THRIVING

Hello Clovis Leaders! We hope that you all had an amazing Christmas this year, filled with lots of fun. Can you believe that the New Year is already approaching?! As a staff we strongly believe that this is going to be our best year yet! 2014 will be fantastic! - We aren't surviving, we're THRIVING!!!

Here is a wonderful excerpt from the book Today Matters by John Maxwell - one of the leading leaders of our day. As we step into 2014, consider applying the truths in this segment to launch you forward:

What Does Your Daily Agenda Say About You?

By John Maxwell

How would you describe your life? Are you achieving what you desire? Are you accomplishing the things that are important to you? Do you consider yourself a success? How do your prospects look for the future? If I could come to your house and spend just one day with you, I would be able to tell whether or not you will be successful. You could pick the day. If I got up with you in the morning and went through the day with you, watching you for 24 hours, I could tell in what direction your life is headed. When I tell this to people at conferences, there's always a strong reaction. Some people are surprised. Some get defensive because they think I would be making a snap judgment about them. A few get ticked off because they think my claim sounds arrogant. Others are intrigued and desire to know why I make such a statement. Here is why: I believe that the secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. If you make a few key decisions and then manage them well in your daily agenda, you will succeed. You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. You see, success, doesn't just suddenly occur one day in someone's life. For that matter, neither does failure. Each is a process. Every day of your life is merely preparation for the next. What you become is the result of what you do today. In other words... You are preparing for something. The question is, What are you preparing for? Are you grooming yourself for success or failure? As my father used to tell me when I was growing up, "You can pay now, and play later, or you can play now and pay later. But either way, you are going to pay." The idea was that you can play and take it easy and do what you want today, but if you do, your life will be harder later. However, if you work hard now, on the front end, then you will reap rewards in the future. Think about it: What are you preparing for today? Success or failure? Does your daily agenda indicate that you make a habit of paying before you play? Answering these questions is a good predictor of what you will become tomorrow and in the future.

GOD ENCOUNTER: JANUARY 2014

Let’s set our expectation high as we embark on a special weekend with Damon Thompson! Invite your friends and family for an awesome weekend.

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK

EDDIE MICHELI!

Have you ever seen the Connection Point tables in the lobby swarming with ladies? Well good-looking Eddie is the culprit!

Eddie is a fantastic leader on our campus, helping us in every which way. He serves as a Greeting Team Manager, and loves helping people in any way that he can. More specifically, Eddie went above the call of duty this last week, coming into the offices to help during his time off! He serves at our Connection Point tables, as a Men’s leader, and has even helped us with our Starting Point class. Thank you Eddie for being an outstanding contributor to the Clovis Campus- you’ve been an amazing leader to work with!

HOLLY JOLLY VOLUNTEERS

CLOVIS LEADERS! Christmas is practically here! As a staff, we want to wish you and your families a MERRY Christmas, and we hope that it’s the best one yet! We are so thankful to be a part of the Christmas season with you as we celebrate Jesus’ B-Day together. Let’s have a great time! 

VOLUNTEER PREMIERE PARTY!      

It is time to party! Here’s your invite for tomorrow night!

LET’S INVITE OUR BUTTS OFF!

Like our bold title indicates, we need to make a gigantic effort to see souls added to the kingdom of God this weekend! There are too many people counting on us for us to sit back on our booties now! Read this scripture and prayerfully consider who you are supposed to invite:

Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death.

Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew. He will repay all people as their actions deserve. 

Proverbs 24:11

This weekend as you know, we are throwing out the net. We are going to see souls saved, so why not it be your friends and family?!

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK

LISA RODRIGUEZ!

Lisa is an amazing KIC volunteer! She serves as the lead teacher in our Garden classroom on Sunday mornings. She is always making new families feel welcome, and the kids love being in her class. She is faithful and passionate about what she does. Thank you Lisa!!! 

Christmas Time in Clovis...

Volunteers, the time has come...

