It Was A Great Party...

Sunday night we did something we have never done before- we went off campus and had a fancy party. By all accounts, Married Life Live was a big success. It was a dress up affair, and most of the guys cleaned up pretty well.

The party was the end to the message series, I Do- Again. A combination date night, dinner party, dance, and fun program, it ended with an opportunity for couples to renew their marriage vows.

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Here is a little sample of the fun.

Golf Junkie Preacher

How much better does it get? One Sunday recently, I got up at 4:30 am to pray and prepare for my message later that morning. At 6:00 am the British Open telecast began, and the old geezer Tom Watson was positioned to make golfing history. I tell you, from 6 to 9 am I was glued to the TV, and I had to force myself to get into the car and head to the church for our Worship Gathering. I hate to admit it, but that morning I was like a lot of you about heading to "work" - there was something else on my mind.

There I was, riding down the road, Becky beside me, still thinking about Tom Watson maybe making golf history. Still thinking about something other than what was about to happen at Argyle.

A song came on the radio, and it's hard to put into words what happened. Chris Tomlin was singing a new arrangement of an old hymn- I Stand Amazed. As I listened to that song, my heart melted. Tom Watson and the British Open were no longer on my mind. The words of that old hymn led me to the foot of the cross, and right there in our car I experienced real worship.

The bible has a lot to say about idols. On that Sunday morning God used a contemporary artist singing an old song to kick over a few of this preacher's idols, to move his mind from the earthly to the eternal.

"I stand in the presence of Jesus the Nazerine,
and wonder how he could love me,
a sinner, condemned, unclean."

Ken Dyal

Town Hall For Hope...

Dave Ramsey's Town Hall For Hope is tonight (Thursday, April 23) at 8:00 pm.

We have spent hours testing the technical pieces- they are doing 90 minutes of live streaming video from the venue at LifeChurch.tv in Oklahoma to over 6,000 locations in every state and every Canadian province. It is possibly the largest internet broadcast in history.

Argyle is one of 18 churches in Greater Jacksonville hosting the event. Everyone is welcome to come to hear this message of financial hope. Dave is even going to be accepting questions from participants all over the country- we will have a live internet link to send questions from our audience- maybe one of ours will be selected!

Doors are open at 7:15, and the live broadcast begins at 8:00. Come out and bring your friends and neighbors to this great free event.

Check it out...

Check out some video from the Unleash Conference...

David and Hal at the Unleash Conference at NewSpring Community Church in Anderson, SC.

A New Series...

Pastor Ken is finished with "The Eleventh Hour and will begin a new series, "3-1-6." Let's listen to him explain a little about the new series.

Remember, if you have missed any of Pastor Ken's previous messages, they are online, both audio (since May, 2007) and video (since January, 2009).

A new tool... or is it a new toy?

Guys are into toys and technology. But, so is our whole society. So, we have a new toy, or as we prefer to think of it- a new tool to reach people and get them engaged.

Beginning this week, we will ambush Pastor Ken and the other staff members and ask them to contribute a thought or two- check back often for the latest updates.

Hal Hunter