Since Easter, we have seen a dramatic increase in our Sunday attendance, and I’m thrilled that so many new people are discovering the simple message of Jesus that we share together at LCC. In light of that we are hosting two events this weekend to help people take their next steps with Jesus and with LCC.

Newcomer’s Dessert Sunday @ 4pm

Our first event is our Newcomer’s Dessert this Sunday. About once per quarter, my wife and I host this casual get-together to introduce ourselves and the church to the newcomers and the curious. This time, we will be hosting it at the LCC facility and providing some amazing homemade desserts for you.

Yep, that’s right. This Sunday, you can have dessert at 4pm and then eat your dinner later! Everyone who has not been to a newcomer’s dessert before is welcome to join us for this one.

Baptism Class Monday @ 6pm

Since Easter, we have had many people mark their cards that they are interested in learning what it takes to be a follower of Jesus and/or be baptized. This is the perfect class for that. We’ll meet in the “Green Room” at the LCC facility at 6pm to do a little Bible Study on the topic of baptism and following Jesus. You should definitely be there!

Last Sunday was Easter, and I have to share with you how awesome God is through some statistics of the day.

Leading Up to Easter

Leading up to Easter, we engaged in a major marketing effort to get the word out about our church because we are convinced that the message of Easter changes lives. To that end, we spent nearly $3500 on mailing over 19,000 postcards and over 600 Egg Hunt flyers. We hosted the Free Coffee event and the Easter Egg Hunt event to try to build some more community connection, and we got new signage for outside the building and inside the building.

Was it worth it? I have to say a resounding “Yes!”

Easter Sunday Statistics

• 203 attending the main services
• 42 children in Kidopolis
• 8 adult volunteers working in Kidopolis
• 253 total attendance!

Those numbers shattered all previous records. In fact, our previous high was 160 which means Easter 2012 beat our previous record by nearly 100!

Okay, so those are the attendance numbers, but frankly, that’s not the reason we did all that we did preparing for Easter. Getting people into the building has never been a goal for our church. Instead, our goal is and always will be to see how many people’s lives we can positively impact with the message of Jesus, and on that note, I wanted to share with you some of the comments we received on our CONNECT cards this past week

From some regulars:

Details of Judas that I hadn’t heard before-makes the Easter story become more vivid for me. Thanks!

I was impressed how Jesus didn’t point out to Peter that he had denied him.

Letting the word soak into my heart, wanting to hear more… Wanting to be motivated enough to do it on my own.

From some first-time guests:

Was a nice message today. Haven’t been to church in 27 years and got flyer in the mail. Thank you for that. I will pursue God daily.

I’m looking for a church where I can explore my ignorance of the bible.

Rediscover christianity and my faith.

I really enjoyed todays service

I have been searching for a church and I think I have finally found one. I have been looking for guidance and I am hoping to find it. Thank you!!!

This was my first time to Lafayette Community Church. I felt very welcomed when I arrived and was given a quick tour. I have been praying for a fellowship and wanted to find out more information about the church. The service was an interesting approach to Christianity! Thank you!

I arrived at the end of service. I will definitely be back for one more Sunday.

One more thing…

So I hope you can understand how completely thrilled I am to hear that God is using our church to draw people to Himself, but those comments are only part of the story. The rest of the story shows up in the decisions people made as a result of our service. Check this out:

Three people marked their cards that they were making a decision to become a follower of Jesus, and two of those people also want to be baptized!

Do you realize what that means? If the cards represent the sincerity of their hearts, then three more people will have eternal life in heaven because of what happened on Easter Sunday 2012 at Lafayette Community Church! What an incredible privilege it is to be part of that! I just can’t express how blessed I am to be part of this community of faith we call LCC and to experience God’s blessings like this with all of you.

Let’s keep pressing on! There are many more people in this city who need to meet Jesus just like that, and I’m eager to see us reach them too.

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Details:

Everyone is invited to a massive Community Easter Egg hunt with over 1000 eggs! Space is limited to the first 200 kids (under 12), so come early or RSVP below.

• Saturday, April 7 at The Foxfire Apartments on Veteran’s Memorial Parkway, just east of Regal Valley Dr.
• Hunt starts at 10 am / Onsite registration starts at 9:30 am / Door prize announcements at 10:45 am
• Bring a basket or bag for each child in the hunt!
• For more information on our Easter Egg Hunt, contact Pastor Jeff at 7865-404-0807.
• For more information about our Easter Sunday Service, click here — Easter Service

Why are we doing this?

Lafayette Community Church wants you and your kids to know that you are loved!

We are looking for help to pull off a massive Easter Egg hunt in the Commons neighborhood on April 7. Here’s what we need:

• 2 Volunteers to run the information table on the day of the event.
• 10 volunteers to help us hide eggs all over the park
• 2 volunteers to serve as “bouncers” for the event just in case we need some security for some reason.
• 1 or 2 volunteers to be photographers and/or videographers of the event

This Sunday, March 18, LCC will have two Sunday services to practice for Easter Sunday. Our first service will start at 9am with Kidopolis closed and our second will be at 10:30 with Kidopolis open. Which service will you attend?