God’s design for NEW LIFE!
Rick Warren at Inauguration:
Ed Young on Colbert Report:
Mark Driscoll on Nightline:
ALSO, thanks to the incredible volunteer heart of Keystone Church, we were able to have INCREDIBLE INFLUENCE in our city! If you missed it, check it out here.
Keystone In the News – Part 2 from Keystone Church on Vimeo.
It went INCREDIBLE! We gave 400 families enough food to feed them for a week. Here’s a sampling of the TV coverage last night…
Keystone Church’s Free Groceries in the News from Keystone Church on Vimeo.
Check out the video promo:
Me, Myself and I from Keystone Church on Vimeo.