Connection, Continuation, & Communion

This Sunday I went to Eastview Church in Normal, Illinois again.   I actually had gone set up with a guy to meet after the first service to talk about connecting in their young adults program.   I stayed up a little late Saturday night, so I went for second service, but go there a half an hour early to meet this guy.   He shared how the young adults program is new (as in the last 2-3 years) and they currently have three to four hundred people in 40 different groups involved.   At first I thought that he made a mistake in those numbers, but then I remembered that this church has like six thousand people - it's a big church.   Anyways this guy share a bit more about the church and the program and then asked what my school/work schedule was so he could find me a group that meets at a time that I'd be able to make.   He found one, and connected me to the leader of the group.  The group of guys meets on Friday nights, I think at the leader's house - I'm not sure about that yet.   The ages of the guys in the group range from 18-30 (or some number around there), including the leader.  I am hoping to get connected with them and move on from there.    I am still praying about it, but thus far I have felt peace about remaining at Eastview Church for the time being.  

The Service was also really good.   Funny thing is, when I first came to Eastview back in Oct or Nov 2017, it was the first week the church had started going through the book of Joshua.   Last Sunday the were finishing up Chapter 6 of the book of Joshua, and this past Sunday we started Chapter 7.   I was told that we will be going through the book of Joshua for the rest of 2018 and maybe more into 2019.   They take their study's slow and dig deep.  And I really like this.  We actually started this past Sunday a 4-week sermon series on Achan - the man who took some silver and items from Jericho and buried them under his tent (Joshua 7).  

I also found that Eastview has a bit different process of Communion (at least different than any church I've been in).  They do Communion every Sunday, and I believe it is to keep us in constant reminder of Christ and what He did for us.  

At the end of the service this past Sunday the pastor transitioned the end of his message into a time of worship and prayer.  He invited people to come up front for prayer.  I wasn't planning to go up, but I kept feeling this tug on my heart.  I asked God what I should ask for prayer for.  So I ended up going up for prayer to be able to let go of a number of things that have been stressing me out, to let go of things that are holding me back, to let go of weight that I've been carrying that is not mine to bare.    It was quite releasing - Thank you God! :)