Catalyst Rewind, Sunday February 7th

Sometimes you have experiences in life which are hard to use words to describe. Yesterday at Catalyst was one of those days. It's like the birth of a child. When you hear that cry for the first time, how do you verbalize the euphoria that you're feeling? Week One of Catalyst's Grand Opening month took off with high energy, great excitement and a sense that this is just the beginning of something huge in Pendleton/Lapel/Fortville/Ingalls.

• 177 people were part of yesterday's grand opening. 50 of those were children!
• 7 new families indicated interest in being part of a life together group.
• Several extra volunteers in all our hospitality and Catalyst Kidz areas did a great job of assisting and guiding our extra guests.
• Setup team was awesome in basically reconfiguring our auditorium for additional seats.
• Thanks to our friends at Church at the Crossing for loaning us the extra chairs, we needed them all!
• It was a great time of celebration and worship. The band was on it's A-game yesterday.
• We began a new series called "If You Really Knew Me." Chris taught from Mark 5. We're all bleeding. Maybe the biggest step we could take is to finally admit to ourselves and to others that we're in over our heads.
• Brokenness+Openness+Jesus=Healing and Hope.

And now the countdown is on toward week 2. God set the bar pretty high for us this past weekend, and we believe that He's going to do even greater things in the weeks and months and years ahead.

We're already beginning to post some photos on our Catalyst Fan Page. Click here if you want to take a look or become a fan (or both). If you were praying for us, I believe God answered our prayers. If you were a guest with us, we hope that you connected with God and His Spirit moved you in our time together. And if you're considering giving Catalyst a shot, we'll be waiting to welcome you and refresh you and encourage you and challenge you to take the next step with God He desires for you!