New CD Release – This Weekend!
By Guest Blogger Jeff McDuffie
Celebration Church’s Worship Team is very excited to be releasing our latest worship CD – “KOLLIDE Make it Loud”. This is our sophomore release and it’s been a load of fun working on it. We’re really hoping it will be a blessing to the body of Christ. There are 13 new songs with a little something for everyone. The team has worked very hard on the project and we’re all so pumped to celebrate the release of the album this Saturday night. So if you are in the Jacksonville area this Saturday you don’t want to miss this special night as our church comes together to celebrate our 2nd CD release. Join us for services at 6pm at the Midtown Campus. We hope to see you there!
Jeff McDuffie, Worship Director
Extension Gatherings Update
By Guest Blogger John Scott
It was only about eleven months ago that we started hosting Extension Gatherings as another service option for people to attend Celebration Church. The vision: package the entire church experience, and take it outside the four walls of our building into our communities to reach people that otherwise might not have the opportunity to attend a service at one of our campuses. The response has been absolutely incredible. At first, we hit areas throughout Jacksonville, including neighborhood club houses, foster homes, nursing homes, prisons, rehab centers, homeless ministry outreach points, businesses and coffee shops. Services have been going so well, and as most of you know, two of those Extension Gatherings successfully became 2 of our most recent campus launches.
The momentum has only been increasing since then and we are now holding extension gatherings not only in Jacksonville, but also Valdosta, GA; Columbus, Ohio; San Jose, Costa Rica; Belfast, Ireland and Iraq! We also have teams getting ready to start up in NC, GA, KY, NE, as well as Johannesberg, S. Africa! It’s been incredible. People are being reached for the kingdom and the presence of God is moving in a powerful way at all these services.
Here’s a short excerpt from the team in Belfast, Ireland after their first service:
“Not only did we have 21 people, but they were all from different nationalities as well. We had Polish, Portuguese, Latvian, Brazilian and Irish people worshiping together. Everyone had nothing but praise for the service especially the worship and teaching by Pastor Stovall.”
This is how it all starts, with people just like this team in Ireland, fired up for Jesus with a passion to share the gospel in their community. It’s so exciting to see what God can do if we just have a willing heart to be used by Him.
For more information on Celebration Extension Gatherings, click here.
Pastor John Scott, Extension Gatherings Pastor
Glad To Be Home
By Stovall Weems
My summer travels are officially done and I’m glad to settle back home for a while. We’re going to have a great weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone and sharing a message God has really burned on my heart.
Also – I have to tell you how pumped I am about our upcoming CD release. I just listened to the final rendition of the album “Make It Loud” and it’s incredible! Our worship team has once again done a great job and I can’t wait for you all to hear it. We’re going to have a special CD Release Night at our Saturday 6pm service, August 1st. Make plans now to be there – you won’t want to miss it!
See you all this weekend!
Stovall
On location from Sydney, Australia
By Stovall Weems
What an incredible week so far. I’m currently in the “land down under”, visiting our awesome friends at the Hillsong Conference in Sydney, Australia and we’re having a lot of fun. Thursday afternoon I spoke at one of the stream sessions of the conference, which was a real honor. It’s great to be here and experience all this awesome worship and enjoy this time of refreshing. For on the spot updates, be sure to follow me on twitter!
Stovall
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