This week at our 5.30pm service, guest speaker Michael Harvey spoke on the transformative power of simple invitation.

Below you’ll find both video and audio versions of his message as well as a summary article with questions for small group discussion.

Michael Harvey is a UK author, speaker and coach who co-founded the ‘Back to Church Sunday’ annual event that over 40,000 churches worldwide have participated in. He came to us with Alpha Australia.

The Transformative Power of Invitation: Lessons from Michael Harvey's Story

In a moving sermon based on John 1:35-51, guest speaker Michael Harvey delves into the deep impact of a single invitation and how it can transform lives, relationships, and even communities. His message is rich with personal experiences and spiritual insights, offering a fresh perspective on what it means to become an “invitational church.” Harvey’s story is one marked by personal pain, resilience, and a profound sense of calling to draw people towards Christ, not through grand gestures, but through small, meaningful invitations.

Rejection and Redemption: The Pain of Disconnection

Harvey begins by sharing his own painful story of rejection. Born in Manchester to a young couple, Michael’s early life was filled with turbulence. His mother, pressured by her family, kept his birth and his father’s Jamaican heritage a secret. When his mother became pregnant again, she was forced to give the child up, and Michael’s father was driven away from their lives. This difficult beginning, marked by abandonment and feelings of disconnection, shaped Harvey’s sense of self for decades.

Throughout his life, Harvey wrestled with these feelings of rejection. Even small, everyday comments could trigger a sense of abandonment, reinforcing a perception of himself as an “orphaned” spirit. He lacked a father’s presence and struggled with his mother’s absence, feeling unseen and disconnected.

It was in the context of this brokenness that Harvey encountered God’s healing through invitations from others. His journey began when, at age eight, his mother insisted he accompany her to church. Later, his youth leader, Frank, invited him to participate in church activities, ultimately leading him to a life of faith. Harvey recalls these invitations as foundational moments, small steps that paved the way for God to work in his life.

God’s Invitation Through Disguises

One of the key themes Harvey explores is how God often reaches us through disguised encounters, using everyday people and interactions to reveal His love and grace. In his message, Harvey describes how God first approached him through his mother’s invitation to church, later through his youth leader Frank, and ultimately through a simple Bible verse that spoke directly to his orphaned spirit.

Harvey recalls a powerful moment in a church in Canada, where he was meant to preach on a different Bible passage than he expected. In a moment of panic, he opened to John 14 and read the words, “I will not leave you orphaned.” In that instant, Harvey was overwhelmed by the depth of God’s presence and care, recognising that God was meeting him personally through these words. This experience strengthened Harvey’s belief that God comes to us in disguise, often through the people we least expect, inviting us into a relationship with Him.

Key Values for an Invitational Church: Hunger, Dream, and Resolve

Harvey outlines three spiritual values essential for cultivating an invitational church: hunger, dream, and resolve. These values, he argues, create a foundation for engaging with others meaningfully and inviting them to experience the love of Christ.

1. Hunger: Harvey challenges believers to examine their hunger for seeing others come to faith. He cites Andrew, who, after spending just a few hours with Jesus, immediately sought out his brother, Simon, to share the news. Harvey suggests that Andrew’s instinct to invite reflects a deep spiritual hunger—a desire to see those he loves encounter Jesus. Harvey’s question to the congregation is simple yet profound: “How hungry are you to see people come to a living faith in Christ?”

2. Dream: Harvey believes that, as followers of Christ, we are called to dream and imagine a future where God’s kingdom is realised on earth. He sees imagination as a divine attribute, reminding us that we are created in the image of God, who envisioned creation itself. Harvey encourages believers to lead from a place of imagination and vision, rather than from memory or fear. He shares his dream of a million Christians inviting a million friends in one day, a vision that has driven him for over two decades.

3. Resolve: Finally, Harvey speaks about the necessity of resolve, especially in the face of discouragement. He reminds the audience that as soon as we share our dreams, there will often be people who doubt or dismiss them. This was true even for Jesus, whose mission was questioned by those who knew him as “Joseph’s son.” Harvey encourages Christians to remain resolute, holding onto their vision and calling despite opposition, trusting that God will work through their faithfulness.

