Abundant Life Church

Two great events are coming this Easter Weekend! Saturday April 7th at 10am ALC will be hosting the Rockin' Egg Hunt. Kids from birth- 5th grade are invited to take part in this massive egg hunt. Not only do we have tens of thousands of eggs we are also giving out prizes included a Nintendo DSi and an iPod shuffle. Be sure to attend this event and make sure you dress like your favorite Rock Star!!!  The raindate is Sunday, April 8th at 9am. For Easter this year at ALC – we are going to NEW Dimension – make that 3 dimensions! ALC is proud to present Easter 3D. Join us for EASTER 3D as we bring the story of Jesus to LIFE with a special message by Pastor John. Two service times are now available for your convenience 9:25am and 10:55am. While students and parents enjoy this life changing 3D event, kids are invited to experience age-relevant classes centered around the Easter message. Mark these items on your calendar... your family does not want to miss this incredible weekend!

Two great events are coming this Easter Weekend! Saturday April 7th at 10am ALC will be hosting the Rockin' Egg Hunt. Kids from birth- 5th grade are invited to take part in this massive egg hunt. Not only do we have tens of thousands of eggs we are also giving out prizes included a Nintendo DSi and an iPod shuffle. Be sure to attend this event and make sure you dress like your favorite Rock Star!!!  The raindate is Sunday, April 8th at 9am. For Easter this year at ALC – we are going to NEW Dimension – make that 3 dimensions! ALC is proud to present Easter 3D. Join us for EASTER 3D as we bring the story of Jesus to LIFE with a special message by Pastor John.. Two service times are now available for your convenience 9:25am and 10:55am. While students and parents enjoy this life changing 3D event, kids are invited to experience age-relevant classes centered around the Easter message. Mark these items on your calendar... your family does not want to miss this incredible weekend!

Easter is quickly upon us and as you may already know it is one of the most attended services of the year. Here at ALC we have several exciting happenings taking place Easter Weekend. Saturday April 7th @ 10am we are having our Rockin Easter Egg Hunt where parents and children can dress up and play rock stars!

On Easter Sunday we are moving to two services you can come at 9:25a and be on with your day at 10:25a or you can come to the second service at 10:55a to 11:55a. Both services are identical just one service will get you out the door and on with enjoying your Sunday, earlier!

Easter this year at ALC will be in 3D! Yes, you read that correctly, 3D. All I can say is you don't want to miss this exceptional presentation of what Easter is all about, and don't worry we are providing the 3D glasses. There will be handouts available soon to give to your friends and neighbors. Stay tuned...

There is something wonderfully powerful about STORIES.

Stories are universal – crossing boundaries of language, culture and age. We can all relate to stories, and it is in the context of narrative that the human heart truly responds. In fact, people have been telling and responding to stories since the beginning of time. It’s how most cultures pass on information from generation to generation.

Interestingly, recent evidence from neurology and psychology is confirming that humans think in narrative structures. Concepts conveyed in story form – more than ideas explained with logic and analysis – imprint themselves naturally into human minds.

It’s why we can remember a book or a film from years back, but can’t remember the PowerPoint we saw 10 minutes ago.

There is something about story (especially a good story) that is able to capture our hearts, our minds, and our imagination.

Now, I believe inside each of us is a deep desire to not only connect to a great story, but to be part of a great story.

A thirst for meaning we can’t always explain. A desire to be part of something bigger than our own lives. Part of something that really matters.

But here’s the problem with living a great story… it’s hard!

People want an interesting life, but the truth is interesting is never easy. Telling a great story with your life requires sacrifice and pain and struggle. It is less like winning the lottery and more like training for a marathon. Happy endings are never just handed out. A great story takes risk and courage.

In fact, without ambition or conflict there simply is no story. It’s boring. And it’s the same in real life.

Unfortunately the story our culture is telling us is the story of comfort and security- “get comfortable so you can avoid pain”. Now, that’s not a terrible story, but it’s really not the greatest either. And of course there is nothing wrong with wanting security and comfort, but it cannot be the main theme of our story. There needs to be something more. Something worth fighting for.

I really believe there is such a yearning in our world, and especially in the younger generation, to be liberated from the mediocrity of safe bets – to be delivered from the prison of triviality that is so rife in our culture.

You were not designed to simply survive life. God didn’t come to make you safe, he came to make you brave.

And so, my prayer for you, as you seek to live out a better story, is that you would embrace risk and be willing to overcome conflict.

This prayer, written in 1886, captures it so beautifully:

“Lord, we do not pray for easy lives. We pray to be stronger men and women. We do not pray for tasks equal to our powers; but for powers equal to our tasks. Then the doing of our work shall be no miracle. But we shall be a miracle. And every day we will wonder at the richness of life, which has come to us through Your incredible grace.”

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