What would it take for you to get back into the UPC???

[stmatthew]

Originally Posted by Sherri

Some....he would travel to the churches for some midweek stuff and occasionally be live on a Sunday. But for the most part, we would hire a campus pastor (we have one now at our newest venue) and they would take care of all the day-to-day pastoral stuff. Eddie would just be the Sunday preacher and all the locations would be hearing the same stuff.

At first, we just saw this done in a more Baptist type setting and the video feed was live. We didn't like that, because it left no room for the Spirit to move in one location or the other. So....we use the 9 AM CD in the 11 AM video venue, because it is actually on location with us (just in another part of the building). That way, they can pop it in whenever they feel like it. When we actually start them in other cities, we will use the CD from the week before.

Right now, we have two venues going on at the same time. Totally different styles of worship ("The Edge" has more guitar-driven, rocky style; "Love and Truth Live" is more contemporary gospel). Eventually, we will have a third venue on site in our new fellowship hall called "The Encounter", if all goes as planned. It will be more traditional Pentecostal in style. Let me tell you, it has saved us a fortune by not having to build another sanctuary yet.

Not sure I care for a man preaching to me every Sunday via CD. I personally believe what one location may need is not always what another needs. One location may need a good teaching, and at the same time the other may need a "hoe down". But I guess they could stop the tape.