One night to celebrate you.

One night to feel like the VIP you are.

And hey...

One night you don’t have to cook dinner!

It’s our:

This evening expect fun, food, and to be surrounded by the most amazing people on the planet and the best part... you won’t have to have to do any work at all! You heard right... we don’t want you to do anything! This is our opportunity to serve you!

We love and appreciate you all so much and we jump on every opportunity we get to express our gratitude for all that you do. We are looking forward to partyin’ it up with ya!  You won’t want to miss this!

Christmas Outreach

What an honor and a privilege to be able to serve the children in our community! 

Thank you to each and every one of you who have sponsored a child.  We have so many kids who will not go without this Christmas because of you. THANK YOU!

Now, if you haven’t gotten on board yet... WE NEED YOU!

There are still children available to sponsor and we want everyone to get involved!  If you are unable to sponsor a child on your own, we encourage you to team up with others. We are all able to do something!

Through our Christmas Outreaches this year, we are able to provide Christmas gifts for hundreds of children in this valley! The students of the schools we have adopted will not only receive a gift, but will also get to experience Celebration first hand.  The families will be receiving their gift the evening they attend our Christmas production.  Let’s get prepared to see hundreds of new families!!!

A Chat with Pastor Randy

Here’s a clip of Pastor Randy “chatting” with us in Morning Prayer. This is some great perspective of where we are as a church and personally in our lives. Enjoy! 

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK

JENNIFER BANUELOS!

Jennifer has been serving on the Saturday night coffee bar team for some time now. She's someone who embodies commitment and dedication while having a blast! We want to acknowledge her this week for going above and beyond. She’s been spending some extra time shopping & making sure our coffee bar is fully stocked, clean and ready for you & our guests each weekend. Jenn you ROCK! 

WE LOOOOOVE CLOVIS LEADERS!

Wonderful Leaders! We absolutely appreciate each one of you! Thank you for taking the time to visit the Blog today and resource yourself as a leader on our Campus.         

GOD ENCOUNTER: DECEMBER 2013

This weekend is going to be HUGE!

Matthew Barnett, all the way from the Dream Center in Los Angeles and Samuel Rodriguez, from Sacramento will be with us this weekend, and we are expecting God to move in a mighty way! 

Also, our very own Pastor Randy Hand will be with us this Sunday morning and you won't want to miss out on what GOD has in store for you. We’re asking you that as leaders you aggressively INVITE! There will be food vendors and even big gift card giveaways in these services—plenty of bribing material :).

Matthew Barnett: Saturday @ 6pm           

Pastor Randy: Sunday @ 10:00am

Samuel Rodriguez: Sunday @ 6pm

Let’s continue to allow God’s Kairos to invade our Kronos (tic, toc, tic, toc) and seize all the moments He has for us!

Recruit ONE.

We want the people of Celebration to get connected to Volunteering! We are 100% sure, you all have an amazing story about how volunteering has helped you, and we want that to be the experience for everyone that attends here. With your help, by RECRUITING ONE, we can not only double our current volunteer base but we can have many “amazing stories” at our church.

And just a reminder, we will be updating the “Recruit ONE Top 10” list, to notify those who have been recruiting more than one person, and who is in the race for the $100 grand prize! Thank you all for participating in this campaign, we appreciate you all so much!

WHERE DO  I START?

Do you want to grow and develop your relationship with Christ? I think we can all answer yes to that question, but some of us may not know how to practically do that, so that’s why we created STARTING POINT.

Starting Point provides you with an opportunity to discover how to mature your relationship with Christ, at whatever stage it is currently in. Here you will be given tools and the resources necessary to bring growth in your spiritual walk. And not only will you learn, but you'll have fun doing it! (The complete opposite of high school) 

This class will be held next Tuesday night, December 10^th, at 6:30pm to 8pm. It’s not 6 weeks or a year long commitment, it’s only ONE time! Take the time to grow your relationship with Christ! 

