The Fullness of Life: EASTER AT THE OUTPOST! ~ 4/13/09

What an amazing Easter. Sunday marked the third Easter celebrated by the Outpost since its humble start, and the house was packed! Dozens of potted flowers, piles of food, great coffee. Our "free table" was stacked high with donated Bibles and brand new commentaries, as well as a stack of thick concordances. Best of all, we barely set out enough chairs to hold a record crowd of people, visiting and otherwise, who showed up to celebrate our Risen Lord! Final count: 92 adults, 14 kids.

We started the service with an amazing video followed by worship led by the wife of one of our elders and her team of musicians playing electric keyboard, guitars, our new electric drum kit and a sweet violin. I had the privilege of preaching on the big day and our service ended with a 10 minute drama chronicling God's story of creation, incarnation, crucifixion and resurrection. The highlight of the service? 2 young men raising their hands at the end to indicate their decision to follow Christ. JESUS LIVES! And now they do too.

Surrounded By Grace,

Josh

YOU KNOW YOU'RE A HUNTER WHEN...

you paint you car camo cause you might want to do a drive by on that herd of deer.
You think camo clash necessitates shopping for new clothes, and should in fact get its own line item in the budget.
Your idea of lingerie is 3D Advantage Camo jammies.
You try to convince your wife to pay for your license/tags out of the grocery budget
You say something sweet to your wife and she asks where you think you're going hunting this weekend.
Someone sits on your couch and you have to tell them to watch out for the bear head.
You 'subconsciously' schedule trips to the zoo in order to get an idea what something would look like on your wall.
You see a sign that reads "SHEDS" in Home Depot and delightedly wonder when they added a sporting goods department.
/If you laughed at that last one...
Your favorite Italian meal is "Buck-ghetti"
You catch yourself wishing Yankee Candle carried 'gunpowder mist' in their yearly Autumn catalog.
You crimp spent shotgun shells onto your Christmas lights to add "character."
Your wife finds a stack of hunting magazines hidden under your mattress.

2 comments:

Candice EverestApril 14, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Wow - sounds like an awesome service, I'm really sorry we missed it! I'm sure that record number in attendance is just a small reflection of what's to come!
Candice EverestApril 14, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Hi Josh! Just popping in to say "Hi" and tell you I started a blog too... so you can watch me put together my new salon up here in Washington... so you'll know how to pray!

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