Trip to Generation Church
Some of the folks of The Mission went to Generation Church in Jupiter, FL this past Sunday to spy out what they do that we can learn from. They served up plenty to think about.
I can say without reservation, if you live anywhere near northern Palm Beach county you should check them out.
Pastors Ben and Melissa Pierce could not have been more hospitable to us.
After service I tried to shut up as long as possible and listen to Pastor Ben talk about his vision for ministry and some of the values that guides his decisions. This guy is a real Kingdom man with a pretty clear vision regarding where the Church at large is going.
Some of the things that really impressed me about the church:
- The number of volunteers. The parking lot had a bunch of cars in it when we showed up 45 minutes before service. Fully staffed children’s areas (they had 3), lots of sound and video folks.
- The worship team was really good.
- The bass player was playing a 6 string bass and yet she did not treat every song as a solo.
- An active sound man. The snare was a little bright at the beginning of the worship set but that did not last long. Set it and forget it does not work with live sound.
- Teaching on the gifts. Pastor Ben started the prayer time before service letting folks know that they should feel free to pray in the Holy Ghost but don’t get loud and goofy, and at the same time, if you don’t pray that way or don’t feel like praying that way, don’t feel condemned. Nice and balanced.
- Pastor Melissa might be the nicest person I have ever met in a church anywhere.
- These guys don’t know us from Adam yet they answered at least a 100 question from the introspective tot he mundane and they answered every one.
- Friendly. During the greet part of service lots of folks came to meet us. And they were still friendly when they found out we were not perspective members.
- Pastor Ben is a walking concordance.
- I got a new word, “FunkyDunk”
- I doubt I will ever use it.
- One of my guys went forward at the ministry time. Pastor Ben spoke a word of encouragement that was spot on.
- Did I mention “Spirit-Filled”?
I was really impress with the churh and the leadership. I really had the sense that Generation Church is rock solid and poised for great growth.
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