Up and running!

Brother Nick, Brother Rob and Pastor Ray have been working on a church website and it is now up and running. It is totally awesome. God anointed them as they worked on it and they did a great job, so check it out and let them know what you think: www.tcogokc.com.

Sister Tammi

Welcome Bro. Nick!

Last night, we were privileged to be able to accept Brother Nick's transfer of membership. Unfortunately, I was dealing with a migraine and forgot my music AND my camera. Fortunately, I remembered the music in time to have my sister grab it on her way out of the house, but...sadly, not in time for the camera. Therefore...I am so sad to say there are no pictures of Bro. Nick being given the right hand of fellowship, but that doesn't mean that we aren't thrilled to finally to be able to claim him as one of our own. Woohoo! We've doubled our membership in four weeks...we seriously need to keep this up.

Welcome Bro. Paul and "Games People Play"

Welcoming Brother Paul as our newest member.

In the background, you hear the Spinners singing "Games People Play" while the pastor begins to pull games out of a box. Some may think that they've walked into the wrong place...but there is a point to all of this. How do we treat our service to God?

Some treat their service to God like a game of Yahtze. They roll the dice and see what they get, hoping they can fill in all the boxes before the game ends.

Some treat their service to God like a game of Uno. Hoping to pull all of the wilds and to miss all the draw fours.

Some have "Aggravation" while serving God and can't seem to get beyond it. If they aren't feeling the aggravation, they are causing others to feel it.

In his best Chinese voice: "Chinese Check-ahhhhs". Always trying to out-maneuver their brother or sister.

We treat God and our service to God like a game. We take Him out when we need or want something, then when we've satisfied that want/need, we put the lid back on the box and shove Him to the back of the closet and then wonder why our lives aren't blessed, why the Church isn't being blessed, why the Holy Ghost isn't moving in our services. We want to serve according to our own desires not according to God's desires.

Bottom line: Stop playing games with God and your eternity because when the game is over...you are out of time and will be lost.