Jackie Davis is one of our 608 production volunteers. She started volunteering on the weekend Production team in June of 2009 and switched to 608 in June of 2011. Jackie has a servant’s heart and is a great volunteer. I love getting to serve with her at 608.
I asked her a few questions to get to know her a little better. Here are the questions and her answers.
This weekend, Jon said that we could easily compare the Body of Christ to Mr. Potato Head. That’s logical, right? He has ears, eyes and a nose all working together to complete him. Christ’s Church, his Body, must also have it’s ears, eyes, nose, legs and hands all working together to accomplish it’s task.
1 Corinthians 12:7 says that A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. Whether you know it or not, YOU (yes, you!) have a gift that is unique. You have something to offer the Body of Christ that no one else can.
Maybe you’re not exactly sure what you have to offer. Or maybe, you know exactly what your gifting is and want to get started operating in your sweet spot. Either way, we would love to get you connected with an area of opportunity here at church that would help you use and develop your gift for Christ.
If you’re ready to step out and start using your spiritual gifts, contact Jani.
And if you’re around on the weekend and want to get a customized plan for using your you-niqueness, we’d love to chat with you at Welcome to Southland.
As I begin to read the Sermon on the Mount, I’m immediately reminded that the poor in spirit are blessed. These people who are poor in spirit are those who realize their need for God. At Southland we want to generously extend hope to the poor. And for people who realize they need God, the hope we have to offer is a relationship with Jesus.
We get the chance to be a friend who can help process what God is doing in their life and show them the next step. We have the opportunity, when someone realizes they need God, to faithfully lead people toward giving their life to Christ. On Easter Sunday this year, it was exciting to witness dozens of people who had lived out this opportunity of leading a friend to Christ - who had stepped up to the challenge of baptizing at least one friend each year.
This year we witnessed 315 people baptized in the pond. What would happen if each of us committed to pray for our lost friends over the next year and responded to God’s leading when He opens the door for us to tell them about Jesus? It makes my heart beat fast to imagine it: Baptisms stretching from morning to evening next Easter Sunday. Not dozens, but thousands of Southland members leading a friend into the water. And not hundreds, but thousands of people taking the plunge and giving their lives to Christ.
Would you begin to cultivate the habit of praying that…
At Southland our desire is to help you create a customized plan for connection. Welcome to Southland is an interactive, conversational experience designed to help us get to know you and your connection needs. We’ll share more about our mission and help you discover how you might uniquely connect with God and others at Southland. In this comfortable environment, we’ll also talk about Southland’s mission and how it is expressed in our lives, as well as opportunities for you to get involved in living out the mission.
Welcome to Southland will help you connect to the step you’re seeking, with numerous opportunities including classes, service opportunities, Life Groups, and more. Welcome to Southland is also a great place to talk with us about connecting with Christ, find answers to your questions about baptism, and discover what it means to partner with Southland in membership.
Feel free to contact me if you have questions or want to know more about Welcome to Southland.
Harrodsburg Road: Meets Weekly, 10 a.m., Building F, Room 112
Danville: Meets Monthly.
Maybe you need a little more after hearing “Peace, be still,” this weekend. When everything is unraveling around you it’s easy to get caught up in the situation. The first thing that generally suffers is relationship. When everything is falling apart it’s hard to focus on our family and friends, and especially our relationship with God.
We want to relentlessly pursue a transforming relationship with God so that when troubles do come, we can stop and remember Jesus’ words, “Peace, be still.” A great way to pursue relationship with God is by reading his own words in the Bible and a reading plan can help you with that.
If you want to continue learning about how not to worry and what God says about worry, try this reading plan from YouVersion.com.
It’s a lot warmer this time of year than it was last year. We’re fast approaching baptisms in the pond with temperatures reaching 30 degrees above normal. What we’re really trying to say is that the water is getting warm and it will be a great time of year to take the plunge.
Make the choice to follow Jesus in baptism and continue releasing a revolution of love in our community. Contact Sarah for the Harrodsburg Road campus or Brian for the Danville Campus to register. Even if you’re not planning on being baptized, come out and join us. Bring a chair, some snacks, and help us celebrate the many people that will be making a decision to take a plunge into their relationship with Jesus!
Baptisms will begin at 3 pm at both the Harrodsburg Road campus and Millennium Park pond in Danville. There will also be baptisms post 608 at Harrodsburg Road starting at 7:30pm. See you there!
I know it may be hard to believe, especially when you consider the fact that it will be 80 degrees outside today, but Easter is right around the corner.
First of all, if you’ve never been to Southland on an Easter weekend, come out and join us! Whether you’ll be sporting your best Sunday attire or prefer to come in jeans and a tuxedo t-shirt, you’re welcome to come out and worship with us this Easter.
Remember that Easter offers a great opportunity to invite people to come out and worship with you! Invite your friends, family, neighbors, dentist, personal trainer, dog groomer, and even that co-worker you always say “hi” to at the office.
Ok. Now down to the details.
Easter comes early this year (April 8, to be precise), so you still have a couple weeks to make plans and adjust for the changes in service times. Just as in year’s past, we’ve added a few services and shifted some times to make room for all the new people and visitors that will be joining us on Easter weekend.
Childcare is available for ages birth through 5th grade for all services. Childcare for 608 (birth through 5th grade) will be in the 0-23months Nursery.
