Crash Braves Game Outing

Crash, the AVC student ministry, attended the Braves game at Turner Field on Wed. night. The good news is we had a fantastic time and returned with almost everybody that went... Just kidding, all 40 or so people that attended got home safely and probably skipped school on Thursday. 

At any rate, we got general admission tickets for very inexpensive but were blessed by a friend of James Rowell's named Rob Kalpak (pictured to the right). Rob is a season ticket holder who has won the hearts of many ushers and security guards and other stadium workers and one of his usher friends managed to reserve a block of 40 seats in her section, lower level, third base side. We got $20 seats for $3, so a special thanks to Rob and Arquida (the usher pictured above and left) for hooking up our youth. Also a special thanks to Lisa Tatarsky and Paul Sculley for coming along and allowing us to use their 15-passenger vans for church purposes. Here are a couple of photos with some more to come later.

And yes, there was a Jerry Springer sighting... that is a photo of him singing "Take me out to the ball game" during the 7th inning stretch.

MANDATE

Just a reminder that Mandate is meeting tomorrow at 8:30 am. We will meet til 10 and then start loading trucks. Look forward to seeing everyone there.

Moving Day!

As most of you know, moving day is this Saturday, August 22. We are anticipating many volunteers will be contributing some amount of time to loading and unloading trucks. For the benefit of everyone involved, we wanted to post a list of the Transition Team. These individuals are each overseeing particular areas of the building and moving process. If you are inclined to serve in a specific department or with specific people, this will give you an idea of what needs to be done and who the players are. 

John Rowell – Team Leader, Telephone and Copier Transitions

Angela Tesch – Administration and Coordination

Greg Wooldridge – Office IT and Satellite Transition, 

Jim Howell and Michael Foraker – Sound and Video Transition

Heather Hunnicutt and Johnny Crist – Marketing Used Fixtures and Equipment

Susan Derderian – Counseling Office Needs

Jack Peavy – Moving Logistics

Julia Davidson – Office Inventory and AVC Account Transitions 

Ginger Rowell & Jerry Joiner – Moving Day Hospitality

Bryant Shufford – Waste Disposal and Clean Up, 

Johnny and Anne Crist – Interior Design in New Facility

Jerry Joiner – AVC Kitchen Transition

John Rowell – Office Corridor Coordinator on Moving Day

James Rowell – Kid Co, Youth, Prayer Room, Great Room Coordinator on Moving Day

Ralph Hale – Little Kid Co Coordinator on Moving Day

Bryant Shufford - Maintenance Supplies and Equipment Coordinator on Moving Day

We are really grateful for any time that you are able to give this weekend. We are hopeful that GOd will build a greater sense of community among his people on Saturday as we sweat and work together and Jesus' name. 

Thank you

We wanted to say thank you to those who participated in submitting questions for the service yesterday. We are hopeful that you received some helpful information, that you are assured of our commitment to Jesus and to becoming a people who will invade the kingdom of darkness with the Kingdom of light.

If you have a response to yesterday or further questions, consider this an appropriate forum to voice those things. Click on the comment link and let us know what's on your heart.

Lastly, keep checking back as we will continue to provide answers to questions that we received and for additional information and thoughts from us and each other.

Join the Discussion

We are entering a major transitional time as a church at the Atlanta Vineyard. In light of that reality, we want to invite all of you join a broader dialog in which you can voice questions, insights and feedback. That could be in response to a sermon, a class, someone else's comments or whatever else is on your heart. 

We have a deep conviction that the Spirit of God speaks to and through his people for the building up of the whole body. This is intended to create a context where you can express what God is doing in your own heart for the benefit of the church family. Obviously, we expect that as we engage in an open, on-going discussion about what God is doing among us as a people, that each of us will do so with humility and respect for each other. With that sole parameter, we invite you tell us what you are thinking, how you are feeling and most importantly, what God is saying to you. 

Our prayer is that we will all be more in touch with the activity of God among us and that we will learn how to better serve each other and Jesus, for God's glory and our good.