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DAVID WILLIAMS WRITES: I completed my 101 way challenge this morning. I used the $10 and matched it with another $10. I wanted to put a face with the Life Church cards. So i bought Starbucks Coffee and donuts then sat outside a local Athens supermarket and gave them away. I allotted my self about 45 minutes to do this. I printed a little sign as placed it on side of the coffee container identifying Life Church. During this time i gave away about (8) cups of coffee and about a dozen donuts. After the 45 minutes i took the remaining coffee and donuts to a local business- where i knew the people, and left it with them. I probably spoke to 15 people that did not take either the coffee or the donuts, telling them what we were doing. It was a lot of fun.

What about you? Let us hear from you!
Pastor Tim

Louie Giglio - Indescribable

August 31, we did something a bit different at Life Church - we showed the 2nd part (45 minutes) of Louie Giglio's "INDESCRIBABLE" DVD. I wondered how people would respond to a DVD for the whole service, but the jury is in - it was awesome! You could have heard a pin drop in the room by the time he got to talking about the whirlpool galaxy and then the X (we still believe it was a cross!) in the core. If you get a chance to see this and you have not already, do it! The theme of our LIFE 101 day that day was "A LIFE OF AWE AND WONDER". It worked!

Next Sunday - "A LIFE OF LOVE AND PASSION". See you there!

Pastor Tim

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Carlton Guthrie reports: I used a wrinkle on the idea from the book where the author put a dollar bill with a church card attached on the floor at the mall and witnessed people pick up the $ and look at the card and pass it along to their friends. I see families and people often sitting in the waiting room at the ER at St Mary's. There are vending machines in the main hallway around the corner. A couple of times a day, I will walk by and tape a dollar bill and church card along with a sticky note that says "NEED ONE?" Every time I go back by, the card and dollar are gone. Hopefully it is getting into the hands of someone who needed something nice to happen to them.

Wendy Fletcher writes: At a local department store, the checkout lady was talking to another employee with whom she was angry because her attempt to jump start his car the day – seems it resulted in a cable coming loose on her car, costing $65 in repairs, and missed wages. As I left, I handed her $5 of the $10 we were given and told her I knew it wouldn’t make up for the $65 she spent but that she could now only consider it only $60 and that I hoped God would bless her for doing that. In shock, she said “no, I can’t”, pushing the money away, but I told her to have a blessed day as I walked out and she said “thank you” and smiled.

One dollar was given to a man who clears off tables at a restaurant – he just sort of looked at me and said “thank you”.

Another dollar given to a Walmart Greeter – told her that I knew she didn’t make a lot of money but was thankful she did her job with a smile (yes, I know they are supposed to smile but not all do) told me I didn’t have to do that but I insisted and she smiled and said “thank you”.