Monday Soup

In case you missed it, we had another great weekend at PLC:

• Pastor Carl brought the message for week 3 of our "Big Questions" series.  Love it when he preaches.  He answered the question of "Is the Bible trustworthy?"  Made me want to dig in deeper and really let the Bible speak for itself.
• We created a moment at the beginning of the service that was a little out of the norm for us artistically.  We started with just a piano on stage for a prelude, playing a medley of hymns.  It was beautiful.  Then, we started singing "Come Thou Fount" together, with each of its three verses played with a more contemporary style.
• This set up a wonderful teaching moment: though style changes, the truth in those words remain the same, and remain just as powerful as the day they were first penned.  In fact, all of God's words are like this.
• Austin Murray, who has been serving as an audio assistant, jumped on the sound board as the front of house engineer for the very first time this weekend.  He did a great job.  Special thanks to Kelly Banes who decided to help Austin get trained up at that position.  Love to see that.
• In kind, Steve Dunbar over at Waterloo trained Eric on the light board this weekend.  Those guys are doing an absolutely incredible job, especially since they are doing all of their programming on Sunday morning!
• Renee Tink is serving on a couple of teams now, both as a vocalist and and as a shader.  This not only helps us out to fill a spot, but gives her a unique perspective on how everyone looks and sounds on stage.  I'd recommend all of our vocalists try their hand at that position sometime.  You won't regret it.

Overall: it was just really cool to be reminded that God's Word is indeed trustworthy.  To quote Pastor Carl who quoted Martin Luther:

"The Bible is like a lion... just set it loose, and it will defend itself."

One quick note: I got to step in for Pastor Ron over at Waterloo this weekend.  It's always, always great to worship there.  Our teams do such an amazing job.  (Special thanks to Chris John who stepped in for Jon Lloyd this weekend, giving him a much needed weekend off.)  Take a look at the video below:

Hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend.  Check back Wednesday for a "Seek Me to Live" entry inspired by this past weekend.