The Three Guiding Principles for Invitation

In addition to these core values, Harvey offers three guiding principles for approaching invitation:

1. Success is in the Invitation: Harvey emphasises that success lies not in the outcome of an invitation but in the act of extending it. Drawing from 1 Corinthians, where Paul says, “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow,” Harvey encourages believers to leave the results to God. He reminds them that their role is to invite and trust God to do the rest.

2. Value Both the Inviter and the Invited: Harvey cautions against viewing evangelism as a one-sided task focused solely on the person being invited. He stresses the importance of valuing both the inviter and the invited, recognising that God is also at work in the heart of the one who extends the invitation. Harvey sees the act of inviting as a formative journey for the inviter, a process in which God shapes and grows them spiritually.

3. God Leads the Mission: Harvey closes by affirming that God is the ultimate leader of any mission, including the mission to invite others to faith. He reminds the congregation that Jesus himself said, “I must be about my Father’s business.” Harvey urges Christians to recognise that they are part of a larger, divinely guided mission, one in which they are simply participants in God’s work.

Practical Steps: A Spiritual Exercise in Invitation

To conclude, Harvey leads the congregation in a simple yet profound spiritual exercise, inviting them to ask God, “Is there someone you want me to connect with outside the church?” He encourages them to write down any names that come to mind or simply to place a question mark on a note if they feel uncertain. The exercise is a tangible way to practice the act of invitation and a reminder that God often places people on our hearts for a reason.

Through his message, Harvey underscores that being an invitational person or church is not about perfection or results. Instead, it’s about being willing to take small, courageous steps, trusting God to work through each invitation.

Small Group Discussion Questions

To further reflect on the themes of Harvey’s message, consider these questions in a small group setting:

1. Reflect on a time when you felt disconnected or rejected. How did God meet you in that experience?

2. In what ways have you seen God come to you “in disguise” through other people or circumstances?

3. What does “hunger” for others to know Christ mean to you? How would you rate your own spiritual hunger?

4. How can we cultivate a vision or dream for our church or community that reflects God’s love and hope?

5. What challenges or doubts have you encountered when sharing your faith or inviting others to church? How do you respond to those?

6. Why do you think God places as much importance on the inviter’s growth as on the person being invited? How has God shaped you through acts of invitation?

7. How does trusting God with the outcomes of our invitations affect the way we approach others?

8. Who might God be putting on your heart to invite or connect with this week? How can you take a step towards that invitation?

Personal Reflection Questions

For those wishing to engage with these themes on a personal level, consider reflecting on the following:

1. What steps can I take to deepen my “hunger” for others to experience Christ’s love?

2. How can I better discern and trust the opportunities God places in front of me to reach out to others?

Becoming an Invitational Church

Michael Harvey’s message is a powerful reminder of the impact a single invitation can have, not only on the person receiving it but also on the one who extends it. In sharing his own story, he demonstrates how God can use even the smallest steps to bring transformation and healing. By embracing the values of hunger, dream, and resolve, and by trusting God with the outcomes, believers can become part of a greater, divinely led mission to draw others towards Christ.

For Harvey, this journey is deeply personal, yet his message resonates broadly, reminding us all of the call to invite, connect, and be open to God’s work in our lives and communities. His story challenges us to become more than just welcoming, to be intentionally invitational, and to allow God to lead us in reaching out to a world in need. Through small acts of invitation, we participate in God’s transforming work, trusting that He is already at work in the lives of those around us.

Sermon Transcript

Introduction to John 1:35-51

If you've got your Bibles, you might want to open to John 1. We're going to look from verse 35, and I'm reading from the NIV.

"The next day John was there again"—this is John the Baptist—"with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God!’ When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, ‘What do you want?’ They said, ‘Rabbi’ (which means teacher), ‘where are you staying?’

‘Come,’ he replied, ‘and you will see.’ So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas’ (which, when translated, is Peter).

The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’

‘Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?’ Nathanael asked.

‘Come and see,’ said Philip.

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, ‘Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.’

‘How do you know me?’ Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, ‘I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.’

Then Nathanael declared, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.’

