Holy Week in Sept

This past Sunday at Status was one of the most meaningful experiences I think we've shared together in a long time. One of the things I love about our community is that we are willing to step into new things together and believe that we will see God in them. I have heard dozens of stories from people about that night, and has we have continued meeting together every day this week, God has continued to show himself to the hearts and stories of individuals.

If you weren't there Sunday night, here's a picture to give you a sense of the place:



The goal of the night was to hear stories from our community of the ways God has been moving over the last 9 months. Through audio, video [the geek in me loved this part... 6 projection areas in the middle... but purposed to not be a distraction :)], live stories and emails, we heard from close to 40 people.

One of the most compelling parts to me was the inclusion of three songs that were inspired through the things we talked about in the series. I've seen an increased passion in our worship recently, and I believe that it is because there are songwriters listening to what God is saying and creating works that help us declare those truths together.

You can hear some of the recordings in this week's podcast...
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=119875638

The rest of the week has been pretty incredible as well. We've gathered every day to focus in on the emotions and experiences of Jesus and the disciples. I have really been amazed at how God has allowed me to see and feel the last week of Jesus' life in a fresh way. Beautiful.

Some amazing people put a lot into this night to make it happen, and God certainly honored those endeavors.
Thanks to:

Jenn Gilanfar (who made the vine animations we used during the night. She did all of this while away competing to become the women's WORLD CHAMPION wake skater... Yes. WORLD CHAMPION).

Sean Curran and Jake Leboeuf who both wrote songs and led us beautifully.

The other musicians, Melissa Mage, Luke Domeck, Nick Torontali, Chris Baker, Kirk Chambers and Josh Jove

Michael Dalton for shooting those video stories.

Melyssa Marshall, Casey Stewart, Jenna Dey and Zack Howes for making the tech stuff happen.

Everyone who was willing to sit at a microphone and finish some phrases about Jesus.

And of course the Status staff who all did a great job speaking:
Josh Loveless, Jenn Janaceiwicz, Tom Gustofson, Kate Lynch