Archive for September, 2007
Celebrate
This past Sunday at Buckhead Church we celebrated the baptisms of Philip Daitch, Justin Honaman, Matthew Miller, Sineat Vilichay and Megan Walter. I love these celebrations, so much so that I thought the celebration should continue. Click on the video to hear a couple of our baptism stories from Sunday and then add a comment. It will be a great way for you to encourage them and join in on the celebration.
Jeff Henderson
Campus Director
Get ready Baghdad!!
Yesterday, we had a little team-building exercise with the staff by organizing all of the school supplies you donated for the 33 schools in Baghdad. (I never knew organizing school supplies could be so much fun.)
The question everyone kept asking me was, “Did you have any idea the response would be this big?”
Please know how encouraging it is to be a part of a group of people who actually believe God can change the world through a local church. This is what the Church is supposed to be doing.
Seriously, I don’t think I’ve seen this many crayons since the Crayola 18-wheeler truck dumped crayons all over I-285.Thank you!!!
Jeff
Jeff Henderson
Campus Director
Amazing
One word: WOW! WOW! WOW!
Okay, that’s actually three words. I can’t help it though. Yesterday was a WOW day for me. I continue to be amazed at the generosity, passion, and vision of the people in our church. We made one announcement, sent one email, and wrote a couple of entries on our blog about our desire to provide school supplies for 33 schools in dire need in Baghdad. The result: we are sending a boatload of school supplies to Army Chaplain Bryan Smith stationed there. 
Boy, is he going to be “WOWED,” not to mention the students who will now have crayons, notebooks, paper, and other supplies. (The photo captures the supplies just in our overflow room. We had to create room here since the bins were filling up.) More details on the school supply drive will be on the blog throughout the week. I promise. 
Yesterday was also a WOW because of the baptisms in the services. Are you kidding me? The stories of life change were amazing. God is on the move in our community in massive ways. These stories were yet another example of this.
Louie’s message on Hope was one of the best I’ve ever heard. Thanks for inviting your friends. I heard so many stories of unchurched friends and family members who came to Buckhead for the first time yesterday. What a great Sunday for them to be there.
And as if that weren’t enough, I had the privilege of teaching the Bible story in UpStreet yesterday at 11:00 a.m. I’m so grateful to our volunteers and staff who pull off this amazing environment for elementary-aged children each Sunday. It truly is a WOW moment for me as a dad to see my daughter engaged in worship and hearing truths from Scripture.
That’s enough from me. I would like to hear your comments about yesterday—from school supplies to Hope to whatever. What did you learn, experience, and resonate with? Click comment and let us know.
Thanks again for a great Sunday.
Jeff Henderson
Campus Director
This Sunday at Buckhead Church
This coming Sunday will be an important day for our church. We begin a brand new series with Louie Giglio entitled Hope: When Life Hurts Most. I can’t encourage you enough to bring your friends to church on Sunday, particularly those who have concluded there is no God because of the pain of tragedy and difficult circumstances.
The other reason it will be an important day is because of what we are doing in response to our last series, How To Be Rich. We are partnering with Army Chaplain Bryan Smith, who is stationed in Baghdad. Chaplain Smith is attempting to provide school supplies for 33 schools by October 1. We are asking you to bring some specific school supplies with you to church this Sunday. Please read Wednesday’s blog entry for details. Let’s WOW Chaplain Smith and the 33 schools with our incredible generosity. After all, we’re rich.
Thank you for what you are doing as we attempt to share the news of Jesus from Buckhead to Baghdad. It’s an honor to serve alongside you.
Jeff Henderson
Campus Director
From Buckhead to Baghdad, Part 2
Okay, here’s our plan. We are providing school supplies for 30 schools in Baghdad. We are working with officials from the U.S. military. (For more information, check out Monday’s blog.)
We need the following supplies:
Pencils
Crayons
Lined paper
Spiral notebooks
Glue sticks
We’re asking you to bring these supplies with you to church this coming Sunday, September 23rd. There will be bins at all entrances and the information center for you to drop off the supplies.
To give you an idea of the need, here is an email from Army Chaplain Bryan Smith:
My name is Bryan Smith, I am an Army Chaplain stationed in a based in Baghdad. I recently went on patrol with my Soldiers and we visited two schools. They have no school supplies. No notebooks, paper, pens or pecils nothing. They didn’t even have their text books yet. Their text books are kept in another part of Baghdad and the teachers go in that neighborhood and they don’t know them…… I walked the streets and alleys of the Karhk District of Baghdad. The people are poor and have 40% unemployment….Our brigade has ordered backpacks and some school supplies. But it is not near enough. It is not even enough for our little area. There are 33 schools in our area. I have been tasked to figure out what supplies the schools need to open. School starts 1 Oct….. In Christ Jesus CH(CPT) Bryan Smith
More details will soon be on the way. In the meantime, please spread the news to your friends, family and small group.
Thanks!!
Jeff Henderson
Campus Director
