Resurrection Sunday
March 24, 2008 8:46 amEaster is always extraordinary for the believer. It’s the Sunday when you purposefully remember God’s love for man. With Christ’s act of love a way was made for me, my neighbor, anyone to belong to God. That’s huge.
Over my thirty years in church (yes, I’m 30) I have seen every attempt of a church to communicate His message. Some of have been good, some not so good. However, yesterday I witnessed the most interesting and relevant attempt in my experience. Since resigning from Southwest Family Fellowship last year we have been visiting local churches. I think Austin is the most interesting city and probably one of the creative capitals in America. The church we attend most often is Gateway Church. Think Willow Creek (seeker sensitive) meets Rob Bell (postmodern). I wouldn’t recommend this church for the mature Christian (but their working hard to change that), but for a person looking for answers and seeking out the claims of Christ - you can’t beat Gateway Church.
Anyway, Easter Sunday they presented a message called “When Love Comes to Town” and it was 85% music/drama and 15% message of hope. They used the story of The Prodigal Son and U2. I guess if you’re a fan of U2 you caught the title of their song in the title of the message. Basically, they used songs like “Vertigo,” “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” and “When Love Comes to Town” to tell the story of a parent and prodigal child. Okay, here is the cool part the campus we attend down south is in a middle school and they didn’t miss a piece of the environment. The stage looked great, the story was essentially told by two people singing U2 together, the band played huge parts by being apart of the story, and they used wonderful visuals. Obviously they offered to pray with people at the end - but the cool part was people rejoiced at the end. I don’t know how many people there knew Christ, but the place rejoiced how the message was presented. I love that!
What was your Easter Sunday like? How many people came to follow Christ in your service? Tell the stories.
One Response to “Resurrection Sunday”
Our Easter was spent in my Grandma’s good ol’ traditional Lutheran church (ie, sans nursery). I have no idea if/how many people were touched because I and Jimmy and my Dad and Stepmom were too busy trying to keep my child from terrorizing everyone in the pews (yes, pews) around us. How do people do that every Sunday????
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