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Published on August 5, 2010 in Announcement, Funatics, Kids and LAUNCH. 0 Comments Tags: Funatics, Kids, LAUNCH, Rev Room.

We are officially LAUNCHING the Rev Room and Tiny Camper’s spaces on August 7/8th. The 2700+ square feet of additional space for our next generation is here and ready! God has given us a great opportunity through LAUNCH for us to accomodate more and more people who are coming to Keystone to experience a passionate life in Christ!

The Rev Room is a multi-use room that opens up space for Starting Point classes, training and most importantly the FUNATICS

FUNATICS FAQs

What is Funatics? A special program, FUNATICS, for the kids (3 years - 4th grade) of volunteers who serve one service and attend the other service.

Who is Funatics for? Kids (3 years - 4th grade) of volunteers who serve one service and attend the other service.

When is Funatics? During our 11:15 am (soon to be 11:00am service on August 21) Sunday services.

Where is Funatics? FUNATICS is in the REV ROOM which is located in the back hallway.

How do I check my child into Funatics? When volunteers who are serving in Camp Keystone, Little Campers, Tiny Campers, Baby Suite or Worship team check in their kids, be sure and mention that your kids are staying for two services and you are checking them in for both our Keystone kids regular program and FUNATICS. You will receive two tags….one for each hour. Our volunteers will transfer your kids to the FUNATICS room before the 9:15 service ends. You will pick them up after the 11:15 service in the REV ROOM.

What will my child experience during Funatics? Our FUNATICS will be doing all kinds of cool stuff that will help them continue to love this church while their parents serve it up for the everyone.

All this has been unlocked by the sacrificial giving of those participating in our LAUNCH journey of expanding our capacity in our vision, facilities and finances. Thank you to all those who have given up so others can go up! If you are interested in learning more about LAUNCH or jumping in on the big vision that God has given Keystone Church check out launch.keystonechurch.com

If you are interested in knowing more about FUNATICS or TINY CAMPERS, contact Jan at jan@keystonechurch.com or call the church office at 817-431-8800.

TINY CAMPERS FAQs

Published on August 5, 2010 in Announcement, Kids and LAUNCH. 0 Comments Tags: Kids, LAUNCH, Rev Room, Tiny Campers.

TINY CAMPERS FAQ

What is Tiny Campers? Tiny Campers expands our Little Campers area by moving the youngest of our Little Campers to a new space.
Who is Tiny Campers for? Toddlers and Two Year Olds
Where is Tiny Campers? Our new Tiny Campers area is located in our back hallway next to the Rev Room
Where do I check my child in for Tiny Campers? We are providing a Check in Station for your convenience in the Tiny Camper’s area. However, you can check your child in at any of our multiple checkin stations throughout our campus.
What will my child experience in Tiny Campers? The Tiny Campers will experience a new and exciting time together as they sing praise/worship songs, learn Biblical truths through Bible Stories, do crafts and have a time of prayer.

If you are interested in knowing more about FUNATICS or TINY CAMPERS, contact Jan at jan@keystonechurch.com or call the church office at 817-431-8800.

The 4th Service is coming BACK at a NEW TIME

Published on August 3, 2010 in Announcement. 0 Comments Tags: 4th Service, MO SEATS 4 YO PEEPS.

It’s an exciting time at Keystone Church as we are experiencing more people than ever join us each weekend! We can all feel the incredible momentum and we’re anticipating that our auditorium will run out of seats during our Sunday services. During the fall, we will have hundreds of new people walk through our doors at Keystone, and we want to make sure that they have every opportunity to experience a passionate life in Christ. Our heart is to never turn away anyone at Keystone just because we’re short on seats. Our solution is for all of us to commit to make more space for the PEEPS!

HOW WILL WE MAKE MORE SPACE?

BRING BACK the 4th Service at 12:30 - We are BRINGING BACK the 12:45 service but at a new time at 12:30 on Sunday afternoon to provide MO SEATS 4 YO PEEPS!
ADJUST Service Times - We are updating our current service times on Sunday to give everyone more options to come and experience the passion of Keystone Church.
BEGINNING SOON - The new service and updated service times will begin August 21st and 22nd.
EXPANDED SPACE - The new Rev Room and Tiny Camper’s spaces are finished and will be opened on August 8th.

