Aaron Thomas, son of the late Coach Ed Thomas, agreed to help us kick off our new series, "3 Doors: Opening yourself up to Forgiveness, Confession, and Gratitude."
He spoke on forgiveness.
We witnessed the story retold. See below.
Then we heard Aaron recount the story himself - the story which is still being written. The story which hasn't ended, and won't end until he is reunited with his dad in eternity.
We saw his family there. And the Beckers.
Really: we saw what incredible power Jesus possesses and shares with those of us who choose to follow him, trust him and continue to lean into him.
On John Fuller's first weekend back from his month sabbatical, the two men set up a moment at the end of our service for people to take a step towards forgiveness: accepting Jesus' forgiveness, forgiving themselves, and/or to decide to stop withholding forgiveness from another.
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.We had Elders, Chaplains, John and Aaron at Cedar Falls, and Ron at Waterloo down front for anyone who wanted to take a step.
And people did.
Lots of them.
We sang All I Need Is You as the basis for the invitation. People came forward and walked through the red door that we constructed on stage to symbolize their commitment. We handed out buttons to those who walked through the door to remind them of their decision that they prayerfully made before God.
It was awesome to behold.
Really looking forward to next weekend when we approach another wonderfully deep spiritual discipline: confession. Hope to see you all there.
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