SonRise West OC – How can I get involved?

We were supposed to have a Town Hall meeting about SonRise West OC tonight, but due to snow, that meeting has been postponed. However, since we plan to launch the new site on April 4th, Easter Sunday, we have to get moving. 

At this meeting Daryl and I were going to discuss our plans for the multisite in greater detail and field questions related to this.  We are asking people to serve in one of four areas at the West OC site:

Kingdom Kids Team – If you love children and would be interested in serving in this capacity, please email Tara McDaniel at tara.mcdaniel@gmail.com or call her at 443-235-8541. There is also a need for a few people to serve on this team in a “security” capacity, so if that is you, let Tara know.

Worship Team – This area includes musicians as well as places of service such as running the computer, running the sound board, and participating with the offering.

Welcome Team – If you have the gift of gab and love serving and meeting new people you should serve in this area.

Foundation Team – If you feel God is leading you to West OC, we need a solid foundation of people just to welcome new people into the church and take part in the congregation.

If you feel God leading you to invest in West OC in this new site of SonRise please make the decision to serve in one of these four areas.  If you already know that you are coming to SonRise West OC and you know where you would like to serve, please contact me and let me know so we can begin assembling these teams – pastork@sonrise.cc or 443-523-5099. 

If you aren’t affiliated with SonRise we would love for you to pray for us in this time. We are seeking to expand the ministry of SonRise church to allow a different place in West Ocean City, Maryland where people can find God through Jesus Christ.  There are some great churches in this town like Crossway Church and Ocean City Baptist. We hope to come along side them in the work they are already doing. We have no desire to compete with them or transfer their members to SonRise. Our desire is that the scores of people in West Ocean City would come to know God through Jesus Christ and experience life change in him.

a “snow-votional” thought for Sunday

We had to cancel our Sunday morning services at SonRise today because of the snow.  Snow has a way of stopping all of our plans. Whether we intended on going to church, or out to lunch, or any number of other things, 9-10 inches of snow basically stops our plans in their tracks.  Job 37:6-7 says, “He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’ So that all men he has made may know his work, he stops every man from his labor.”  In my understanding,when weather thwarts our plans or hinders our activities, it should cause us to pause and recognize God’s awesome ability to work his plan regardless of what we have planned. 

We can find rest in the goodness of his plan and security in the strength of his plan. Isaiah speaks concerning God’s plan in Isaiah 1:18, “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”  It is God’s powerful plan that has worked through Jesus to bring forgiveness from our sin.  If you are like me and realize that you are inclined to turn away from God in your actions and thoughts, snow is a reminder that because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, God has removed the penalty of my sin and now sees me as pure as the newly fallen snow.  And, just as there is enough snow to cover my house, my yard, my neighborhood, and even the whole town, God’s forgiveness in great enough to cover all my sin, and even all the sin of humanity.

These are important truths to remember every day, but the snow is a beautiful reminder.

SonRise West OC – Renovations Day One

We have completed the first day renovating the new SonRise site in West OC.  We still have a TON of work to do, but I am thankful for the dozen or so folks who came out to help destroy things.  Here is some video but if you get motion sick I wouldn’t recommend watching them, I’m not very steady with the camera:

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SonRise Church – west Ocean city

Here at SonRise, we have planned on opening a Multi-Site venue of our church for some time now.  We have settled on a location in West Ocean City across from WaWa and between Waterman’s Seafood and Osteria Fraschetti’s right on Route 50.  This Saturday, January 30, 2010 from 8 am to 12 pm we will begin renovating the facility.  We will have a Town hall Meeting at the new site on Sunday, January 31st at 6pm  for anyone who has questions about what we are doing and/or how to get involved (childcare provided).

We will conduct Sunday morning services at 8:30 and 10:30 at Stephen Decatur high school and another 10:30 service at our West OC venue.  Practically every other aspect of the church will be shared besides Sunday morning services. Daryl will preach regularly at SDHS and I will preach regularly in West OC. 

Sunday mornings at SonRise - West OC will look a little different than SonRise - Berlin.  We are doing this to try to connect with different types of people. As an example of something that will be different, the seating at the high school is cafe style which tends to make it very comfortable and personal. In West OC the seating will be theater style with rows so it can be more focused.  Both have their place and different people prefer the different styles. So in our reasoning, its good to have both. 

There will be other things that differ as well, but since we are the same church, we can develop variety within the unity of what we know and love as SonRise Church.

Email me if you want to get involved!

Dollar Taco Night Fundraiser for Stephen Decatur High School

On Thursday, January 21st from 2:30 to 6:30 pm we will host a fundraiser for Stephen Decatur High School in the SDHS cafeteria.  The event is a Dollar Taco Night.

 The following are only $1:

• Soft Tacos with beef/chicken, cheese, salsa, lettuce, etc.
• Hard Tacos with beef/chicken, cheese, salsa, lettuce, etc.
• Desserts including pies, cakes, cookies, etc.
• Spanish Rice
• Drinks: tea, lemonade and water

Carry-out containers will be available for “to-go” orders.  All proceeds go to the High School.