And let's welcome to the service....God!

I was telling my wife Laura that back in my previous life, I opened for all kinda big shots...now I am opening for the ultimate big shot...I am opening for God! I am thinking our job is to create an environment that makes it...well...easy for the Holy Spirit for the come on in. We are to create an environment of joy. I believe this is where the spirit lives. If you are enjoying yourself...well...I think that is an open invite for the spirit. It is never about the opener or the venue. It is about creating a space that makes it easy for the main act to shine. Here is hoping that we are able to create that space...keep us in your thoughts...pray for us...send us good vibes....toast us...whatever works in your world. Know we are going to do our best to create a space of joy....here's to joy...laughter...and the spirit...and doing it all Afterhours...

Here we go...

Well, lets give this a try. Let's TRY to do something different with church. But not just to "do" something different. Can we begin to listen to the voices that say, "church just isn't for me" and instead of trying to convince them that it is, listen to them. Maybe the church they don't like is the same church you and I don't like. Judgemental, holier than thou, hypocritical...mean. Don't blame them a bit. Maybe we can show folks a different way to do church. Keep the things that we think are really important...and lose the stuff we don't quite understand why they are there. Does a service HAVE to be one hour? Does the preacher HAVE to preach 20-25 minutes (dear sweet God say no). Do we HAVE to sit in rows, all facing forward? Let's find out...

After all, things are always a little bit different afterhours...