Food and childcare will be provided.

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK

DARYL THOMPKINS!!!

Daryl faithfully serves on the Greeting Team for our Clovis Campus. The positive energy, awesome attitude, and fun personality that Daryl brings to our church every week, is greatly appreciated by us all. Besides Greeting, Daryl is always ready to go above and beyond to serve and help out in any way he can. He is such an encouragement and help on our campus, and as a staff we are so excited to move FORWARD with this awesome guy!

Thank you so much Daryl for all you do! We love and appreciate you greatly! 

Clovis Leaders

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

The Clovis Team can’t begin to express how thankful we are for each one of you! --But we took a shot at it:

“Gi and I are so thankful to call you family. We believe that this Thanksgiving will be full of Kairos moments. Thank you for all you do! We love you!”

- Pastor Lance & Gi

“I’m so thankful for all your desire and dedication to serve. We could not make the impact we make without you. Thank you!”

- Miguel

“I’m more thankful for you than a turkey is for a vegetarian on Thanksgiving!”

- Sherissa

“I’m so thankful for your commitment and passion that you come with every weekend!”

- Brandi

“We are so thankful for all the hard work and energy you guys pour out every weekend!”

- Joe & Shawnee

“Thank you Clovis Leaders for being so stinkin’ awesome ALL the time!!! We love you are so thrilled that we get to build the kingdom of God with you! Eat a ton and have a great time with your friends and families!”

- Jacob

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK

LUCAS RIANTO!

Lucas is a part of our Lounge Team where he faithfully serves with his WHOLE heart! He seems to bring the Coffee Bar area alive with his warm smile, and helpful service. He puts in “above and beyond” effort every chance he gets and is a key player in the success of his team. Thank you Lucas for your time and energy that you put in to making Celebration a wonderful place to be every weekend- the Clovis team greatly appreciates you!!!

--Oh! And I forgot to mention- Ladies, Lucas is single! What a great catch that guy is!

We just want to say a BIG...

THANK YOU!

 

We just wanted to take a moment to say thank you! 

Thank you for your faithfulness!

Thank you for your time!

Thank you for your commitment!

Most of all thank you for helping us make this the best church around!

We appreciate each and every one of you more than we have words to describe!  We truly believe we have the BEST volunteers in the universe!  We love you and know that we wouldn’t be who we are without you.

Here is a clip of Pastor speaking to us this Tuesday as our morning prayer was concluding- this is 12 minutes that will rock your world!!

KAIROS MOMENT

This is your moment folks!  Each and every one of you have the opportunity to bring some radical change to your lives and potentially your loved ones lives in theses 30 days! It is safe to say that each one of us would like to change something, but many of us don’t even know where to begin.  Here’s how to... 

SEIZE YOUR OWN KAIROS MOMENT!

What do you need to do to seize it?

There are many ways to seize it, but a practical easy step is to WRITE OUT those things that God has purposed in your heart. This helps solidify and clarify what you are applying faith to, and is a continual reminder of what those things are.

Our encouragement to you is to declare them each and everyday, and couple them with scripture as well. Every time God brings them to your head, confidently thank Him that they are done and that He is working on your behalf!

(This is something that our staff is doing!)

It’s beginning to look a lot like CHRISTMAS...

When Christmas comes around here at Celebration it looks like an incredible opportunity for our CHRISTMAS OUTREACH!  We are pumped up to be able to share the multiple, that’s right we said multiple opportunities, we have available this holiday for you to get involved with.

Salvation Army Angel Tree Program

Reaching outside the four walls of the church is a key factor in making Celebration who we are.  We are partnering with the Salvation Army Angel Tree Program, formerly known as the Star Tree Program.  We will be able to provide a gift for children and teens in our city.

Celebrate Family

Family is what we are!  Family takes care of each other.  This is your opportunity to bless the people in our own Celebration community with to chance to provide a monetary donation to make it a wonderful Christmas for them and their families.

