A Great Friday

Today, Elevation did something that yet again impressed me (something I have come to expect from them). This morning when I checked Pastor Steven's blog there was an anouncement that said that today at noon, the staff of Elevation would be taking communion and would be streaming it live for the public. When I followed the link I saw that the program they were using was one that I signed up for myself just yesterday (you can see it on the right side of the page). It allows for a chat to take place with the viewers while the owner transmits a live video feed.

When noon rolled around my students were taking a quiz so I pulled out my headphones and tuned it. Pastor Steven popped up and began to talk about how we can't overlook the importance of Easter this week, and in order to truly appreciate Easter we must reflect on the events of today, Good Friday. Quoting Isaiah 53 he discussed that the worst pain that Jesus felt wasn't in the physical death but in the spiritual seperation from the Father.

Following that he presented communion and a time to pray and reflect. All I had were some cinemon Honey Combs and some Diet Dr. Pepper which I used to join with them. The spirit of reflection and communion stands. This weekend the church is having 10 services at 3 campuses and have really pushed for using this as a weekend to bring in friends and family. So many times we only see Easter as a time for Christians, which it certainly is, but what better time is there to spread the message of the hope we profess? Because of that, he asked everyone to give the name of somebody that they hope to reach this weekend and who the church could be praying for. During this time one of their worship leaders came out and played "Jesus Paid it All."

The whole thing only lasted 15 or so minutes but it was awesome. It was great to be able to take a few minutes out of my busy day to take communion and reflect on the freedom Jesus has granted me through His death and resurrection. It was so cool also to get to take part in that with people from all around the world. Many of them were from the local Elevation church family but not all, and getting to share in that was great. I thought the whole idea was awesome.

Any thoughts?