Two and a Half Weeks

A good vacation lasts about two and a half weeks.

I wish a tank of gas lasted for two and a half weeks.

Half a month is just shy of two and a half weeks.

Seventeen days is two and a half weeks.

If you walked 25 miles a day, in two and a half weeks you’d be in Chicago.

To get over a cold takes about two and a half weeks.

Usually the World Series takes about two and a half weeks to complete. (Sorry Royals fans this is the Tigers year to experience those two and a half fun filled weeks!!!)

To get a letter via “snail mail” from Lenexa, Kansas to missionary Rod Green in Amman, Jordan would take two and a half weeks.

To paint my house might take two and a half weeks. (It would take me a week and half to paint it, and it would take a week for a real painter to repaint it right.)

Darrel and June and Hannah equal two and a half Weeks. (Actually that’s three Weeks-- the whole family equals six Weeks! For you non-Centralites, the Weeks family is one of Central’s finest. June is our church librarian and does a great job. Have you checked out the library lately?)

The difference between a good haircut and a bad one is about two and a half weeks.

I wonder if the Jayhawks will still be playing in two and a half weeks. (Anyone remember Bucknell?)

In a dog’s life, two and a half weeks is like seventeen and a half people weeks. Woof. Woof.

For me to run a marathon, it would take two and a half weeks (and two and a half gallons of Ben Gay).

Two and one half weeks. In just two and a half weeks, God could completely and totally transform our world.

Look at what is happening in the next two and a half weeks…

• 52 Centralites will be in El Salvador by the end of next week. 52 people constructing buildings, leading VBS’s, organizing dental clinics, participating in medical clinics, painting and cleaning and worshipping and evangelizing and praying. 52 people trying to do as Jesus commanded to “go into all the world….”
• Our Spanish Service will have it’s official launch on Easter (although it actually began “unofficially” last Sunday)
• A meeting to refocus and retool and revitalize our Men’s Ministry is this Sunday at 5 PM. all men interested in being a part of this are welcome to attend!
• Our Arabic Service continues after it also had a good start last weekend.
• Holy Week Services are one of the highlights of the year. I am excited about the Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday Services that are being planned. Each will be different. Each will be meaningful!
• Easter Sunday Services will be AWESOME! Have you invited someone yet? I heard of a survey that said 82% of unchurched people say they will come to church if a person they know invites them. 82%! That means your neighbors and co-workers and fellow students will more than likely attend an Easter service if you simply take the time and care enough to invite them. Will you invite them?

Just imagine—dream a little—think and pray how God can use all of these events for his glory and you’ll begin to feel the excitement that I do about the next two and a half weeks!

So Central Nazarene, please know it is vital, imperative, necessary, crucial, yes absolutely essential that all people who love the Lord and love Central are praying. The next couple of weeks could be the most important weeks in someone’s life… so pray! Pray like you’ve never prayed before. Pray that God will work. Pray that lives will be changed. Pray that God will give you the courage to invite a friend or neighbor to Easter Services. Pray that these next two and a half weeks will be some of the best weeks our church has ever experienced!