Celebrate Neighbors

Celebration is adopting a school in our community! Students that may not receive a gift this year will be able to with this outreach.  You will be able to sponsor an elementary school student from a school nearby our campus.  Stay tuned for more details!

Again, we are not forcing anyone to be involved with these outreaches, nor are we expecting everyone to participate in all of these either. These are just great opportunities to share the love of Christ to others!

These Outreaches will be kicking off the weekend of November 30^th (Weekend after Thanksgiving). 

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK

ANTHONY HERNANDEZ!

Anthony is an amazing, fun leader on our campus! He is a part of the Parking Team and has been a huge help to making that team successful every weekend. Anthony’s joy and great attitude is contagious! He goes about the campus bringing smiles to everyone and is an ATMOSPHERE CHANGER! Besides bringing an awesome contributor before and after services, his passion also transcends into service. His love for God is evident in everything he does and we are so thankful that Anthony is a part of our team! Thank you Anthony for being a leader of love and excellence, we value and appreciate you! 

CLOVIS LEADERS

KAIROS MOMENT

Pastor Randy’s message this weekend was awesome. How about INCREDIBLE!  30 days!!  Everything can change in 30 days!  This word was for each and every one of us.  What have you determined to see change in 30 days? Whatever it is that you are in faith for to see God change… keep striking.  Don’t just tap at them… strike with all you got!  Stand on the word that was given, believe, and release your faith to see the change in 30 days. 

LET’S GET PEOPLE CONNECTED

Do you know the ways to connect people to the life of the church? Here are the things that you can point them to:

·      CELEBRATION EXPOSED- Once a month, following our Sunday morning service, the staff hosts a free lunch for people that are new to Celebration. As they sit, relax, and build relationships, they’ll get the opportunity to hear what Celebration is all about and what we have to offer.

·      STARTING POINT- Come and discover how to practically develop your relationship with Christ.  This class will provide anyone that comes with resources, you have time to ask questions, meet the some of the staff, and enjoy some food while you’re there. This class is HIGHLY encouraged for everyone, volunteers included!

·      WATER BAPTISM- Water Baptism is the next step of obedience after receiving Christ into your life. Throughout the year, we offer everyone the opportunity to take part in this life-changing moment. Instruction on what Baptism is, and how it affects you takes place prior to being baptized.

·      VOLUNTEERING- You should be an expert on this one! Share with others what God has been doing in your life as a result of serving and point people to our Interest Card. We’ll take care of them from there!

CHRISTMAS

Like or not, Christmas is in the air!  We want you to join us as we prep for this exciting, fun, joyful time because it really is one of the best times of year.  Let’s do this season united.  Join us in helping make this Christmas the best one yet!

Here is a sneak preview…

·      WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 21 &  22:  This is the weekend our Christmas production will take place.  Stay tuned for specific times.

·      CHILDREN- We need your help!  This year our kids have the opportunity to participate in our Christmas program! You can find a flyer with all practice times as well as the signup sheet at the Connection Point.

·      DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A HANDYMAN?  If that is you, we really could use your help. We need assistance in prop building for the production.  Please look to the connection point for more information.

·      ANY COSTUME DESIGNERS?  If you are blessed with expertise in this trade we would love for you to get involved in our production as well. Costume designers are essential in making this production top notch.  Head to the connection point for more information.

·      CHRISTMAS OUTREACH: Celebration is committed to serving the people in our community.  Thank you for helping us make that vision possible. We are excited to reach the hurting in our community and help them have a wonderful Christmas season. Stay tuned for all the details surrounding our Christmas Outreach.

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK

TAMMY HERNANDEZ

Tammy Hernandez is doing an AMAZING job in the KIC classroom, and is passionate about taking care of the Celebration kids. She is always willing to serve whenever needed. Serving has brought her closer to God she plays a huge role in the KIC Team. Thank you Tammy for all you do and your commitment to seeing our campus flourish! We love you!