Colossae, Our First Church Meeting (4/13/08)

So today was our first church service for Colossae (the cornerstone church plant in Tigard, Oregon) and I was quite encouraged this morning! We had our meeting at Chris and Sharron Newman's house and it was just a rad experience. There was almost 25 people there for the meeting, which was amazing! I led two songs of worship to start the morning which included: Marvelous Light and Everlasting God. We put powerpoint on the big screen tv and just worshiped together which was both organic and awesome! After that Chuck began to speak on the end of chapter 6 through chapter 7 of Romans. He conveyed the importance of understanding our Identity, specifically our spiritual identity. Though the sin in our body is still prone to break The Law, we are no longer defined by that since we died to it. This is encouraging as we can often times become consumed by our failures rather than rejoicing in God's reign over failure and sin. I am excited to see how God begins to move in us as leaders and the things he starts to do in the Portland area. Overall this was a very encouraging service!