New Series- Escaping Ordinary

Wouldn't you like to escape sometimes? Truth is we all would at times.

This Sunday we begin a new series title 'Escaping Ordinary.' We learned that we have permission of God to escape our mundane and 'ordinary' lives. The reason you may ask. Sure, it is because you were not made to be normal- or Ordinary. In Bruce Wilkerson's book 'The Dream Giver' he speaks of us all as 'Ordinary' living in a town of 'Familiar' with a bunch of 'Nobodies.' Not to glamorous but often how many feel. The reality is just like Moses we have a 'Big Dream' inside of us. This is given to us by God. Often all you know is a small deposit or seed of this dream (calling, passion, gift, talent, ministry, etc.) yet if you will trust that God did uniquely form your for a purpose then you to can begin your escape from Ordinary.

watch it live at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10399504

Or look online at www.TheLeesburgChurch.org

A great Harvest Weekend!

Last weekend was a great weekend. Saturday we had our Harvest Fest with games and food for our community. We was so blessed to see over 100 visitors from our community come out to enjoy the festivities. Door Prizes were given away and a hayride completed the evening. It was a great day. We were so blessed for each one that got to come out to enjoy the evening.

On Sunday Morning we had our Children's Day. We had a guest ministry team, Kingdom Kids with Pastor Zack. The ministered with puppets, videos, games, and much more. Both young and old enjoyed the day. At the end 7 kids and 1 adult came forward to pray the prayer of salvation. What a blessed day it turned out to be! Praise God. We finished the morning with several great door prizes (bikes, DVD player with screens for the car, iPod, and a firepit).

Sunday night the church had a Fall Fellowship were each one enjoyed games and food. It was a nice relaxing evening with our church family.

We Praise God for the great weekend!

Catching UP

It has been several weeks since our last update. We do apologize. Real quick we will get you caught up. This week we heard about how to better 'SERVE Others!' To check out more please watch the service (TheLeesburgChurch.org- follow the links to UStream) or read Pastor Josh's blog at http://joshua-lynn.blogspot.com/.

We have been studying Spiritual Gifts and how they make us work as a team better within the Church. It is amazing to know that it takes all the gifts to make the church function 'Healthy' and none are more important than another.

The Outreach Team has been working hard to prepare for this year's Harvest Fest. It is this Saturday from 4 - 7 PM. We pray that God would bless many but specifically we desire to serve others. We are here to serve our community as Christ would do. We desire to glorify Christ in all we do!

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Show me the Love

This weekend was great! Saturday was a wonderful day. The Leesburg Church Outreach Team was involved in the town's Leesburg Day. They have away over 1100 bottles of water and cards with the Church's information on it. People seemed so happy to see the church giving things away. So many ask about the church and some even said they were looking for a church. Who knows what God will do from here?

Sunday was a special day at The Leesburg Church. The morning service we heard about "Show me the Love." People are looking for true love that only c

omes from God. We must show them the love of God read about in 1 Corinthians 13.

Sunday night was a powerful service. There was such an awesome presence of the Lord in the service. Several came up for prayer during worship and God ministered to them. One lady called after service to share that God had healed her. Praise God!

Wednesday night we continue the class on 'Gifted to Serve' by taking our Spiritual Gifts assessment. Come join us!

Free Face painting - they did a lot of faces!

Giving away more water!

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A Blessed Year- Finish Strong

We have declared that 2010 was going to be a blessed year for us as a church, as individuals both physically and spiritually. Often we loose focus of our hopes, expectations, and even dreams as time passes by us. The same is true with a new year. We started off 2010 believing in blessings- in our family, at work, at church, in our personal relationship with God- but sometimes life and mistakes get in the way. We learn from Peter that we don't have to give up. Recommit yourself to a blessed 2010. God wants to bless you. He does it for you but for His glory- His praise. Don't give up, don't let mistakes and failures keep you from reaching for the blessings of the Lord. Trust Him- Focus on Him- and FINISH STRONG! Let 2010 be a blessed year!

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A Healthy Church is Gifted and Serves

Sunday we finished the series of 'A Healthy Church' at an encouraging sermon about how each one is "Gifted 2 Serve." Pastor shared about how 'A Healthy Church' is not just the leaders doing ministry but the ones in the pews/chairs doing ministry. That God has gifted each one with special gifts and they can do something that no one else can do. To reach our full potential of our church, we must discover and use our gifts individually towards the common mission God has given the church. No matter what ones expirence has been in life, God will use it all to reach places that seem unreachable. We are 'GIFTED 2 SERVE!'

Sunday night was also a great evening as we had Bro. Stacy Tuttle preach a wonderful sermon titled 'Bloody Issue.' His wife also sang a wonderful song with an awesome talent given by God. It was a wonderful night.

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Community Outreach is key to a Healthy Church

Sunday we looked at one of the other core components to being a 'Healthy Church.' A 'Healthy Church' must reach it's community as an essential and central focus of all it does. Jesus spent most of His time outside of the temple reaching basic needs to meet spiritual needs. It was interesting to see that when we commonly use the term 'Jesus Public Ministry' we are saying more than His 'known' ministry but actual the ministry He did in the streets, on the mountaintops, and in the homes.

In Ezekiel 34 we see a prophecy of both the 'bad shepherds (leaders)' and the 'good shepherd (Jesus).' Jesus is given as the one who will care for the needs of these people yet we are the body of Christ. He has choose to use us as His 'hands and feet.' So we are the tools of Jesus to fulfill this prophecy. Here are the five areas we must cover to be reaching those in our community for the Glory of Christ.

1- Feed the hungry

2- Strengthen the diseased/Heal the sick

3- Bind up the broken

4- Brought in the driven away

5- Sought the Lost

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