Dealing Great Commissioners

This past Sunday @ BPC was great! We welcomed 2 second time guests & 1 first time guest to our service. We are grateful & so excited that God has chosen to send to BPC REAL people every week for the past 16 weeks to check us out!

Before the message we all played a game. Remember Monty Hall? He used to play a game with the audience (who was usually dressed in attention getting costumes) at the end of “Let’s Make a Deal” Monty would ask them to show him…a penny, book of matches, band-aid, etc. The person who produced that item 1st won $$. Well BPCers were not dressed in attention costumes but did receive a candy bar if they had the item asked for. The purpose of that…everyone should “Get in the Game.”

The last message in our “Get in the Game” series was entitled “Great Commissioners”. Great Commissioners understand that…it’s all about Jesus, know that eternity is at stake & are to be people magnets, not stone throwers. They share Christ through their God given personalities, know that when we die it’s either going to be 1 of 2 places & meet REAL people the way Jesus did, right where they are with Grace then Truth. I love this quote from Andy Stanley’s book “Communicating for a Change”. “People who were nothing like Jesus…liked Jesus.”

At the end of the service I invited everyone forward into their Great Commissioner destiny & challenged them to “Get in the Game” both personally & through our Outreach event in August called “CityReach.”

BTW: Let’s make a deal. Does anyone have on them a buffalo head nickel?

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BPC 1st Annual Outdoor Service & Picnic

Yesterday BPC held its first annual outdoor service & picnic @ Riverview Park along the Allegheny River in Tarentum! God was all over our service & blessed us with 12 first time guests plus a perfectly sunny and cool day. It was fantastic worshipping Him outside among the blue sky, water, grass & trees.

After worship I introduced BPC & myself to our neighborhood guests inviting everyone to join us on Sunday mornings at the James 5:16 Center. P. Cal & I then team taught a message Psalm 139:1-12. I explained God knows us intimately, surrounds us, keeps His righteous right hand on us & never lets us go no matter where we are. In other words…He’s got our number…in a very special way.
P. Cal then told one of his famous stories. It seems he was once was asked the following question by a child. “If Jesus is holding onto us with His right hand, what’s He doing with his left?” Holding onto the Father? Wow! It all comes back to the cross, doesn’t it? I then gave an invitation to receive Christ & 3 people came forward! As P. Cal awarded the object bag prize I talked to & prayed with those accepting Christ. (I told you God was all over our service).

Then the feasting began and what a feast it was! Thanks so much to everyone who brought something to share, to Debbie & Kathy for putting it all together and to all the guys who helped set up. It was all worth it! (more pics to come)

BPC Outdoor Service & Picnic

This Sunday, June 22nd @ 11am, BPC will be having an outdoor service & picnic at Riverview Park. The park is located on 1st Ave. in Tarentum. (directions: drive towards the Tarentum bridge, take the 1st Ave. exit, drive along 1st Ave., the park is on the right. Look for the stage)

We’re very excited out this event! Everyone & anyone is invited to join us for fabulous music, insight into God’s word and…an incredible story from Pastor Cal. That’s right… P. Cal & I will be team teaching the message. At the end of the service there will be an awesome object bag prize!

Then the feasting begins! BPC will provide the main meal & drinks. If you can, please bring a side dish or a salad & a desert to share. If you can’t or have just run out of time to go get something…no sweat! Please come anyway & come hungry, there will be plenty of food. Riverview Park has picnic benches, a playground area as well as a kiddie pool.

Weather.com is predicting for Sunday a high of 74 with an isolated thunderstorm, 30% chance of rain. So it’s a GO! (If by chance…I hate to even say it…it’s raining really hard, we’ll have the service & picnic at 10AM @ our usual every Sunday morning meeting place, the James 5:16 Center located @ 301 W. 7th Ave.) Call 412.596.5599 for info.

It’s gonna B a Gr8 morning. CU in the park!