PACKED HOUSE IN CLIFTON PARK AND COLONIE!
- Kicked our new leadership series off…PG: Parental Guidance Required!
- This series is going to be off the chain!
- Many people accepted Jesus Christ! Very cool to happen in a parenting series.
- Leadership is stewardship; leadership is influence
- The greatest circle of influence you will ever have is not in your job but in your home!
- God trusts you and me to set the next generation up for success…
- It’s the greatest compliment that He could give us.
- Parenting is passing the baton to your kids for the second leg of the race
- Too many times we are focused on our race…just the first leg
- Northway believes this next generation will be the greatest generation for Jesus Christ!
- Northway – Colonie had their Grand Opening, and we added another service…now 10am & 11:30am
- Wish I could have been there…the place looks amazing!
- So proud of the core group that worked their butts off getting Colonie ready
- Pastoral secret…if I wasn’t the Senior Pastor, I would attend Colonie…and then go to Cheesecake Factory
- Made some mistakes trying to incorporate new seating process in CP…sorry
- We will make better adjustments next weekend…thanks for your patience everybody!:)
- Invite your friends to this series!
- Don’t come to church alone…bring someone with you!
- Got this email from Brian, our Colonie Campus Pastor, tonight…it made my day!
Buddy -
I can’t say enough great things about today! God has given me such a passion for Northway Church – Colonie. I will be honest and say that it hasn’t always been that way. At first, I was doing it just because you asked me…now I feel like it’s a divine burden and calling!
Today, I broke down emotionally several times in quiet moments by myself. I met so many new people, people who need Hope, people who need Community, and people who just want to know that they matter.
Today I met a middle aged man. He was the first person to show up this morning, and he let me know that he came to Easter at the Pepsi. He is a little rough around the edges, but I spent time getting to know him. He promised he would be back, and he was excited that the bus line comes right by our church because he doesn’t have a car. I love this guy!! I can say that there was a time in my life that I wouldn’t have loved him. I would have judged him. I would have thought myself better than him, but today I saw him for who he really is…a man that God loved so much that He sent His Son to die for him as much as He sent His Son for me.
Today I spoke with girl in her twenties. She grew up in church but had grown tired of the same old same old…she loves this place. She brought 5 visitors with her! She gets it!!!
Today I met a young couple that moved here from South Carolina 6 mos. ago. They have bounced around in a couple of different churches but have yet to feel connected or at home. They informed me today they feel at home in Northway – Colonie.
Today I saw a worship leader living out his God-given potential and worshiping unashamed and joyfully…bringing his God Glory and keeping none for himself. I saw a teenager in a new light…not as a teenager but as a Man of God who lays his talents at the Throne of the Almighty. He is going to be a world changer.
Today I watched a 60 year old man with Autism clean up and take out the garbage when everyone else left. He will be the greatest in the Kingdom one day.
Today I shared a moment with the Berkshire crew. They had all piled in their car and were ready to leave. I ran out to the car, looked them in the eyes and said thank you. I meant it. All the hours they spent painting and fixing stuff that was broken. The money they put in their gas tanks. The time they spent apart from their family. Today was what makes all of that worth while. Their teary eyes stared back into mine…thank you’s mean a lot when you mean them.
Today, ministry changed for me. Today, God broke my heart for people…
WOW!!! What an incredible letter from Brian!!! HOW AWESOME!! I am so excited what Northway Church is doing for not only myself and my husband, but for this entire area…I can’t wait to see what else God has in store for us!
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Wow, Brian Thank you so much for that letter! Colonie is a unique area. I have lived here my whole life (24 yrs so far..) I have grown to love it, it is nice to know that I have a church family there. It’s great to serve there as well. So many great people!
Buddy, already I have learned something coming from the first weekend of this series. I am a social worker at St. Peters Addiction Recovery Center, Outpatient in Rotterdam. I work with adolescents. There are challenging but I love them. Each and every one of them don’t realize how awesome they are. I think this series is really going to help me work with them better. Those statistics you shared today are so true. I see those stat’s everyday. They are alarming. God is definitely calling us to stand up! Thank you so much for this series, I really think it will help me to work with these young adults.
Jenn, Only God knows what he has in store…..more than we can ask or think!
Carolyn, So glad that you are a part of Northway Colonie!
Glad your enjoying the series….Thank you for making a positive difference in the next generation! Mad respect for what you do….keep it up!
Sounds like God is working hard at Colonie. Gotta get down there one of these days…note to tech staff…change the service time on Colonie website to reflect new service times. I forgot about the 2nd one. I think Brian is doing an amazing job down there. It’s been wonderful watching him grow over the years I’ve been attending Northway. He is such a blessing! And SO in God’s hands!
Brian, Thank you for your honesty and passion
as a pastor. Thank you Lord…for making our
’stoney hearts turn flesh’!How completely awesome that this little spot on God’s
green earth, with open doors & open hearts is
there to greet, meet & change lives for eternity.
AWESOME NORTHWAY CHURCH!
Marti, Big time! Thanks for the feedback on our site….we will take care of it! Brian is the man!
Dawne, Preach it Sister!
What an awesome testimony Bri WTG seeing you and Lil Momma there was like you were at home though you are the type you are home wherever you are at but was Great seeing Lib waddling around HOW BEAUTIFUL IS SHE, she radiates Beauty in Pregnancy. I know we truly enjoyed the service at Colonie today and was awesome being greeted by Dewey and Mr Jim and Miss Bonnie,Jer, and Davey,and Sammy as we walked in not knowing what to expect and seeing a bit of home was really nice. The people are nice, down to earth and totally accepting of the merge (I feel like Survivor) you can feel it. We met some down home people and had a great service. Bri you are doing an awesome job, keep up the good work. And P-Bud we hit the craft show at HVCC after and wow we had some good samples of dips and some off the hook Kettle Korn. Thank you Colonie for being a wonderful addition to Northway. Stefi
Hi Carolyn –
I work with the adolescents/young adults in a Behavioral Health Unit in a mximum
maximum security prison. I completely understand when you say that they
OK I am going to try this again. Hi Carolyn – I work with adolescents/
young adults in a Behavioral Health Unit in a maximum security prison.
They ARE challenging but I also love them. It is discouraging at times
to see these lives having been caught up in the net of institutionaliza-
tion struggle to find a way out. IT is a blessing to have the privilege
of caring for them. I have actually gone back to school to learn more
about how to help these people. I am in my 2nd year of a doctoral program.
I will be praying for you and would appreciate your prayers.
Buddy – I can second Carolyn’s comments about the help you have given…
you have been a blessing in what you preach but even more so in
your obvious willingness to allow our GOD be GOD. That is no easy thang…
the Wild Goose. I continue to pray for you.