Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Ready or Not, Here We Come

We got some huge news today. Bigger than big. We did a site visit to the Georgetown Theaters today and we got a green light to begin meeting there this Sunday, October 7th!

Our Georgetown launch has been stalled for about seven weeks as we waited for approval by the landlord that owns the property the Georgetown theater leases. We prayed for favor and God answered the prayer! It was very tenuous and we honestly didn't know which way it would go! But I really believed that God wanted us in Georgetown and He has opened the door.

I have the same feeling I had when God opened the door at Union Station. And the same verse is in my spirit. Revelation 3:7-8 says:

What He opens no one can shut and what He shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.

Let's just say that I'm doing spiritual cartwheels! A huge burden is lifted and we're ready to roll. Our launch team has been waiting in the wings for a long time! We will do dry run services during the month of October and our first public service will be held on November 4th!

Ready or not, here we come!

13 Comments:

At October 02, 2007 2:52 PM, Blogger Mike Hurt said...

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At October 02, 2007 2:53 PM, Blogger Mike Hurt said...

Mark,

Congrats on this. We are excited for you guys and what God is going to do through NCC in Georgetown!

Mike

 
At October 02, 2007 3:15 PM, Blogger Dan Borchert said...

Rock on! Go for it! And dont forget to throw a "thank you God" Party!

 
At October 02, 2007 4:00 PM, Blogger Jason Ebeling said...

Congratulations! It's so encouraging to hear about what God's doing all over the place - including Georgetown!

 
At October 02, 2007 5:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

God is good -- all the time!

 
At October 03, 2007 11:18 PM, Anonymous asif shaikh said...

I remember when I had a really hard time giving my career fully to the Lord. I felt I couldn't become a missionary and rely on people donating funds to us 100%, but the Lord used Leaha (my wife) to give me a verse that showed me he was in control. REV. 3:8 baby! The Lord used that same verse last year to give us the ability to sell our home and move closer to the University of South Florida (USF) GO BULLS!

 
At October 04, 2007 8:24 AM, Blogger David A. said...

Congratulations, Mark! That's incredible! All of Northway Church will be praying for you!
--Heather T.

 
At October 04, 2007 9:38 AM, Blogger Bill Sprouse said...

That's awesome Mark! Congrats. Have a great time at Catalyst, I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it.

 
At October 04, 2007 1:49 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's great news. Always happy to see God at work for his people. Just wondering, how are you going to be live at three places. Will this new location once it gets going will be a video service since it starts at 10pm?

 
At October 07, 2007 12:27 PM, Blogger Mark Batterson said...

Anon,

We'll have 8 services in 4 locations so we utilize video. Half the messages are live and half are video. We capture in high-def on Saturday nights so it's pretty good quality. And all other elements are live.

Mark

 
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