Are you ready for this? Easter Weekend is now just over one month away – 35 days to be exact! If you haven’t heard (or you’ve been under a rock), this year we are having 6 services over 3 days: Friday, April 7th, 7pm; Saturday, April 8th, 4:30 & 6pm; Sunday, April 9th, 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am! . This Sunday, be prepared to take home Easter Invite Tools: tickets, invite cards, & yard signs! We have over 200 EasterAtCoastal.com yard signs that we want to saturate Charleston with this year! Pick up several and then strategically place them in neighborhoods, shopping centers, high traffic areas, and intersections. Take a picture of your sign and share it on social media with the hashtag: #easteratcoastal. All of this is designed for you to use to invite your friends to Easter at Coastal this year!
By the way, the tickets are invite tools that we’ve used for many years now with our service times. Obviously, you and your friends don’t need a ticket to attend a service. They’re simply great little invite cards for you to give away. We would however, like to know which of our 6 services you and your friends are planning on attending. So, go to Easter at Coastal and sign up today! Encourage your friends to do the same. That way we can spread everyone out and let you know when a service is reaching capacity (the more people who sign up for Friday & Saturday services the better). Start spreading the word and register today!
Make sure you reach out to your Ministry Leader NOW to let them know when you can serve over the Easter Weekend! Services like these require “all hands on deck.” Consider attending one of the services and then serving at multiple services. If you aren’t serving anywhere right now, Easter is a great time to start! Respond to this email, sign up online, or on your Connect Card on Sunday, and we’ll direct you to a Ministry.
Also, I want to challenge you to give a sacrificial gift, above and beyond over the Easter Weekend. Big days like this incur extra expenses. At Coastal, however, we look at it as an investment – a Kingdom investment, planting seeds to reach our community for Jesus.
So many people are hurting and searching for hope right now. In fact, that’s what our Easter message and series is all about (Romans 8). Let’s do everything in our power to leverage this Easter for Jesus! And as always Coastal, let’s work, share, and invite like it all depends on us. Let’s pray like it all depends on God. And then let’s walk by faith, trust God for the outcome, and celebrate the results! If together we do that, then this will be the best Easter ever!
Tomorrow is one of my FAVORITE days of the month – SATURDAY SERVE!! Be at the church at 8:30am, sign-in, get some coffee, get a Coastal t-shirt if you don’t have one, listen to a “pitch” from one of our GREAT Leaders, pray, and then GO SERVE! It’s that simple and that AWESOME! If you know, you know. If you’ve never been, join us tomorrow and experience it for yourself! I love you Coastal! I love being your Pastor! And I love what we get to do together!
LIFE & LOVE!
Pastor Chris
- UPCOMING OUTREACH PROJECTS:
Coffee & Doughnuts with the Vets at Patriot Villas – TODAY, Friday, March 3rd, 8:30am-11am. Meet at Coastal.
Clothing Team: Our Coastal Clothing Team will be organizing and sorting clothes, TODAY, Friday, March 3rd, 9:30am-11:30am. Meet at 2952 Old Pond Road on Johns Island.
Saturday Serve – The foundation of all of our serving opportunities at Coastal really starts with Saturday Serve – the first Saturday of every month. The next Saturday Serve is TOMORROW, Saturday, March 4th. We meet in the Welcome Center/Cafe at 8:30am, project leaders make a “pitch” for their serving opportunity, and then we serve!
Lowcountry Orphan Relief : Lowcountry Orphan Relief provides support services and aid to meet the needs of Lowcountry children identified as at-risk or suffering from abandonment, abuse and/or neglect. Coastal will be serving there, Friday, March 10th, 9:30am-11:30am. Meet at 1850 Truxton Ave in North Charleston.
Clothing Team: Our Coastal Clothing Team will be organizing and sorting clothes, Friday, March 10th, 9am-11am. Meet at 2952 Old Pond Road on Johns Island.
Double Tailgate Day: Charleston Vets & Joseph Floyd Manor: Saturday, March 11th, 10am-1pm. Meet at the church and then pick which Tailgate you’d like to serve.
Ronald McDonald House Meals That Heal: Saturday, March 11th, 4-6pm. Meet at 81 Gadsden Street, downtown Charleston.
Soldier’s Angels: We’ll be helping with the Veteran’s Mobile Food Distribution, Tuesday, March 14th, 8am-1pm. Meet at 1113 Sam Rittenburg Blvd. (The Elks Lodge).
Patriot Villas Veterans Tailgate & Game Night – We will be putting on a Tailgate for the Veterans at Patriot Villas on Thursday, March 16th, 6-8pm. Meet at Coastal.
Coffee & Doughnuts with the Vets at Patriot Villas – Friday, March 17th, 8:30am-11am. Meet at Coastal.
As always, if you are interested in serving in any of these projects, you can sign up on your Connect Card this Sunday or sign up now on our website. If you have any questions, please reach out to Pastor Chris Jones at 843-870-4613. - If you’re fairly new to Coastal, a great next step is our Newcomers Reception. Our next Newcomers Reception is THIS Sunday, March 5th, in our Chapel immediately following the 11:15am service (at approximately 12:30pm). This is a great way to learn more about Coastal, meet staff and key volunteers, as well as meet some other new people. Childcare & Pizza provided. You can sign up on our website, or sign up on your Connect Card on Sunday.
- On Sunday, March 19th, 5pm-8pm, we’re hosting an IMPACT Evangelism Training Seminar. Childcare and Dinner provided. Come learn practical tools to help equip you to share your story, share your faith, and invite people to church without fear! RSVP on your Connect Card.
- Being a member of Coastal is really about being part of a family. The next Membership Class is Saturday, March 25th, from 9-11:30am. Sign up on your Connect Card and indicate if you’ll need childcare.
- Attention Young Adults! All single, young adults from college age to early 30s are invited to join us this Thursday night, March 9th, at Coastal from 6:30-8:30pm for some volleyball. Doors will open at 6pm for anyone who wishes to bring their own food and hang out with others before.
P.S. Beginning Easter Sunday, April 9th Coastal will be adding a third service permanently! To do this, we MUST HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS especially in Coastal Kidz! If you’ve ever given it any thought, NOW is the time to jump in! Reach out to Janet. She would love to show you around and explain all the different roles and opportunities. And if Coastal Kidz is not for you, there are plenty of other opportunities – Cafe, Security, 1st Impressions, Prayer Team, Tech, and Worship. Go to our website and sign up today! You can also sign up on your Connect Card on Sunday.