HOW CAN YOU GET IN ON THIS?

If you are a member of the Keystone Family, we ask you and your family to make sacrifices so that we can continue to reach the everyone! We are a church that wants to give up so that others can go up. Here is what you can do:

Attend the Saturday 6:00 p.m., Sunday 9:15 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. service. We anticipate 11:00 a.m. being our most popular service for our guests. It is all about the PEEPS, and we need YO SEATS!
Serve the PEEPS at the new 12:30 p.m. service time. Each service is made possible because of the faithful volunteers that make it happen. We need your help in the 12:30 p.m. service. We need our church family and leaders to consider committing to “up your serve” so that we can LAUNCH the 12:30 p.m. service. With our new Rev Room and FUNATICS program, there are outstanding options for your kids that are present for two services making it easier to serve it up. Check out the details HERE
Invite the PEEPS. Pick up some promo cards at the Information center and use them to invite your family, friends or just anyone you come into contact with. A simple invitation could change their life forever!

These are exciting days at Keystone Church as we strive to create more and more opportunity to lead everyone to experience a passionate life in Christ! Do your part and help us provide MO SEATS 4 YO PEEPS!

For more specific questions, please email jbain@keystonechurch.com

REV ROOM/TINY CAMPERS GRAND OPENING

Published on August 2, 2010 in Announcement and LAUNCH. 0 Comments Tags: Funatics, LAUNCH, Rev Room, Tiny Campers.

Ground control to Major Tom…we are officially LAUNCHING the Rev Room and Tiny Camper’s spaces on August 7/8th. The 2700+ square feet of additional space for our next generation is here and ready! God has given us a great opportunity through LAUNCH for us to accomodate more and more people who are coming to Keystone to experience a passionate life in Christ!

REV ROOM & FUNATICS

The Rev Room is a multi-use room that opens up space for Starting Point classes, training and most importantly the FUNATICS. During our 11:15 am Sunday services, there will be a special program for all of our kids of volunteers who serve one service and attend the other service. Our FUNATICS will be doing all kinds of cool stuff that will help them continue to love this church while their parents serve it up for the everyone.

TINY CAMPERS

Tiny Camper’s expands our Little Camper’s area by moving theyoungest of our Little Camper’s to a new space. The new Tiny Camper’s space will be for our Toddlers and Two Year Olds. The Tiny Camper’s will experience a new and exciting time together as they sing praise/worship songs, learn Biblical truths through Bible Stories, do crafts and have a time of prayer.

CHEW ON IT - FACELIFT - PART 4

Published on August 2, 2010 in Facelift and Spiritual Growth. 0 Comments Tags: Bitterness, Chew on It, Facelift, Spiritual Growth.

COUNTENANCE KILLER #3: BITTERNESS

Genesis 31
1 Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all this wealth.” 2 And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before. -NKJV

Are you MEDITATING on a WOUND?

Hebrews 12
14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. 15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.

YOU’RE NUMB

YOU’RE ANGRY

Ephesians 4
26 And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 for anger gives a foothold to the devil.

YOU FANTASIZE ABOUT JUSTICE

Deuteronomy 32
35 I will take revenge; I will pay them back.
36 “Indeed, the Lord will give justice to his people

You don’t FORFEIT JUSTICE, you GUARANTEE IT!

YOUR RELATIONSHIPS ARE SUFFERING

Hebrews 12
15…Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.

Romans12
17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.

19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,
“I will take revenge;
I will pay them back,”
says the Lord.
20 Instead,
“If your enemies are hungry, feed them.
If they are thirsty, give them something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap
burning coals of shame on their heads.”
21 Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.

Ephesians 4
2 Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.

26 And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 for anger gives a foothold to the devil.

1 Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. 32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

STOP wishing for a better past

Once you set your prisoner free…You’ll realize that the prisoner was you

Romans 6
16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.

FACELIFT - PART 4 (Bitterness)

Published on August 2, 2010 in Facelift and Video. 0 Comments Tags: Bitterness, Facelift, Video, Vimeo.

Watch Part 4 of the FACELIFT message series on Bitterness

FACELIFT - Part 4 (Bitterness) from Keystone Church on Vimeo.

BLOOM

Published on July 28, 2010 in Kids. 0 Comments Tags: Bloom, Daughter, Kids, Mom.

Moms leading daughters to a passionate life in Christ!

