PLAY BALL!!!! THE TRUE MEANING!

I am so ready to hear the first call from the umpire to “PLAY BALL!” I love baseball season, but I love it for more than the game itself. With baseball comes other things I really enjoy! Don’t get me wrong. I am excited about Cameron, Easton, the Zebras, and the Rangers seasons to get into full swing, but I am ready for other activities of the spring as well.

The first activity of spring is Disciple Now 2011 . . . I LOVE IT!!!! I get excited about DNow because it is an event that takes so much work from the entire church to come to fruition. It takes the kids signing up and inviting their friends, host homes, leaders, food coordinators, prayer warriors, and the list goes on and on!!! I love the unity and excitement it brings to the church body. If you are not involved in some way already, it is not too late! Start praying today! The event starts Friday night and will wrap up with worship on Sunday morning.

The second activity of Spring is not really an activity, it is an EVENT! A world changing event!! On April 24th we will celebrate Easter! I love Christmas but I get giddy about Easter!! It is after all the celebration of the resurrection of our Savior! The hope for all nations! We will once again have our Service of Shadows on Wednesday evening before Easter at 6:30 in the Sanctuary. On Easter morning we will have the Community Sunrise Service at Meinen Lake at 7:00 followed by our 8:30 worship, a churchwide brunch and 11:00 worship. Then an Easter Egg hunt for the children in between at 10:00 am.

I challenge you to find someone in the next few weeks to invite to come to church with you that day to celebrate the Resurrection of our Savior!

So, as you go out to “root, root, root for the Home team,” I urge you to get active in the life of your church. If you have not planned on being a part of DNow, then get involved somehow. If you have not made plans for Easter, start planning. If you have not been to worship in a while, then get to worship! Good things are happening in our midst. SO GET IN THE GAME!!! PLAY BALL!!!