Doug’s Foggiest Ideas

Spent most of the day downtown on 16th Street shooting video for this weekend.  That is always a blast.  We decided it would be fun to kick off our new series on the 10 Commandments asking people a few questions about them.

It should be a fun video.  Not really surprised how many people believe that they are still very important for our society and also for us an individuals.  Yet only one guy could name all 10.  He was the guy carrying the “Jesus Loves You” sign while cruising 16th street.

You’re not going to want to miss our new series.  We are going to be challenged and have some “PlumCreek” fun at the same time!

See you at the theater on Sunday!

We begin our new service schedule this week at Plum Creek Community Church!

2 Service Times / 4 Service Options

9:15AM

10:30AM

Hope to see you at the theater.

We are continuing our new series this week that we began on Easter Sunday.  I am really excited about this series.

Every once in a while you do something that surprises you and you catch a glimpse of the person you were made to be.

• You say something inspirational at a meeting
• You help a homeless man and no one else notices
• You are patient with a rambunctious three-year-old
• You lose yourself in a piece of music
• You give and receive love
• You express compassion
• You freely make a sacrifical gift
• You forgive

When these things happen we can see there is a unique, fully alive, flourishing person that God desires for me to be.  Scriptures tell us we are God’s masterpiece and there is a “me that He wants us to be”.

As difficult as spiritual growth can be, it is obvious God is at work in us.  However, the reality is there is often a gap between the “me that I am” and the “me that I want to be”.

Only God knows your full potential & He is doing everything He can to guide you toward the best version of you!  The most important task of your life is not what you do, BUT WHO YOU BECOME!  Join us for the next several weeks as we explore what the Bible says about becoming, “The me I want to be”.

The idea for this series comes from John Ortberg’s new book, The Me I Want To Be.  If you would like to study this further here is an Amazon link where you can order the book.

For the second year in a row we have to postpone the Egg Drop.  We will still do it but it will be next Saturday.  Same park but at 1:00.  Spring in the Rockies…you’ve got to love it!

I wanted to be sure to put a link to our “State of the Church Address” from last week.  If you are a Plum Creeker and weren’t able to be at church last week I would ask you to please listen to this message online or download the podcast.  It is vital that we all stay focused on what God is calling us to do as a church.

Here is a link to the audio…

I just thought that I would post a couple of things that are on my mind regarding last weekend at Plum Creek.

-First of all I am honored and blessed to be doing what I am doing.  I love what I do, I love being a pastor, my team rocks and our volunteers are the best!

-I can’t believe all the hard work that goes into turning a movie theater into a place of worship every week.  But it is worth the effort!

-It is hard to believe that we have been doing this weekly for 3 years now.  As I said on Sunday sometimes it feels like we started yesterday and sometimes it feels like 10 years ago.  It has been a lot of hard work but it has also been a blast.

-As we head into the planning and development of our new 4 service format I am trusting that many of the Plum Creekers that haven’t yet stepped up to serve will do so now!  We just need everyone to do a little instead of a few doing a lot.

-I know it will be tough to jump back-and-forth between two theaters every Sunday but right now we don’t really have any other options.  4 services (8:45, 9:15, 10:00 & 10:30) in less than 3 hours.  That is nuts but we will have fun doing it!!

-We need to begin to explore the possibilities of utilizing the video venue model so that we can simulcast into the other theaters.  We will probably have to do this at Easter.

-I thank God for the management at the theater.  Len is amazing and has been a blessing to us as a church!

-I am pleased at how many men have told me they want in on the first 100 to be part of our meeting for men that will be coming soon.  I think the ladies are as excited as the men!!  Men leading themselves is God’s plan for us BUT IT CAN’T BE DONE ALONE!!  I have a ton of ideas related to this…again I know the “what” God is going to take care of the “how”!

-I am also excited about the prayer training that we are going to do this year.  I talk every week about praying and really feel like this year is a year where we will up the stakes in our prayer lives.  Get ready, this is going to be awesome!