Jesus said, ‘You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see far greater things than that.’ He then added, ‘Very truly I tell you, you will see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.’"

Will you join me in welcoming Michael Harvey

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Michael: Well, it is great to be with you tonight. As you can probably tell, I don’t come from around these parts! I'm not sure if we’ll need any dual translation or anything like that. But don’t worry; I’ll be speaking English! I've been here for 10 days, and I still don’t know what’s going on in this country, but anyway, I’ll try my best to be as Australian as I possibly can.

A Story of Rejection and Redemption

The year was 1962, which, according to historical records, was the year before 1963. Who would've thought it? There were two young people who met and fell madly in love with one another in Manchester—one called Jackie and one called Oric. In those days, in the 1960s (I know for many of you that's practically prehistoric), young people used to go dancing. They didn’t have social media—hard to imagine, isn’t it? So they went dancing on the weekends. They would catch the bus and go to a place called Belle Vue.

After a few months of this, Jackie noticed some changes in her body. She realised she was pregnant. Interesting dancing, everybody. She knew this news would cause all sorts of difficulties. She knew her mum would go absolutely spare—completely lose it, blood pressure through the roof! So she decided to keep it a secret. As the weeks and months went on, she wore looser and looser clothes, until, as nature takes its course, she couldn’t keep the secret any longer. Sure enough, there were massive rows, massive arguments. But nature continued, and a child was born. Jackie’s mother then said, “The child is mine.”

Well, after a few weeks, Jackie and Oric resumed their Saturday evening dancing. A few months later, Jackie noticed some changes in her body again—pregnant once more. This time Jackie’s mother said, “We’re not having another one. Get rid of this child, and certainly get rid of that Jamaican boyfriend of yours.” What a choice for a 21-year-old to make.

As nature took its course, a second child was born. The day after, Dr Barnardo's children’s charity came and took the second child away. A few days later, the children’s father came to meet his children and his girlfriend. But the girlfriend and her mother refused him entry, and he walked away, not to be seen for 40 years.

I’m the first child in that story. All through my teenage years, my twenties, my thirties, and my forties (don’t make me go any further than that, everybody), I struggled with rejection and abandonment. People could say ordinary, everyday things to me, and it would trigger feelings of rejection and abandonment.

At the age of eight, my mum, who I’d never lived with (by the way, I was introduced tonight as Michael Harvey, but it’s not my real name; it’s a given name—my name was taken away), called for me one Sunday morning and said, “Would you like to come to church with me?” Well, actually, she didn’t ask quite like that; she said, “Get your coat, you’re coming.” That was as close to an invitation as it got.

Three years later, at the age of eleven, Frank, who was the youth leader of the church I’d been “invited” to, came to me and said, “Michael, if you start coming on a Sunday evening, you qualify for the church football team.” Football! I started coming on Sunday evenings. By the way, that’s proper football—I don’t know what’s going on over here with what you call football!

A few weeks later, Frank came to me and said, “On Friday we’ve got this thing called Bible Club. After Bible Club, we play table tennis.” Table tennis! So I started coming on Fridays. A few years later, Frank came to me again and said, “Michael, do you know that passage, that story we looked at tonight? Would you say something about it next week?” I said, “Me?” He said, “Yes, you.” Where would I be without those series of invitations? I’m not sure where exactly.

Those invitations continued in all sorts of ways. I remember when I was about nineteen, I’d failed all my exams, failed to get into university, and was unemployed for six months. I was helping Frank with the youth work and had a key to the church. One day, when no one else was around, I opened the church, went to the centre, and prostrated myself on the floor. I remember saying to the Lord, “Well, clearly, I can’t look after my life; you’re going to have to take it.” No flash of lightning, no roll of thunder or anything like that—but 24 hours later, I was at Frank’s house and said to him, “Have you got a book I can read?”

Frank looked at me and said, “Michael, you don’t read books!” I said, “I know, but have you got one I can read?” So he said, “What type of book do you want?” I replied, “I haven’t got a clue, something I’ll like.” He gave me The Lord of the Rings—a thousand pages. I read it in four days, and for the next 20 years, I read two books a week.

