Good evening on this Friday, April 13th. I am writing this blog on Friday instead of Saturday this week.
What tremendous services we had over Easter weekend. Here are the stats:
(1) Our attendance was 1678, in spite of rain on Saturday and schools have spring break during Easter this year.
(2) At least 10 people dedicated or rededicated their lives to Christ.
(3) 129 new families visited our church Easter weekend.
(4) 70 families were first-time ever attenders at Edgewood.
(5) Many folks called, mailed, or e-mailed us saying it was the best Easter service they had ever attended.
(6) Kudos were given for the dramas, staging, videos, and sound effects, especially the stone rolling away of the stone.
(7) The many hundreds of Edgewooders who served in every capacity did an outstanding job in every way, nursery, children's workers, and adult servers all.
(8) The flow of traffic and parking were excellent for all services.
(9) The musicians were at their best.
(10) Tens of thousands of people saw our ads on TV and many made favorable comments about them.
(11) One member brought 30 visitors to the Easter services after inviting nearly 80 people.
(12) Our facilities were especially neat and presented well inside and out.
Thank you Edgewood for a job well done, all of you good and faithful servants.
Your proud and grateful pastor,
Mel Brown