We start a new sermon series this Sunday, Sept. 20, one with a FaceBook theme:

friended by God: if God is everywhere, isn't He on facebook?

It seems that nearly everyone I know is on FaceBook now.  Some people aren't even checking their email anymore.  If you want to reach them, you better be a "friend" so you can contact them through FaceBook.

People accumulate hundreds of friends in this online community, and it is a good way to keep up with people you rarely see.  If you reach a certain point, you can't add any more friends.  You have to start adding "fans."  I'm nowhere near that number of friends on FB.

When you get a "friend request" on FB, we say that you have been "friended."  Then you have to make a choice.  There are two options: confirm or ignore.

That's a decision each of us has to make when we are "friended" by God, when He reaches out, gets our attention and asks us to become His friend.  Will you confirm?  Or will you ignore?

Bring your friends to hear the message this Sunday--not all your FB friends, but the real live friends you actually know and spend time with. 

As for those FB friends, why don't you let them know about the message series that starts this week, with a focus on their favorite online community.  Who knows?  Maybe some of them will show up, too.  I'll see you Sunday.