She’s young, giggly and a treasure from God…and she looks to you to guide her!

Keystone Moms! Grab your girls (1st-6th grade) and join us for BLOOM! Bloom is an exciting journey of moms leading their girls into a passionate relationship with Christ through fun, inspiration, age appropriate lessons, worship, prayer and crafts! Questions, email Jan at jan@keystonechurch.com

Kick-off Date: Tuesday, August 17th at 6:30-8:00pm
Where: The Bohannan Home - 3347 Creek Road Keller, TX 76248
Cost:$10 registration

DUDE-ALITY

Published on July 27, 2010 in Men. 0 Comments Tags: Beatitudes, DUDE-ALITY, Men's Leadership Breakfast.

This August we kick-off our monthly Men’s Leadership Breakfast events and start our new Men’s Leadership series, DUDE-ALITY. DUDE-ALITY will be exploring the Essential Dude Attitudes that were taught by Jesus himself during one of his most famous sermons. This series will challenge us as men to be the dudes that God calls for us to be! DUDE-ALITY will be a full year series that you won’t want to miss.

Our Men’s Leadership Breakfast Events are held at Cowboy’s Golf Club in Grapevine. The food, venue and opportunity to connect is awesome! The breakfast events are on Saturday mornings, begin at 9:00 a.m. and typically run till around 11:00 a.m. Below is the schedule for our upcoming Men’s Leadership Breakfast Events:

Cost: $15

Get all 4 breakfasts for $50

Location: Cowboy’s Golf Club at 1600 Fairway Drive Grapevine, TX 76051

UPCOMING DATES

Saturday, August 21st - 9:00 a.m. - Cowboy’s Golf Club

#1. Essential Dude Attitude - Bankrupt Soul (Speaker: Brandon Thomas, pastor, Keystone Church)

Saturday, September 25th - 9:00 a.m. - Cowboy’s Golf Club

#2. Essential Dude Attitude - Dealing with Pain

Saturday, October 23rd - 9:00 a.m. - Cowboy’s Golf Club

#3. Essential Dude Attitude - Strength Under Control (Speaker: Brandon Thomas, pastor, Keystone Church)

Saturday, November 20th - 9:00 a.m. - Cowboy’s Golf Club

#4. Essential Dude Attitude - Healthy Cravings

Registration deadline is the Wednesday before each breakfast

CHEW ON IT - FACELIFT - Part 3

Published on July 26, 2010 in Facelift and Spiritual Growth. 0 Comments Tags: Chew on It, Facelift, Fear, Spiritual Growth.

Ecclesiastes 8
1…A man’s wisdom makes his face shine,
and the hardness of his face is changed.

FEAR is a COUNTENANCE KILLER

Daniel 5
1 Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. 2 While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. 3 So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
5 Suddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king’s palace, near the lampstand. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote, 6 and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him.

2 Timothy 1
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

Behind every FEAR there is an UNHEALTHY emotional connection to something OTHER than God

The FEAR of MAN

Proverbs 29
25 The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe. -ESV

Isaiah 51
7 “Listen to me, you who know right from wrong you who cherish my law in your hearts. Do not be afraid of people’s scorn, nor fear their insults.

God does not want you to live AFRAID of others

Matthew 10
28 “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul.

Hebrews 13
6 So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”

When Jesus is BIG, our fears are not

BIG GOD = BIG COURAGE
SMALL GOD = SMALL COURAGE

Proverbs 1
33 But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm

Psalm 34
4 I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.

1 John 4
18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear.

Psalm 56
3 But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Replace your SINFUL FEAR with a HOLY FEAR

Hebrews 4
15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

Psalm 111
10 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom.
All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom.

Psalm 112
1 Praise the Lord!
How joyful are those who fear the Lord
and delight in obeying his commands.

Proverbs 14
26 Those who fear the Lord are secure

Ezekiel 34
25 “I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear.

Micah 4
4 Everyone will live in peace and prosperity, enjoying their own grapevines and fig trees, for there will be nothing to fear. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has made this promise!

2 Timothy 1
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

FACELIFT - Part 3 (FEAR)

Published on July 26, 2010 in Facelift and Video. 0 Comments

Watch Part 3 of the message series Facelift

Facelift - Fear (Part 3) from Keystone Church on Vimeo.