Happy Anniversary! - a podcast by Christopher Stephens
from 2021-03-21T13:24:19
It was four years ago on March 19th 2017 in which we worshipped for the first time in this building on the corner of Avenue G! The Sunday prior to this we had worshipped for the last time in the small room at the Knights of Columbus. I was new to preaching every week but I thanks to Thom Rainer and B.B. Gatson I had a mission statement and a willing group of people with open hearts.
I remember the morning of going over my sermon over and over again in my office and someone coming in to snap the picture you see here. I soon learned that the lock on the office door would quickly become my friend. Looking at this picture I also noticed the statue that I bought in Israel of David and Goliath. It was a representation of who we were! The little guy ready to do great things! In the kingdom you must be a servant and we have a congregation full of these type of people! There was no doubt in my mind that we would serve Midtown Temple in a great way.
Four years later and the same still applies! Everyone is welcome at the Avenue G Church of Christ! When you come here you will meet a church who has a hunger to learn of God, serve others, love on each other, and meet the needs of their community. I tried to research ways that people celebrate their 4 year anniversaries and fruit was the gift. This made me think about those “Goodie bags” we used to get back in the day at church. It would be something like walnuts, fruit, a stick of spear mint gum, and maybe a bookmark! It is cool to take a look back when you can. That is usually when we will have the opportunity to understand it better by and by!
Immediately after worship Bro. Arnold, Bro. Voice, and myself headed to Starbucks to sign the paperwork that would finalize the acquisition. They of course did not let me know about the cowboys theme ahead of time but I was not distracted by that. I was already making plans to have our first Wednesday night Bible class before we even had a Sunday worship service. I figured we only needed water and electricity to make it happen.
When the day came it was amazing to see the support. We most definitely had more folks there than we did at the Knights of Columbus. It was a site to see! We had no real sound system really just a projector, a screen, and willing hearts.
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