Follow

I shared with those attending Sunday; "God had this date on your calendar before you were even born." This past Sunday was one of those days! Planned and prayed for weeks in advance, God did the spectacular.  Sunday morning 5:30 A.M. the first person arrived. The next to arrive was at 6:00 A.M. From there, the Follow team of 50 began arriving for the much awaited day. Over 200 volunteers worked this past Sunday believing God to touch hearts and lives. Our attendance was 1072 and I can’t even begin to share all the stories still pouring in relating to the events of this past Sunday. The reports at the end of the day indicated that we baptized 36 and had seven in our NS Kids accept Christ. God is moving at NorthStar and for this we are thankful.  We will never forget this day as we look forward to what God is going to do next. We have been praying the “Sun Stand Still” prayer asking God to do the unimaginable in our lives and in our church.  He definitely moved among us this past week.

Two Sundays

One of the greatest things you can do to see lives changed in the church is to invite people to attend with you. The majority of the people coming to our church were personally invited by those already attending.  I can’t tell you the numbers of people who have told us they are here because a friend or acquaintance invited them to NorthStar. While every Sunday is important, there are two Sundays we are challenging people to both attend and bring someone with them. Sunday, October 2 and Sunday, October 9. These two Sundays are going to be two of the most important Sundays in the life and history of our church.  October 2, is going to be our dedication Sunday. We are going to celebrate and dedicate. We are going to celebrate the fact that God led us to this new campus and we are going to dedicate this place to the Lord.  On October 9, we are going to have the biggest baptism celebration in our history and possibly in our region. We are calling this event “Follow” This is going to be a game changing event.  Please pray about both of these Sundays. Pray for you to have no distractions or delays. Pray God would bring change even before these days. Pray, asking God to direct you to the ones to invite and that He would make their heart receptive to the initiation.  Please pray for all the staff and teams in our church to be ready with anticipation. God is going to do the unimaginable on these two weekends. I believe it!

NorthStar Is...

NorthStar is a relevant church where real people connect to a growing relationship with Christ and others to fulfill their life purpose. If this were a perfect place, it wouldn’t be called NSC but rather Heaven. We have problems, issues, concerns, challenges, and imperfections like everyone else. However, we have the true Living God who meets us where we are, taking us where we need to go. What do you do when you are not who you used to be, but you are not who you should be? This church is a place where the hurting are comforted, the fallen are lifted up, the discouraged find hope, the abandoned find a home, the out of touch find mercy, the misplaced are directed, the sinner finds forgiveness, the unchangeable find change, the unloved find love, the broken are mended, the neglected find compassion, the anxious find rest, and the lifeless find life.


This Sunday is going to be a day where all the above happens again and again.

Amazing... Before Our Very Eyes

Amazing....Words can’t describe what we experienced on our first Sunday at our new campus. I arrived 3 ½ hours early,(don’t know why, that’s just how I do it) anticipating a record crowd. We had more yesterday than our record attendance this past Easter. In fact, we had more in attendance Sunday in three services than we did Easter in four services. Total for the day was 1147 attendees and 30 + people who trusted Christ as Savior.


I am so thankful the countless volunteers God used to make opening day such a success. Thousands of hours, blood, sweat and tears have been poured into this project. It is all good! It is all worth the sacrifices made. We know it is only successful because God led, directed, provided, empowered, and was present with us. He is the reason we do what we do. He is the author and the finisher. He is the power, source, and the fuel for what we do. All the man hours put into this building would be for naught if He were not the reason we are doing what we do.

I know the next years in this building are going to produce amazing things. We saw Sunday how things have gone to a HNL.  We must always remember we are doing what we do for the glory of God and not men. We want to be used by Him and honor Him in all we do. I have a dream that the next years in this building are going to be even greater than we could ever imagine. We are trusting Him "to do immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.” He is doing that before our very eyes.