Dear friends,

Something remarkable and unexpected occurred this week. It caught me by surprise in a good sort of way. What happened is the result of people inviting others into meaningful conversations about life and God and what our purpose on this earth might be.

We sometimes forget that the most powerful witness for the church is not the person who has the seminary degree and speaks to a room full of people sitting in pews. It's the everyday person who lives out the love of Jesus in the real world where they work and play.

The amazing thing is that throughout Scripture and history it seems God has chosen the most unlikely and unqualified people to fulfill his plan and purpose on the earth. The people who did great things in the Bible were just ordinary, deeply flawed people, like the most of us. David the shepherd. Moses the fugitive. Gideon the coward. Mary the teenager.

What’s happening with the Overflow series is something new for us, and I can’t wait to share a story with you about the impact it’s made in an unusual place.

I hope you will be here Sunday to hear what happened and to hear a message from Philippians 3 that expresses the very heart of the Gospel. What Paul is talking about in chapter 3 is life changing stuff that exposes the inadequacy of religion to save us.


See You Sunday,

David