Sunday Replay

We kicked off a brand new series at The Ridge called I Love The 80s. 
And YES, it was everything the title suggests!

The band kicked things off with a little “Jump” from Van Halen and “Beat It” from MJ
The synth rounded out the sound very well!

Speaking of our band, I love the effort and dedication they give to the vision of The Ridge.
I don’t ever have to wonder if they’ll pull something off I ask.  They just do it and do it well.
The other thing I love is there is no rock star syndrome from any of them.
They help set up and tear down. 
They show up for meetings.
They give input.
And Matt Robbins plays like he has 15 fingers.  It’s amazing.

I tweeted this yesterday, but I’ll say it again….As a church planter, I hate the summer!
Numbers were WAY down yesterday, but that was to be expected.
Just hard to swallow when it actually happens.

Not only was attendance low (lowest ever @ The Ridge) but we were short on volunteers too.
Given, several were out sick.

Set up went slower than normal this week, but the guys still got it done.
Very important to have a good setup crew.
Our set up crew is a good starting point to begin serving at The Ridge.
If people will show up at 7a.m. to help set up, you can bet they’re buying in to the vision.

Preached on our first core value…….People Matter
Talked about from the point of Luke 5:17-26
We should be making it hard for people to go to hell
You are either part of the crowd (making it hard for people to get to Jesus)
The man on the mat (needing an encounter with Jesus)
Or one the 4 friends (stopping at nothing to get your friends to Jesus)
People matter to Jesus so they should matter to us.  ALL of US

Despite having low numbers, lots of people stood to their feet committing to be like the 4 friends
and to declare that people matter.
I had them write names of a person or people on a card that they wish was beside them in church.
Lots of people stood committing to get them to Jesus.

Our mantra has always been that if you will get them here, we will preach about Jesus.
That will never change

Next week we’ll have business card sized invite cards for Ridgers to hand out anywhere they go
We want to make it easy for people to invite others to The Ridge
We provide an Evite on our website, small invite cards, yard signs, and an iCampus to check things out
It should never be hard to invite someone to church

I’ll expand more on our core values this week on the blog!