I went from not reading to reading! I started with fiction, then Christian books (I soon gave them up!), then moved into biography, science, and psychology. I just followed wherever my interest took me. I started seeing patterns emerge, things that were obvious to me but didn’t seem as clear to others. From those patterns, I started a business. Some 12 or 13 years later, that business was acquired by a financial services company in the City of London, and I ended up as a director of this big company. No one in my family had ever worked in business; no one had ever gone to church; no one had ever been to university. Suddenly, something new was emerging in my life.

At the age of 40, I was having coffee with the communications director for the Anglican Bishop of Manchester. She had this idea about a “Welcome Sunday”—not named yet, but later known as Back to Church Sunday—and she changed the course of my life by saying, “Michael, if I take the media side of this thing, would you look after the clergy?” Little did I know, I’d got the rough end of the stick on that deal! I was sent as an Anglican layperson to clergy chapter gatherings. Now, if you’re ever invited to one of those, don’t go! Not even clergy want to go to clergy chapter gatherings. I was sent to tell them about this idea, only to be told it would never, ever work in their congregations. But that was music to my ears because the businesses I’d started were about why things don’t work, not why they do.

Frank was so proud. He was proud that I would give up business to trot around the world talking about the importance of a single invitation. But in the midst of this, I received news that Frank had died suddenly. I had the sad and tragic privilege of carrying him physically back into church for the last time, as he had once carried me into church.

God Comes to Us in Disguise

Around six years ago, as I continued the work of encouraging Christians around the world not just to be welcoming but to be both welcoming and inviting, I realised it takes a brave person nowadays to walk into a church building alone. No longer can we afford to consider ourselves welcoming alone; we need to add the gift of invitation to our church life.

Six years ago, I was sitting in the front row of a church in Edmonton, Canada, at the end of a two-and-a-half-week tour of the northwest United States and Alberta, teaching about the importance of a single invitation. I had three sermons to give that day. I sat down on the front row, and to my horror, as I looked at the bulletin, I realised they’d printed the wrong Bible passage. Now, if you’re Anglican, you know that in traditional Anglican churches, they usually expect you to speak on the gospel passage. This was a nightmare—10 minutes before the service, and I was sweating bullets. I was panicking.

I looked at the Old Testament reading, and it said something like, “Pluck out the eye of the unbeliever.” I thought, “I can’t preach on that!”

But then I felt this calming presence, a calming voice saying, “Calm down, Michael. Calm down. Read the gospel again, read the gospel again.” And it was from John chapter 14. My eyes landed on verse 18, which said, “I will not leave you orphaned.”

Honestly, as soon as I read that, I couldn’t preach. The pain came right to the surface—“I will not leave you orphaned.” Here I was, thinking I was going to minister to those three congregations that day, and suddenly, God was ministering to me: I will not leave you orphaned. And that verse ends with, “I am coming to you.”

Don’t you think the Lord comes to us in disguise? I don’t know what your story is, but for me, he came disguised as a mum who knocked on the door and said, “Get your coat, you’re coming.” He came as a youth leader who said, “If you start coming on Sunday, you qualify for the church football team.” God comes for us in disguise. I will not leave you orphaned. I am coming to you.

You give life, you give hope, you bring light to the darkness. You restore every heart that is broken. It’s your breath in my lungs, so I pour out my praise to you only. Great are you, Lord.

Three Values for Becoming an Invitational Church

In the passage we read tonight, Andrew had just spent a few hours with Jesus, and it says, intriguingly, that the first thing Andrew did was… to release an album, form a worship band, and take it to the top of the Christian charts! Oh no, he didn’t do that, did he? Very naughty indeed for not doing that—he could have made a lot of money! No, the passage says the first thing Andrew did was to set up a social organisation to look after the poor. But no, he didn’t do that either, did he? Also, very naughty indeed!

What Andrew actually did—the very first thing—was he went to invite. He went to invite. He had just spent a few hours with Jesus, and his immediate reaction was to invite his brother. And I wonder whether, when we think about those early moments in Genesis and that age-old question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” don’t you feel that question still echoes down through the generations? Am I my brother’s keeper? Who is my neighbour?

