29 March 2007
SURPRISE!!!!
Are you Ready?
Are you really, really, ready?
I hope so, cause YO, ha…
Oh Yes, he’s here, ah, swing man is here!
Oh yes, he’s here, the Xman is here…
wait a minute, that’s a song…
where was I?
Oh yeah, the surprise! Are you ready to JUMP ON IT?!
One of the most memorable weekends EVER at Southbrook was just a few short weeks ago as we witnessed 140 people give their lives to Jesus Christ! I will never forget that day as long as we live. Not only was it special for the transformed lives we saw, but also because I sensed the Lord doing even more than I’d previously hoped or imagined! See this verse http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eph.%203:20&version=31.
In short, that was JUST THE BEGINNING!
God really used His anointed servant, Clayton King http://www.claytonking.com/claytonpgs/ckhome/ckhome.htm to communicate His love and mercy to each and every one of us.
And the whole weekend got me thinking…(always a dangerous thing!).
What if we asked Clayton King to join the team at Southbrook Church as a teaching pastor?
Sound crazy?
I didn’t think so.
Neither did he.
Neither did our awesome, God out of the box, big faith staff!
So, we put it out there, knowing that we have a budgeted amount every year for guest speakers anyway. I know some of you are thinking, How do we afford this with needing a new building and all.
Meet our permanent guest speaker, Clayton King.
Well, sort of.
We need to start slow (just a few times this year) because there isn’t much in there (the remaining budget), but we also have a wonderful team of in-house speakers on the teaching team with Paul, Tim, Geoffrey, Daryl and others (some you haven’t even heard yet).
Bottomline?
God is on the move at SCC!
Please join me in welcoming our newest (itinerate) teaching pastor, Clayton King!!
Clayton is married to Charie and has 2 little boys, Jacob and Joseph. And don’t make fun of his hair (or lack of it), remember, he’s not bald, he prefers to think of himself as a solar powered love machine!
4 Comments currently posted.
calculatorgames says:
Chris Goeller says:
WOW! I love surprises anyway and this is an AWESOME one!
I invited a very good friend of mine to join us at Southbrook the weekend that Clayton spoke. I grew up with this guy and to see him open his heart to the message that was delivered, actually shed tears (and by the way, he doesn’t cry) and then finally give his life to Christ, well, it trumps everything we have ever gone through…and believe me when I say we have been through a lot together! My friend who has always had this tough outer shell and seemed to learn things best the hard way, turned his life over to the only one who can deliver on such an awesome promise of unconditional love, grace and an everlasting eternity with Him.
Satan hates the way He is moving at Southbrook and all the lives that are being changed, and will do everything in his power to try and stop it at any cost. I pray everyday, sometimes several times a day, for not only the staff but also the entire Southbrook family, to not fall to all the temptations and ways that Satan will try to weasel his way into this awesome house of God. Remember what Southbrook is built upon and continue reaching the community and brining people to Christ.
Thank you Lord for Southbrook and it’s mighty staff that is now +1!
JT says:
Yeh, baby!! Clayton King…Here’s some math for ya…Let’s say he preaches 6 times this year…that is a minimum of 600 people getting saved. Becoming Christ followers and attending on a regular basis!!
I’m telling you the building needs to be BIGGER!! You laugh, but as you say our God is big and this place could be holding 10,000 before you know it. 1300 isn’t enough…2,000 in ‘07
Get fired up!
mike mccoy says:
welcome brother!!
This is very exciting! Each week this place keeps getting better and better! Welcome Clayton to the family…the ever growing family! I don’t know Pastor Rob…all these exciting things keep happening at SCC…I can only look forward to and imagine what is next! All I have to say in that cheesey cheerleader movie way….”BRING IT ON!”