»Stop Inviting People to Church!

Join me this Sunday at Starting Point!
We will be teaching the third and last lesson of this Evangelism Series:
"Celebrate When You Bring Them!"

Time: 10 AM

Place: Starting Point Church
Aldine Mail Route Rd. and Airline Rd.

We will be jamming out with worship songs to God and having an awesome time with the people that make up Starting Point.

Message me or just Email me for more information at: tony.villatoro@hotmail.com

Let's Celebrate!

»STARTING POINT HIGHLIGHTS!

We had an awesome service Sunday morning. We are still on the series: "STOP INVITING PEOPLE TO CHURCH... START BRINGING THEM!"
The message title was: "BE THE CHURCH!"

It really is an awesome experience to preach at Starting Point. Things are looking way better and I believe that Jesus will bring growth to this Church...

More than the message... we had a good time. Here are some highlights!

• The music was awesome. Carlo led the band! Wow. It sounded like a concert in there. The last songs really drew people into worship.
• I really like Carlo's energy.
• The children quizzed the audience on Bible Characters. (I could not think of Rahab's name. I tought it was Reba).
• ...so much for being the preacher.
• I saw a couple of guests. Things will move. There will be more in the upcoming weeks.
• I tried the lapel mic... it did not work, but we palyed it off real good. Nobody noticed... I think. We will get that down next time.
• There ws a young lady that needed prayer. The doctors found a cyst on the left side of her brain. We prayed for her. Please keep her in your prayers.
• Everybody ate the doughnuts in the Connection Room.
• ...I think it was the band. I know it was the band.
• Wow! Russell is really a great help in the Sound Department. What a guy! I appreciate him.
• The fall festival is this Friday. It will be a success.
• Russell put some signs around the area of the church already.

»Starting Point Update!

I am so excited for this Sunday coming up!
Last week was the start of a ne series called: "STOP INVITING PEOPLE TO CHURCH... START BRINGING THEM!"
It was wild!
I loved it! I believe that people learn more when they can digest a certain topic for a number of weeks. I mean, I like preaching "Single" preachings... but, I love preaching in "Series!"

Anyways, The Series got off to a good start... So good that someone came up to me after the service and aked me about making props for the series... Huge Stop Signs... That was awesome!

Although I am just helping out in the pulpit at Starting Point, I love hearing people's responses after the service. There are about 35 people there, and I am believing that God will bless the Church with growth.

If we do our part, God will do His.

We need to get ready. We need to get organized. We need to get in place.

When we get ready, Jesus will bless.

If you don't have a system set in place, you will not be able to manage the growth that He will bring to you.

The band is awesome. Church of Champions (the Home Church), got this band from Canzion to come and play every Sunday. There are about 5 guys and they can jam out!!!

I am dead serious! They are something else...

I am Super Excited!
Did I just say Super?!
I think I did... I simply cannot wait for this Sunday to continue this Series!

Pray for Starting Point.
Pray for me.
Pray for an Awakening and Revival.

»CHURCH OF CHAMPIONS PROJECT!!!

Church of Champions will be doing some major things in the future. I just cannot wait for the next step.
This Church has a leadership team that are always thinking about what to do next to impact people and make a difference in their lives so they can go out and live a victorious life.

Check out this poster that they came up with.

It is about to blow up!
In a good way, of course...

»Dorcas?

About time someone voted for Dorcas on the "Who is your favorite Bible Hero?" Poll. It took a couple of days for someone to vote for her... There are still some weirdos in this world. Mission accomplished. Hehe. Just Kidding.

Poor Dorcas.

»Starting Point again!

Oh, how I love Jesus! Once again, Jesus has opened the doors for me to go preach at Starting Point Church. I went there 3 weeks in arow, and absolutely loved it. I know that it is a church that is about to experience one of the greatest moves of God... I just know it. I have been thinking about the people there... and I pray for them.

I appreciate the opportunity that Pastor Hutchins and Pastor Grigsby over at Church Of Champions have given me to go over and preach... It shows trust and I am thankful for that.

I believe Jesus will be there. I believe people will learn and apply His word. I am believing the community surrounding that little church on Aldine Mail Rd. will start experiencing God moments like never before.

Pray for me.
I am thankful.

»Leap for Joy! (Dancing in Church-Part 2)

Ok... after the post on dancing... I was meditating on some other things concerning the topic. I am careful enough not to make it a huge deal. You simply cannot make a doctrine out of the topic. It is a mistake to say that you MUST dance in worship services... but just know that if you go to a church service and the music is moving... well... MOVE!

If you go to a football game, and your team is winning, you will NOT take your laptop to watch a movie, you will cheer!
If you go to a concert, and you know the songs, you will NOT lie down and go to sleep... you will sing the songs!
If you go to church, and they are jamming with church songs, you will NOT just sit there... you will clap, dance, MOVE!
Geez.

One last thing... I always try to look at what the Scripture says about anything. I mean, the Bible is our "map."

There is a story that you are very familiar with... It is found in Acts 3:1-10. Read it. Come on you know you need to read the Bible.

"1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.
2 And a man who had been lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.
3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms.
4 But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, "Look at us!"
5 And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.
6 But Peter said, "I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene--walk!"
7 And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.
8 With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God;
10 and they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him."

Enough said. Just recognize this.

There is a lot of people that sit in church... it is "Beautiful,"The songs, the message, the peopel... "Beautiful," but they are still sick, depressed, and cannot walk. And when Jesus comes into your life and you receive healing... I promise you... you will be filled with joy... enough to go into the church and leap (dance) with praise in your lips.

Speaking for myself, I dance a liitle bit. Not as much as I used to when I was 15 years old and worship services lasted more than 4 hours... I'm not kidding about that.
I don't dance as much, but I tell you that I still worship. Just because I dance less does not mean that I do not worship... Don't be like the Pharisees. Be real with yourself and with God.

Let me check you out when you are at the restaurant and Marc Anthony comes out of the jukebox singing, "Valio la Pena.."
Whoops. Some are already saying I'm worldly.

Go pray.
For me.
Hehe.