Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Easter Challenge For Skyline Church

I don't know if you guys realize how incredible this year has been at Skyline and the first quarter isn't even finished.  2011 was amazing in and of itself, but 2012 is already shaping up to be the most epic year in the history of our church.  We continue to see new faces.  We continue to see people coming to Christ. There is excitement in the hearts of our church family and I am pumped to see the way all of you are stepping up to make a difference in ministry.

For the first time in our history, we are averaging over 200 in weekly attendance.  In fact, there have only been 2 Sundays this year in which we have not had over 200 people at Skyline to worship the King of Kings.  We have also seen the single largest "non-big-day" Sunday ever when we had 241 people attend on January 29th.  Considering that we averaged 136 in January/February of 2011, that is some amazing growth.

I have said it before and I will say it again....THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!!!  With that said, it takes every single one of us working together with God to see this momentum of life change continue.

Here's your Easter Challenge.  Never has Skyline seen over 300 people on a single weekend.  Our challenge is to make that happen this Easter.  It's a challenge because we won't be doing it with mass marketing or billboards.  We won't be doing it with TV commercials or radio.  We will be doing it as a church family who are passionate about inviting our friends and neighbors who don't have a church home.

I would like to ask every person who calls Skyline Church home to invite like you've never invited before.  In fact, I challenge you to invite a minimum of 10 people either in person or over the phone to come to our Easter Celebration service on April 8th.  That doesn't mean you can't invite them to come before them (which I encourage you to do), but definitely get them there on Easter Sunday.

The question is "How?"  I will suggest three ways (listed in order of priority).

1.)  Face to Face:  Grab some invitation cards from church and hand it to those you want to invite.  Share with them all that God has done in your life and is doing in our church.  Invite them to experience what you have experienced through Skyline Church.

2.)  Over The Phone:  Pull your cell out of your pocket and open up the contacts.  There is a mission field right in your phone.  Bring up there name, push the button and invite those people to Skyline Church.  Again, share what God is doing and invite them to experience all that He is doing.

3.)  Facebook Invitation:  We have a special Facebook Event that you can use to invite the people on your friends list.  Simply open the event and then click "invite".  Then you can specifically select those you would like to come with you to church.  Notice I did not include the Facebook Event when I challenged you to invite at least 10 people.  I want to challenge you to invite even more on Facebook.  Some of you could extend an invitation to 50 more people or even 100 more people using this tool.

The point is that Easter Weekend holds the potential for more life change than any other Sunday during a given year.  People are more open to coming to church on Easter than any other Sunday.  It is a weekend where we celebrate our reason for living the life we live and worship the true and living God. Don't you want the people in your life to experience the love of Christ?  This is your time to really make a difference.

Two things I don't want them to miss out on.  1.) The saving message of the cross that can change their life for eternity.  2.) The exciting things that are just on the horizon at Skyline Church.

God is preparing to do some unbelievable things through us.  We are seeing our God-sized dreams becoming reality, even more so in the coming weeks.  Be excited about what He is doing!  Be passionate about what He is doing!  Share what He is doing!  Let's do our part and watch how God moves!