Greg Peters Live

This past weekend I spoke of the critical importance of developing a Biblical worldview. I realize in using that terminology there are some who wonder how that is defined. Here are a couple links that I quickly gathered to start your thinking.

Link one

Link two

These are the top ten reasons why I am looking forward to Easter:

10. The weather is going to be gorgeous!

9. Our family will spend the afternoon together and enjoy a great meal.

8. There is just something about serving the Lord together with so many others in our church.

7.We have some great things planned to offer our guests

6. We are doing something at church that we have never done before and it will be phenomenal!!

5. We have some awesome elements of worship planned.

4. I am looking forward to preaching the message God has given me!!

3. Each year we reach new families who will become a part of our church family.

2. I know that people will choose to give their life to Christ! 

1. Because I serve a resurrected Savior!

No question in my mind that Mark Batterson is one of the best bloggers out there – here is another case in point!

By the way come to church this weekend and you will see something you have never seen before!!!

• Away for a few days enjoying the BEAUTIFUL fall foliage with my family.
• Always enjoy a little time away. So refreshing!
• We rushed out of town on Sunday and will be back Friday
• Can’t wait for the weekend.
• Sitting in a country store in VT with very slow wi-fi
• Just had a delicious egg sandwhich
• The first two days we did alot of things – corn maze, yankee candle, natural history museum, simon piecre glass and pottery factory.
• When I go away I don’t worry about anything. Very thankful for our staff and leaders!!!
• Today is a slow day. Read, relax, and dinner with great friends.
• Can’t wait for this weekend!!!!
• This past weekend was very good.
• Good spirit in the services
• Enjoyed preaching Eph 2
• Love the series, UNITED
• This coming weekend – chior, life change video and special guest.
• There is going to be some awesome worship and some awesome preaching!
• Celebrating 12 years will be great! God has been so good to us!
• The best is yet to come.
• I have spent some good time thinking, praying and planning for the future while I am away.
• It is about 45 degrees here in VT
• There is a brown lab laying on the floor next to me in this country store – completes the scene!
• I am very blessed!!

Last week I posted some thoughts here about our core value of Always Pushing the Envelope.  I want to follow up that post with another core value we hold as a church.

Go the Extra Mile / Service

Going the extra mile is doing more than what is required, asked, or even expected. This is demonstrated by volunteering when we see a need, discovering and serving in a ministry that fits our interests, taking ownership of a task and doing it well. In ministry we love the unlovable, forgive the unforgiveable, reach out to the unreachable, pray without ceasing and never give up.  Matt. 5:9-6:4; 25:14-23

As you participate at Parkview, you will see the above core value lived out time and time again. I believe it all starts with our leadership.  The staff, elders and ministry leaders are constantly going beyond the call of duty.  I constantly see in them a sweet spirit and a servant’s heart.

When we go the extra mile, all we are doing is emulating our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Who can you serve today and go the extra mile while doing it?

As Christ followers, one of our responsibilities is to vote. On Sept. 15th there is going to be a special election held in Flagler County. The election is for the election of a new state senator for district 8. District 8 runs from the FL/GA line to International Speedway Blvd in Daytone Beach, the eastern boundary is the ocean and the westen boundary is I-95 or US 1, whichever is further west. Therefore, all of Palm Coast is in district 8. The reason for the special election is due to the recent passing of Senator Jim King.

The canidates for the state senate seat are Art Graham,Stan Jordan, Dan Quiggle, and John Thrasher.    Because of it being a special election and only for one seat, I am sure the voter turn out will be low. That means that every vote has a very high impact.

Art Graham lives in Jacksonville, but has attended our church on a couple occassions and I am somewhat familiar with his positions. We also did a video interview with Art for a sermon we did a few months ago. A portion of the video we shot is on Art’s website homepage.I do not know anything about the other canidates but am providing links to all their websites so you can choose the canidate that best represents biblical values.

Click on the following links for more info. about each canidate:

Art Graham 

Stan Jordan

Dan Quiggle

Jordan Thrasher

Be prayerful and get out and vote!

James said,”A double minded man is unstable in all his ways”

When you and I try to do to many things at once, we tend to not be good at anything.

With our church and any growing organization, there is a tendency towards complexity. The more we grow the easier is is to get off mission and try to do to much and in doing so, we can lose focus on what it is that got us to this point.

As we enter the Fall, I am trying to stay focused on our mission – Guiding people to life change in Christ.  In order to stay focused on our mission, I have led our staff and elders to embrace a principle – Ex the complex!

We are all about life change and there are 3 main areas where we invest the majority of our energy and strive for excellence.  The 3 areas where we focus are: weekend worship, children/students and small groups.

Church, God has great things in store for us this Fall!!  Let’s stay focused on what God has called us to do!

The following is not original with me but is something that I have taped up by my computer:

The winner is always part of the answer; the loser is always part of the problem.

The winner always has a program; the loser always has an excuse.

The winner says,”Let me do it for you”; the loser says,”That is not my job”.

The winner sees an answer in every problem; the loser sees a problem in every answer.

The winner says,”It may be difficult but it is possible”; the loser says,”It may be possible, but it is too difficult”.

The winner listens; the loser just waits until it is his turn to talk.

When a winner makes a mistake he says,”I was wrong”; when a loser makes a mistake, he says,”It wasn’t my fault”.

A winner says,”I’m good, but not as good as I could be”; the loser says,”I’m not as bad as alot of other people”.

A winner feels responsible for more than his job; the loser says,”I only work here”.

• It is just after 11pm – watching We Are Marshall and typing this post.
• Today was a long day and a day well spent in ministry.
• Participated in a small group after church. Enjoyed our study and the sloppy joes
• Then had a late lunch with a new family in our church.
• One more meeting and one phone call later and it was time to head home.
• Phenomenal weekend of worship at Parkview – if you missed it YOU MISSED IT!
• Great response to doing life in the context of biblical community.
• Great to see some new families connecting with our church.
• Met a really nice couple who visited for the 4th weekend in a row.
• Met a pastor from California.
• Seth said he wanted to hang out in the lobby instead of go to Son Zone today – that was a new one.
• So many of our people serve faithfully!
• So many of our people attend faithfully!
• THANKS to both!
• There is ALOT to be said for faithfulness!
• Everything we do is for the sake of LIFE CHANGE – ours and others.
• If you are not interested in LIFE CHANGE – beware, because that is our focus.
• Loved the Summer and now we are ready for the Fall!!!
• Next week our text is in Proverbs and I am really looking forward to sharing a principle that I have never preached before!!!!
• Some people will be sharing their stories next week in the service – totally looking forward it!
• You will hear about Life Change!
• On a different note, Denise and I have a family decision this week that we need to make – sure would appreciate any prayers on our behalf.
• This week look for opportunities to invest and invite. Invest relationally with others and invite them to experience Christ at Parkview.
• God is good all the time and all the time God is good!!!

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance.  The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”  C.S. Lewis