Living In The Present

WE PASSED OUR INSPECTION YESTERDAY!!!!! 
October 12th will for sure be our first Sunday in our new building!  I can hardly believe it!  It hasn’t sunk in yet.  I sat in the building yesterday after the inspection that was easy as could be and just thought here we go!  So invite everyone you know to come and join us for a great and memorable sunday next week on the 12th with New Service Times at 9am and 11am.  This will help accommodate any of the parking crunch we might have.  Also watch for ne updates and new information on the site over the next week.  See You There!

Living In The Present (NEW BLOG ENTRY)

What a great ending this past Sunday to our 5 week series entitled Disciple.   Of course don’t miss the kick off to what should be another great series exploring the afterlife!   We will tackle everything from Death to Heaven and Hell and of course Life in the present! 

Brand new cushy chairs arrive on Thursday and all of the indoor signage by Friday.  New things are arriving at various peoples doors all the time, mainly at overstock.com’s door!  That’s my nick name for Brian Gowing.  He has everything known to man in his house or garage.  No Seriously He Does!  By the way, Jeremy is OSO, which means Large Bear!  Paul is the Dark Knight and I am Pastor 7 (Which has connotations of perfection associated with it LOL) according to the CITY of Lake Elsinore.   Believe it or not we are managing to have fun along the way which is important and we are really looking forward to our moving date.  It has felt good and difficult at times to go about this process the right way but I know God will and is honoring it!  Keep checking back often as I will try and update more frequently.  What am I reading right now some have asked?  I am reading a book called He Loves Me!  by Wayne Jacobsen.  I highly recommend it I have been very encouraged.  Also be thinking of who you can invite on October 12th!  This is our first service, we are calling it a soft opening.  That will give us the time we need to kick the tires and blow a few breakers during the middle of worship before we have a GRAND OPENING WITH 15 TONS OF SNOW!  Yes we are bringing it back!  Love you all!  Let’s all be together at cottonwood this weekend for our last service in a temporary school site!

We are however very Grateful to the School district especially Preston Perez the Principal of Cottonwood for sticking his neck on the line to host us!  What a true leader and an ambassador for the Kingdom!  Thank You Mr. Perez!!!!

Leave comments and questions so I know people are reading.  If I know you are there I will write more!  So WRITE, WRITE,WRITE!!    Bryan 

Building Update 3

If you have driven on the 15 freeway lately then you have seen the sign of the times.  tideschurch.org is in permanent letters on the front of a beautiful building that faces the traffic of thousands of cars every day. I never thought I would be so happy about traffic in Southern California!  What an exciting time and day for our community!

Tonight if you drive by you will be able to see our sign all lit up carrying on the vision and commitment of a great saint in our city’s history named Amy McPhereson who sought to establish a great Light on a hill the whole valley would see.   What a great heritage we get to carry on.  Our church comes from a long list of great reformers like A.B Simpson who left a high paying church job on the East coast to reach out to the lost and unloved on the shipping docks of New York City.  Boy, what would they think of us today as we carry on a great work that above all is pleasing to the Lord.  Now that’s some good ole Baptist preacher coming out in me!

The me of right now is so proud of everyone who has lent their time, energy and resources to be such a big part of all of this coming together!  We started with a very limited budget and I am literally watching as Jesus multiplies the fish and the loaves.  It is truly amazing.  I would get writers cramp if I had to hand write all of the thank you notes to the many who have gotten involved!

In October we will all stand together in worship in our new auditorium in our new church building for the very first time.  Be thinking now of who you will invite to help us reach 100’s people on our first sunday for the Kingdom of God in Lake Elsinore!  Keep watching for more updates and stop by the building to see the progress when you get a chance!

Pastor Bryan