Catalyst Rewind, Sunday December 6th

Catalyst Preview 3 took place today. It was another banner day for Catalyst. Hard to believe we are only three weeks into weekend gatherings. And we're excited that our next weekend gathering is only 2 weeks way. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. What happened today?

• 20% of those who were at Catalyst today joined us for the first time. This is huge. We had about 10 team members who weren't able to be with us today because of sick kids or travel, but it's exciting to see so many new faces.
• Many of those new faces indicated a willingness to serve on a serving team on connection cards today!
• Our load-in team continues to amaze. They braved the first really cold temperatures we've faced and even started 1/2 hour early. And these guys turn it up a notch when it comes to tear down. They've had us packed, loaded and out in 1 hour after service each of our three weekends.
• We ran our own sound with our new sound system today. May not seem like a big deal, but what you don't know is that Brad B. (Worship Arts Director) and Dan Towle (Associate Pastor) spent probably 40+ total hours getting things setup before we ever unloaded the trailer this morning. Band sounded pretty great.
• Teaching theme this weekend, "Give v. Get." Takeaways: Do my actions demonstrate that I am a giver or a taker? Who gets the best of me and who gets the step over? And what in my life have I given myself fully to? Is Christ on that list?
• mp3s available on iTunes or at http://www.iamcatalyst.org/mp3
• It's been pretty cool to hear how the topics of our very first series have really impacted people's lives. Had several conversations with people about how God is speaking into our lives through these outside the Lines subjects.
• The CatalystKidz team is just doing a great job. Lauren and Heather and their team continue to knock it out of the park every week.
• It's been cool to feature a new team member in our weekly's every weekend. It's actually my favorite part of the information we put in people's hands each week.

I could go on, but you get my drift. The momentum is building. Catalyst is going to be used by God to help radically change our community. Two weeks from today is our next weekend gathering. It's Christmas Sunday, one of a few weekends each year when almost everyone plans on being in church. So it's a great weekend to extend an invitation to family and friends.

80% of people who don't attend church probably would go with a friend who asks them. So lets put our "asks" on the line and see what God might do!