Got Any Used Sound Equipment?

An extra piece sitting around your building might be our treasure! We're a new church forming in the New Albany, OH area and are looking to build a sound system from scratch. We've developed a list of things we're looking for and I wondered if you might take a minute, peruse it, and get back to me (andy@clearviewgrace.com) if you have (or have a lead on) a quality piece of used equipment that might fit the bill. We'd be happy to compensate you for the item(s). We're hoping to put something together by Easter, so your input in the next week or so is valuable to us.

To view our wish-list, click here.

Thanks for your help!

Opportunity to Help!

Help Us Invite People To Easter!

Most of you know that ClearView Church is forming in the New Albany, OH area. We're working to gather critical mass and are praying that our Easter gathering will be an important step towards finding launch team members and ministering to our community.
You can help us get the word out!

When:
Saturday, April 4th (anytime!)

What:
Hang door hangers & pray while you walk

How:
Contact Andy Wirt for more information:
614.578.0676; andy@clearviewgrace.com

Happy Birthday, Silas!

We had fun celebrating Silas' 3rd birth day (3/3) on Monday. We took Seth out of school and headed to an indoor water park (Fort Rapids) in south Columbus with Silas' friend Micah (Ward) and "the other Seth" (Mays) and their moms. We had a great time at this wonderful place. Silas enjoyed himself and loved all of his presents, cake, and the extra attention he got on his special day.

We're so thankful for the children God has given us and what a joy they are to our lives. Silas, especially, was a difficult baby, and, with that in mind, it is so awesome to see the pleasant and special young guy he is growing into. He's truly a nice, happy, young boy. Thanks to so many of you that prayed for Silas and all his sicknesses in the first two years of his life.

Silas' birthday is always a reminder for us of God's work in our lives and family. We actually got out some home movies of Silas' first birthday party- which was just a few days after we moved into our home here in Columbus. I just remember feeling so alone and so scared of what was to come in this new journey we were on to begin a new church, from scratch, in a new place. And, now to look back 2 years, and celebrate all God has done- meeting, literally, hundreds and hundreds of people; good, strong ministry presence in the community; a growing team at ClearView; financial provision; and so many answered prayers. We have such a long way to go...but God has been so good. It's fun that our little boy's birthday is a reminder of God's faithfulness!

"God, Make Us Transformists!"

I'm celebrating good things God did for us this past Sunday at ClearView. We were excited to host Kary Oberbrunner, author of the new (Zondervan) book The Fine Line. Kary shared about three types of Christ-followers:

• Separatists separate themselves from the world and "wordly" people or "secular" things for the purpose of maintaining holiness. The problem is that they end up looking like the Pharisees (adding a bunch of rules to Jesus' two commandments- love God and love people) and loose the opportunity to have a significant influence in the lives of those Jesus loves that don't yet know Him.
• Conformists go to the other extreme. They so want to relate to people that don't share a biblical worldview that they dive fully into everything the world offers in order to be "relevant". In the end, they don't look any different from someone that doesn't follow Christ and also loose the opportunity to influence people towards Jesus.
• To the contrary, Transformists walk the fine line. They are "in the world...but not of it." They are vitally linked to those that don't yet know Jesus through showing genuine love. They are used of God to transform culture...by living with both grace and truth in their spheres of influence.

Obviously, at ClearView, we want to build transformists. I was excited for our launch team and many guests to hear this important message.

Other fun and exciting things:

• 47 people were present (our second largest gathering)! I was praying for 50...so we were just a few off.
  
• We used the special circumstances to push the capacity of the room we are in at the YMCA to see how many it would seat. It was a fun time for our people to rally around a big Sunday and work hard to welcome guests and tune up for a fall Grand Opening.
  
• Most important: our team had positive interactions with people that are searching spiritually. In one case, Dan and Katie had the opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with a man that had come into the YMCA to work out. They encountered him in the hallway and had an interesting conversation around spiritual Truth. This is a public blog...so I'll leave it at that...GOD IS WORKING!

Please praise God with us for a special Sunday! Thanks for praying with us!