To set the stage, CF just came off a very strong 4 part series on "Pure Sex". Rick and Eric did an excellent job relaying a difficult (read: awkward) subject, and if you want to judge success of a message by media pieces sold, this message was very successful. Rick has another series coming up 10.28-29.06 called "Mission Control".
Psalm 145: No one cared
for my soul
This week however, Rick wanted to drive home our need to reach the lost, and to do it he used the story of Kelly Moore (then Kelly Duncan) and her experience of being a stewardess on Florida Air Flight 90 that crash landed on the Potomac River. It was a powerful message ending with an experiential altar call. Great stuff.
On the worship side, this service is easily the most difficult (technically speaking) I have produced @ CF. We added a third screen in the center of our worship service, and I LOVE having another canvas to work with, however, it is a lot more work on the creative side. SetList attached here. Seven total songs, five videos during the worship set. Imag lyrics were combined overlays and stills. Rick's message had four videos (segments of a doocumentary providing background on the Flight 90 incident) and several candid interview sessions with Kelly Moore.
Rick's invitation was unique this service. The creative team positioned five or six crosses across the worship center and encouraged the audiences to prayerfully consider their people in their lives who don't know Christ. And if they were serious about reaching those people for Christ, the audience was to write their lost friends names on a sticky-note and place it on the cross. The response was phenominal; the photo to the right is the pile of stickies, and on my count there were 1783 names listed. I believe that's close to 1 name per adult for the weekend. Let's pray that this is the beginning of a movement in Miami.
I am always fascinated how our group of volunteers can arise to the situation and produce the worship service regardless of how complex the situation is. Married adults, singles, college, HS and even middle school kids working together without issue to create the worship environment. It's a pleasure to be here!
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