Tuesday, May 11, 2010

new video coming

I'll be shooting a new little video for the home page of our website this morning.  Hopefully, it will be up later today.  You can look at our website here, even though the welcome video on the home page is old :) 

If you happen to be looking for a way to contribute to the cause, we could really use a small video camera to shoot this kind of stuff.  We're working with borrowed stuff right now and I'd like to do that for as short a term as possible.   $300 will set us up with what we need.  If you would like to help,  just click here.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

Monday, May 10, 2010

podcast is up and running

Looks like our podcasting system is up and running.  You can subscribe via RSS or i-Tunes here.  For now, we are only posting audio messages, but may go to video in the future.  Let us know if you would benefit from video podcasts.

Next live service is on Sunday, June 6 at the Cinemark.  Get all the info at our website.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

Thursday, April 29, 2010

what a difference a day makes

It's funny how the thing you love can become the thing you hate.  The last few weeks have been very intense.  Mostly planning, meetings, traveling, speaking, raising money . . . all for our new church.  I love this church.  I put my heart and soul into it daily.  But, from time to time, I just get full.  I hit a wall.  I don't want to think, hear or talk about the church.

That's where I got to on Tuesday this week.  It hit me quickly and hard, but by Tuesday evening, I did not want to do one more thing or think one more thought about Freedom Valley Church.  Going to bed on Tuesday, I dreaded Wednesday morning.  The office was a mess and there were 1001 things to do before this weekend's service.

What a difference a day makes; a day with God, that is.  Yesterday morning I knew it was time to disconnect from all the "to dos" and reconnect to the one who can do anything of real value.  I needed a day to live my life and enjoy my God.  I read, I prayed, I wrote some notes in my journal, I got Mexican food, I got ice cream.  Then it happened.  The wall went away.  I felt all my love and vision and energy come back.

As I write this from my messy office, where there are still 1001 things to do, I feel rested and excited about the things I hated yesterday.  What a difference a day makes . . . when you spend it with God.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

Sunday, April 11, 2010

first monthly service is in the books

Last Sunday (Easter Sunday - April 4), Freedom Valley Church held our first public monthly service.  Hey, I'm probably biased, but I think it was a great success.  Our team was absolutely outstanding and we even met a few new friends along the way!  You can watch the full-length video of that service here (about 55 minutes).  It's not edited at all and was even compressed some, so it's not the greatest quality you'll ever see, but it is the start of something that God has stirred many a heart toward.  And that's saying something!

Our next monthly service is May 2 - same time, same place.  Cinemark @ 71st and 169 - 10am.  Hope to see you there!

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

Thursday, April 1, 2010

We're Open This Weekend!

Looking for a place to go to church or invite your friends to this Easter? Come on out to the Cinemark on 71st and 169 this Sunday at 10am and be part of Freedom Valley Church's first public service. You can get more info on the church at www.freedomvalleytulsa.com

Saturday, March 20, 2010

service tomorrow morning

Our team is doing our second practice service at my house tomorrow morning.  It's the whole thing . . . worship, connection cards, offering, preaching, children's ministry.  It's not public.  It's just for our team to try out doing what we'll do when we open publicly.  We did it last week and we learned a lot.  Looking forward to learning even more tomorrow. 

It's just two weeks until we hold our first monthly public service at the Cinemark Theaters.  Mark your calender.  Sunday, April 4 @ 10am we officially begin our teaching series entitled "Primal".  It's subtitled "rediscovering your Christianity".  If you want to reexamine your relationship with God or start one new, I would love to talk with you about the primal essence of Christianity.

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

March Newsletter is out!

Just click here to check out what's happening at Freedom Valley in Tulsa!

Jason Fitch - Lead Pastor