in the beginning...

(post written by josh)

this past sunday, february 1st livewire's first service was held at starbucks on pine ridge road at 9:12am. for a couple weeks now we had been excited and anticipating this first service. at starbucks that morning there were a total of 12 (10 adults and 2 children) in attendance. a few were simply there to support our first service, a few visited because they are searching for a church, and others connected with us beforehand as they connected with the vision.

it was a great morning as we set up a laptop and material in starbucks. the area we took over was like a living room. we decided beforehand to buy a drink for everyone as they came in, 1) for starbucks, so we could make an impression on them (we didn't just want to use up their space and only buy 1 or 2 drinks) and 2) we wanted to thank our guests for coming out and supporting livewire. on that note, don't go expecting coffee and pastries every week now. LOL

everyone was excited and seemed to anticipate the service with us. i didn't have to throw anyone out for improper attire (the dress was casual) in case you were wondering. we started out by showing an intro video which is posted below. then kristine shared how we got to where we are now and the vision of livewire. the lord tied that in with the message he had me prepare entitled "live wires".

after the service we paid our bill to starbucks and asked for their feedback. they thought the group meeting was great and even tried to listen when they could. they were definitely open to us coming back this sunday. we also picked up a gift card from target beforehand to give to starbucks as a small token to thank them for the use of the facility.

thank you again starbucks, thank you to all our guests at the first livewire service, thank you new hope ministries for sending us out, thank you to all of you who are praying for us, and thank you lord jesus christ for everything.