-We need a ton more Journey Group leaders to facilitate what God is doing at our church.  My prayer is that every person that calls them-self a Plum Creeker will be in a Journey Group!

-I am so proud of our church for the way they got behind our Special Christmas Offering.  I know that God will continue to use the resources that we collectively contribute to impact our world!

-2010 is going to be an incredible year.  We have a lot to celebrate but also know that we can’t let memory overtake our imagination of what God wants to do in and through us!  We are all going to have to work together, pray together, serve together & contribute together like we never have before.  God will be faithful!  So lets work like it depends on us and pray like it depends on God!

I think that today is the day.  We will finally have seen the end of this significant snow storm that has made its way through Colorado.

Here in Castle Rock we have drifts that are several feet deep.  It has been a little crazy.  The kids have been off school for two days and will head back today.  The little vacation is over.

On another note, I am excited for Sunday.  We are beginning a new series on the book of Jonah.

I will finish up our message for this weekend today.  To be ready for the start of this series be sure to read the first chapter of Jonah before Sunday.  See you at the theater!

Throughout the course of our short history as a church I have made a commitment to take 2 weekends a year to pause and give a “State of the Church Address”.

There are two reasons for this.

First of all we continue to grow like crazy.  As a matter of fact this week I took some time to look at some Plum Creek statistics.  I don’t usually take much time to look at these things with much depth but in preparation for this weekend’s message I did.  The reality is that from one year ago on this same weekend we have been blessed with a 44% increase in our weekly average.  There are a lot of new people that need to know more about the history, heart and vision for our church.

The second reason comes from a leadership truth that I learned years ago.  It is pretty simple, “vision leaks”.  I know that this is true for me and for those that call Plum Creek home.  We need to work hard to intentionally keep our focus as a church.

When we don’t take the time to calibrate we can get off track fast.  I hope that you will be able to join us this weekend as we do this together.  These, “State of the Church” weekends are a lot of fun.  Knowing where we have been, where we are and where we are heading is VERY IMPORTANT!!  I look forward to seeing you on Sunday at the theater.

Journey Group Questions
One Prayer Pt. 1

1. Can you remember the prayer from our childhood that we used to base our message this week?  Share with your group if/how some of these types of prayers are part of your heritage.

2. In the beginning of our time together this weekend I shared 2 quotes that help to set the tone for this year’s One Prayer series.  We are spending 4 weeks completing the sentence, “God is…”.  Here are those quotes:

• Luther – “Your thoughts of God are too human.”
• A.W. Tozer - “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”

As you reflect on these quotes what are your thoughts?

3. The title of our message from this weekend was the “G2 God”.  Read Psalm 62:11-12a.  Talk about how it is vitally important that God is a Great & a Good God.

4.  We briefly discussed that God is GREAT because…

• HE is PERSONAL.
• HE is LIFE.
• HE is INFINITE.
• HE is CONSTANT.

Talk as a group about how these things reflect God’s Greatness, and how they affect your life.

5.  We briefly discussed that God is GOOD because…

• He is HOLY
• He Is RIGHTEOUS
• He is LOVE

Talk as a group about how these things reflect God’s Goodness, and how they affect your life.

6.  If we don’t make effort to apply these things to our lives it is just “good information”.  How can we take these truths and apply them to our daily lives?  Finish this week by praying for each other that we will apply them well.

Hey Plum Creek Men…if you are looking for an opportunity to get together and meet some of the other men that come to Plum Creek then you need to plan to come to Mandate.  We have been talking about this event for several weeks at church and the day has finally arrived.

We will be getting together at the Grange in the Meadows tonight at 6:00pm.

The Grange in the Meadows
3692 Meadows Blvd
Castle Rock, CO 80109

Bring your own meat to BBQ and a side to share.

This will be a great event for getting to know other men from Plum Creek and if you are interested in joining a men’s group, new groups will be forming that night.