As you’re looking at service times and trying to decide which one to attend, remember that regardless of which one you come to, you should try to come out 15-20 minutes early. Also, if you’re a regular here at Southland, consider attending one of the Friday or Saturday evening services. Maybe even use this as a chance to try a different venue such as Building B (that’s the place where they have free muffins and coffee!).
And while we’re on the subject of making people feel welcome, let’s talk about parking. What better way to make a visitor feel welcome than having a space close to the church where they can park? So, if you’re a regular here at Southland, consider parking in one of the outer lots. We know they’re far away, but we’ll be running shuttles during each service. Who knows, it might be a great chance to meet some people in your Church family that you’ve never talked with before!
So, invite your friends and get ready to come celebrate a God that loves us so much that He sent His own Son so we could have life! We can’t wait for you and your families to come out and celebrate this amazing weekend with us.
Read our Pond Baptisms 2012 blog post.
During our DNA of a Dangerous Church series, you’ve probably heard Jon talking about the “Expressions” that will define our church—every Jesus follower at every campus. And Expression #2 says that “We will sacrificially serve our families.” For a lot of us, “sacrificially serving our families” will start with a healthy marriage. That’s why we’re offering our Wellspring Marriage experience again! We’ve hosted this experience four times in the past two years and watched Southland couples grow tremendously, whether they were already in a great place or needed a little relational CPR.
Here’s a glimpse at the kind of things you’ll learn at Wellspring:
We know you want to come. And we want you to come! Tell you what, we’ll even watch your kids for you. That’s right—childcare is provided (up to 12 years old). We'll just need a heads up that they’ll be coming! So, if you’re interested in attending Wellspring, please complete the online registration. The cost is $30 per couple, which will cover materials and breakfast/lunch (please be prepared to pay online when you begin the registration form). The class will be held on Saturday, April 28th 2012 from 8:30am-3:30pm in Building B. If you have any questions, contact Stephanie.
Want to know how to have almost perfect kids?
Do you long for your little ones to excel in school, be influential for good with friends, follow Jesus with a pureheart and maintain joy at all times?
How would it be if you and your family experienced evenings and weekends of peace, rest and balance in the midst ofproductivity and fruitfulness as a family?
Well that family doesn't exist. However, we would love to equip you with tools to help ensure your kids get a foundation of faith...FROM YOU! Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn what it means to parent your children, Biblically.
Join us for Strategic Parenting that starts this week on Sunday mornings. For more information or to register, go here.
In case you're not a sports fan (or a red-blooded American), we wanted to let you know that the Super Bowl is coming up on February 5. It's the biggest day of the year for both football and television commercial fans alike. What does this mean to you? Well, if you're an avid 6:08 attender, you'll want to know that we're tweaking the service time by three hours. That's right. On February 5, 6:08 is going to be at 3:08pm. We want to make sure that you still have the opportunity to hit up church, make your world famous buffalo chicken dip and make it to your Super Bowl parties on time.
Other than the time change, that's all you need to know! It'll be a regular 6:08 service, just at a different time.
Instead of coming to church on Sunday, let’s go out and be the Church this Christmas. We’re challenging you to spend some of your time on Christmas day to do something amazing. Here’s a list of ideas, but don’t let them limit you. Feel free to allow God to speak to you and come up with your own thing. We’re excited to see how you’ll let God use you.
If you don't see anything here that speaks to you, by all means, pray and ask God what you can do.
Your opportunity to be the church this holiday season starts now! Each Tuesday and Saturday evening, the Room in the Inn homeless sheltering program needs overnight hosts each week to spend the night on Southland's property. Hosts are asked to arrive between around 7, stay overnight, set up breakfast for our guests and oversee cleanup. To volunteer, you must be a man 18 years or older.
Join the team just through the holidays or stay on through the rest of the season. Help make someone's holiday brighter (and your's too!) by volunteering on December 24, 27 and January 3.
If you are interested in serving, contact Tanya.
A church member has donated a dumptruck load of compost for our garden to help us winterize! We have a dump trailer and truck but are in need of volunteers to help us shovel, load and unload the compost. Grab some friends and come on out at 10am, THIS SATURDAY, December 10. If you can help, please contact the Garden Team Leader, Craig Schuster at schumaan@aol.com or call at (859) 396-6719, weather permitting.
In order to comply with tax regulations, Southland will use the following guidelines for determining if a donation made at year-end will be included in your 2011 contributions statement.
Harrodsburg Road
This year, because December 31 falls on a Saturday, a 2011 contribution must be either:
All contributions received in the offering at our Sunday, January 1 services (or after) will be recorded as 2012 contributions, regardless of the date written on the check. Please keep this in mind as you consider any year-end tithes and offerings, or plan your contributions to the ONE campaign that you want to be included on your 2011 giving statement.
Danville
This year, because December 31 falls on a Saturday, a 2011 contribution must be either:
All contributions received in the offering at our Sunday, January 1 services (or after) will be recorded as 2012 contributions, regardless of the date written on the check. Please keep this in mind as you consider any year-end tithes and offerings, or plan your contributions to the ONE campaign that you want to be included on your 2011 giving statement.
And if you've considered potentially giving to the ONE campaign for a year-end contribution, feel free to read more about it here.