CONNECTED is our brand-new Midweek Revolution series for the month of October 2009. The premise behind CONNECTED is very simple – over the course of 4 weeks we are going to be talking about practical ways to get more connected to God in prayer than we’ve ever been. We’re going to challenge some preconceived notions about prayer and present some real steps to developing a powerful and sustainable prayer life.

Already, only one week into it, CONNECTED has been one of the most well-received and talked-about series we’ve done at Solid. Our students are updating us with the progress they’re making in their prayer lives, and at our first event during this series “The_LINK – Student Prayer”, there was a noticeable difference in our corporate prayer.

Because CONNECTED been such a good thing for us, we wanted to make our resources on this series available to everyone. We’re blessed to have a great team of contributers and creatives at Solid, and we don’t want to keep what God has given us to ourselves.

In this resource pack, you’ll find all of our artwork including the series graphic .PSD source file, a powerpoint slide and handouts, as well the first message notes in the series. In the upcoming 3 weeks, we will be posting the remaining message notes. Hopefully all of the resources will be a blessing to your student ministry in some way, shape or form. Feel free to use any or all of these resources in anyway. If you like what you see, feel free to drop us a line with a comment on this blog post. Have fun, and stay CONNECTED.

Click on the icons to download the file.

CONNECTED GRAPHIC – SOURCE FILE (80 MB)

CONNECTED MEDIA SLIDE (1.5MB)

CONNECTED HANDOUT (10 MB)

CONNECTED PART ONE: “REBOOT” MESSAGE NOTES

Scope out the design for our new T-Shirt. Coming March 2009.

Whasup all my SOLID​S?​!​

It’s been awhil​e since​ we’​ve posted (you all need to get on TWITT​ER & FACEB​OOK fo sho!​)​,​ but I wante​d to remin​d you all of our TMR (The Midwe​ek Revol​ution​)​ BRAND​ NEW SERIE​S for Febru​ary 2009:​

HOW HE LOVE US

It’s going​ to be great​ talki​ng about​ the inexp​licab​le and total​ly mind-​boggl​ing but absol​ute TRUTH​ that GOD LOVE US. OH HOW HE LOVES​ US!

OH HOW HE LOVES​ US.

When we’​re good,​ when we’​re bad, when we’​re up, when we’​re down,​ when we stink​,​ when we smell​ good,​ when we get good grade​s,​ when we fail P.​E.​,​ when we smile​,​ when we hurt.​.​.​

OH HOW HE LOVES​ US.

I feel the Holy Spiri​t as I write​ these​ words​.​

OH HOW HE LOVES​ US.

See you all at 737pm​ every​ Wed night​ in The Annex​.​

Love, Peace​,​ More Love.​

-BroDa​vid

Come one, come all to Solid’s last event of 2008!

The Kinda-Sorta-Formal-Christmas will feature:

-Catering by L&L Hawaiian Food

-Solid Youth Band rocking some classic Christmas tunes

-Games & loads of fun

See you in the annex @ 7:30 tonight!

Change. One word. So many possibilities.

The world has spoken louder and more clearly than ever before. They want change. They are looking for change. They are looking for that change that existed in the Book of Acts. 

The change that happened when everyone gave, no matter how much or how little they had, they gave. And needs were met. And lives were changed.

The change that happened when the church acted.

Join us in January for our brand new Midweek Revolution teaching series: CHANGE.

The Midweek Revolution.  Wednesdays @ 7:37.

We’ll see you in The Living Room.

Change is coming.

James 1:27, from The Message: “Real religion, the kind that passes muster before God the Father, is this: Reach out to the homeless and loveless in their plight, and guard against corruption from the godless world.”

Last night I witnessed history. 

Last night I witnessed people dance, shout, rejoice, sing and weep (tantamount to what we Pentecostals would refer to as a “worship service”) all across our country, all across our world, all for one man.

Last night I witnessed interview after interview with ecstatic and rapturous supporters of this man, overwhelmed with intense emotion, preaching a message to anyone listening that this man would bring change and hope and salvation from dismal plights.

I even witnessed one woman named Peggy Joseph, obviously overcome with emotion, but nonetheless sincere in her belief that this man, this one man, would end her financial struggles and provide her with means to buy gasoline and pay her mortgage.

Today I logged on to my many outlets of post-modern connection; MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc, and heard the same themes reinforced by many, many people. This man, this one man, would bring change and hope and salvation from dismal plights.

Today I read comments from young people. Black young people. White young people. Brown young people. Especially Christian young people. And I heard the same themes reinforced. This man, this one man, would bring change and hope and salvation from dismal plights. 

And I was amazed. And I was convicted.

I witnessed a Christian young person write a post on Facebook that this man, this one man, would stop war, end suffering, end selfishness, feed the hungry and SAVE the children.

And I was amazed. And I was convicted. By this man, this one man.

This man named Barack Obama, and all of his hype and hyperbole, convicted me about 2 things:

1.) How out of touch with the needs of society has the church been, that a hurting world finds their hope in this man, this one man? 

2.) But equally as disturbing, how out of touch with the needs of society has the church been that our own young people are beginning to listen to this man, and some of them even beginning to believe that HE is the change, the hope, and the salvation from dismal plights.

This is our wake-up call.

The world has spoken louder and more clearly than ever before. They are looking for a Savior. They are looking for that church that existed in the Book of Acts. The church that fed the homeless, built houses for widows and orphans, welcomed the outcast, helped the poor, provided community. The church where everyone gave, no matter how much or how little they had, they gave. And needs were met. 

It was THE CHURCH that met the needs of the needy in the Book of Acts! Not a politician. Certainly not a smooth-talking, $3,500 suit-wearing American politician. THE CHURCH. The church acted out. Hence the name, ACTS. 

The world is looking for a Savior, and because the church has been silent, Barack Obama has been appointed. But they’ll soon find out that this man, this one man, cannot end war. Cannot end poverty. Cannot end suffering. Cannot end hunger. Peggy Joseph will soon discover that there will come no checks in the mail from the White House earmarked for her gas & mortgage. The same Christian young people who’ve been forced to look outside the Church for change will soon realize that this man, this one man, is just like all the rest… he’s just a man.

But there’s church… 

The church, if we truly were the Church of Acts, we could end hunger. If we truly were the Church of Acts, we could end poverty. If we truly were Church of Acts we could change the world, and give the people what they’re looking for, we could give the people of this world what Barack Obama has promised, but can never fulfill: Hope, Change and Salvation.

And to the young people of the church. The precious, important, irreplaceable young Christians of the church, let’s not forget the latter portion of James 1:27: “…guard against corruption from a Godless world.” Be careful where you place your hope. Be careful of whom you trust with your ideals and your values. Guard against corruption from a Godless world.

I want to change the world with you, but in our quest for change, we must be careful that we not lose sight of the fact that this is a Godless world, and it corrupts. Don’t put your faith in it. Don’t put your hope in it, or it’s slick politicians. Change it, impact it, revolutionize it, LOVE IT, but don’t become it.

Let’s be the church and show the world a Savior. It’s the only real hope, change and salvation, and it’s up to us. This is our wake up call.

David McGovern