Serving at Brand New Church is AMAZING! Here are the weekend highlights:
1) Bryant has truly made their be all that it can be. Tony Knight and his team are unbelievable. I enjoyed being there and we will be there again next Saturday night!! Oh yeah, they had over 300 this weekend!! Great job!
2) Our house church in Jonesboro saw there first decision for Christ!! Two of the couples are ready to join Brand New Church. God is so good to let us be apart of His vision.
3) Children’s team began recording their own DVD curriculum for our house churches!!!
4) ING began and God’s Spirit changed lives!! I don’t think I have ever preached with more passion.
5) Announced to NWA there new building lease is signed and they will move in Easter Sunday.
6) Worship team blew my mind at all campuses with great leadership and excellence.
7) Preached four times and I felt like I could do it four more times.
My wife shared so many testimonies of those who have the vision of Brand New Church in a new way.
9) Mountain Home, Bryant and NWA were up over 15% in attendance!!
10) Baptisms took place once again.
11) Our staff had a winning attitude and do whatever it takes mentality.
12) Shannon and Peggy Payne brought me freezer jelly!!!!!!!!!
13) Made the world tour of our campuses (390 miles) and I can’t wait to do it again this weekend!!
God is doing what I could never imagine here at Brand New Church!! Thank you for letting me serve with you.
Tell me what God said to you this weekend…wherever you attended.
Erica says,
I really just want to help our church somehow. Maybe I can come and helpl watch children if needed to relieve the cost of child care for employees, I can come up and help clean or do something to help fill in the cracks from someone who needs to find another job right now? obviously I can’t do it every day, but would love to help where and when I can, you just let me know. I don’t mean it arrogantly but I have some great kids whom I would rather trail behind me helping at church then waiting on me to get out to of the tanning bed or anything else that I have been making time for. Please don’t hesitate to call me! Erica
on 09 March 2009 / 8:09 AM
Blake says,
It is so awesome to see how God is using the vision of BNC to reach those that need him. He loves us so much He will use whatever it takes to reach the lost; what confounds the “wise” is that all we have to do is be available for Him to use us!!
on 09 March 2009 / 10:57 AM
Tammi Davis says,
The concept I walked away with from the service at NWA was to be “aware of the chair.” I am continuously inviting people to BNC, but most of them have not attended. I may invite them two or three more times, then I dont mention it again. You are right Shannon in that nothing is more important than getting people in the chair to hear the message of Jesus. I should keep nudging those around me even if I think they are blowing it off…..We never know when just one more nudge will be the spark an individual needs to go to church. This is my highlight of the weekend—-Keep on keeping on!! Nothing is more relevant than filling the chair and spreading the message to others. Thanks for the jolt!
on 09 March 2009 / 11:16 AM
Luther says,
Hello Pastor Shannon,i am so grateful for the work that you are doing for the Lord and there is no man that can pay you only GOD and i pray that one day i be like you. May God continue to use you in a wonderful way all of your life.
Luther
on 17 March 2009 / 2:36 PM
Joan says,
I tried to submit this on the contact us form, but it would never go through.
Do you have a mid-week teaching or groups? How do you get involved to serve? Do you have to be voted in to be a member? Do you have to be Re-Baptised in the church to be a member?
What do you have for youth? College students and married couples with small children?
on 04 April 2009 / 7:43 PM