Easter Recap and Sunday Night Worship: Coming this Fall

Easter Recap 

Earlier this week I was reflecting on our four Easter worship experiences. It was an incredible day that began in the dark on a residential property overlooking our future church campus. Six hours later, the trailer was being pulled away from Millard West. During the morning 1,300 people worshipped God and celebrated that when Jesus touches dead things they become alive again. This is an increase of 46% over last year!

Sunrise over Omaha

Two reasons exist for this: 

1) The Water’s Edge is a church consisting of the most committed, compassionate, and creative people I know. Many people and families volunteered all morning. Others volunteered for an hour. Some played music. Others held babies, passed out bulletins, served donuts, unloaded stuff, loaded stuff, directed traffic, and ran sound and media equipment. Whenever the people of the church have been challenged to rise to the occasion—you all have not only met the challenge—you have exceeded it with excellence. 

2) WE have some great people and WE have an even greater God. His faithfulness and generosity are abundant. His grace is sufficient. And, He has even greater plans for our future together. 

During the sunrise service, I looked over all the people who were singing and watching the sunrise over Omaha. I looked down at our future property and was thinking in a few years it will be Easter. The parking lots will be full of cars, our sanctuary and gathering areas will be full of people, and the property will be full of excitement.

Harpist Kimberly Meyer and bass player Jeff Kahler

Sunday Night Worship – Coming this Fall 

On Monday evening, April 1st, (this isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke!) the leadership team and the staff voted unanimously to start a Sunday evening worship service beginning this fall. Here is what we know: a) We will have the same message on Sunday evening as Sunday morning although the style of worship will mostly likely be a little different, b) We will reach new people who aren’t able or willing to come on Sunday mornings, c) We will be providing another worship option for those have activities or are travelling on Sunday mornings, d) The new worship service will have very little impact on what happens on Sunday mornings, and e) We don’t want this worship service to disrupt any small groups—if your small group meets on Sunday night—keep meeting on Sunday night Sunday works best. 

If you are interested in serving on a leadership team to help launch this service—let us know by emailing jennie@watersedgeomaha.com. Our first meeting is going to be in the next few weeks. You will be on the ground floor of something that is going to be great. 

The best is yet to come… 

Craig