And it’s the same today—Who is my neighbour? Am I my brother’s keeper? Look what happens in this passage. As soon as Andrew invites his brother, Simon comes to Jesus, and Jesus says, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas.”

I love that: You are, but you will be. You are, but you will be. I don’t think we are simply “human beings”; I think we are “human becomings”—becoming who we are meant to be in Christ. And as we grow in our relationship with the Lord, we become; it’s like the Word becomes flesh and dwells among us.

So, around the world, I’ve been trying to shift the church’s mindset slightly, so we can become an invitational people. There are three key ways to think if we want to become an invitational person or an invitational church.

Success Is Just the Invitation

Do you hear that? Success is just the invitation or the connection—leave the result to God. Now, listen, we really struggle with this, don’t we? We can’t possibly leave the result to God. If we get a “yes,” we’re like a dog with three tails, over the moon: “Got a yes! Got a yes!” But if we get a “no,” that’s the end of our invitational career for the next three decades. Is there any chance of just leaving the result to God?

Even Paul said, “I, Paul, planted a few invitations, a few God conversations; Apollos came along and watered, but it’s God—it’s God who gives the increase.” So success is just the invitation. Feel the weight lifting from your shoulders—it’s just the invitation. You are not responsible for someone else’s response.

We Need to Value Both the Inviter and the Invited

Secondly, we need to be as interested in the inviter—that’s you—as well as the invited person. We need to care as much about you, the one going out to invite, as we do about the person being invited. I think we’ve made a pig’s ear of evangelism and mission in our generation—an absolute pig’s ear! We think evangelism is only for the person who isn’t “in” yet. That’s ridiculous. And we made it even worse by saying evangelism is only for the confident.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but our Bible stories show us that God doesn’t call the confident. He calls people who don’t think they can do it because God is going to do something in the journey—in the missional journey, we are formed. So it’s essential that we encourage and strengthen one another as we go on this mission journey. And I’m so sorry if it’s just a short-term mission trip that you can’t book a Qantas flight for—or another airline, by the way! Sometimes it’s just a walk across the road to a friend or neighbour you might not even want to visit. I apologise on behalf of the Lord if he gives you the wrong person to invite!

But we must be as interested in what God is doing in you as well as through you. Again, we’ve made a pig’s ear of evangelism by treating it like an optional extra, rather than an essential part of our formation. That’s wrong—absolutely wrong.

God Leads the Mission

And then the third way to think is that—brace yourselves here, everyone, defibrillators are available somewhere if needed—God is leading mission. It’s a shock, isn’t it? Oh my goodness, God is leading mission. Mission is God’s! Even Jesus said, “I need to be about my Father’s business.” Therefore, if Jesus needed to be about his Father’s business, so do we.

So, success is just the invitation. Be as interested in the inviter—that’s you—as well as the invited. And remember that God is leading the mission.

Now, this is all well and good, isn’t it? It’s all lovely, marvellous, etc. But someone once said to me that introducing your friend to church is a bit like a boy taking his girlfriend home to meet his parents for the first time. My son, Ben, at the age of 16, started going out with Emily. After a few weeks of this, I approached his mother—my wife, of course—and said, “Don’t you think it’s time we met Emily?”

Well, negotiations of international proportions took place.

After a couple of days, Ben came to me and said, “Dad, Dad, Emily’s coming on Tuesday… behave!” And before we start doing any of this inviting stuff, don’t we sometimes feel like we need to go around saying, “Behave… behave!” In fact, maybe even stay away on that day! This whole thing is fraught with all sorts of difficulties.

But in this passage, I think we see three spiritual values that are crucial in becoming an invitational person or an invitational church. In verse 37, it says, the two disciples followed Jesus. They had hunger. They had hunger! I mean, would you believe it? There were people who met Jesus and never followed him. What a shocker! People who met Jesus but didn’t follow him. But these two did. They had hunger; they gave up material things to gain invisible things. They had hunger. So, how hungry are you to see people won for Christ? How deep is your hunger to see people come to a living faith in the Lord Jesus Christ? That’s the first value here: hunger. So, how deep is yours?

Dream: Seeing God's Future

Secondly, in verse 50, it says, you shall see greater things than this. So, if you need to have hunger, I think you also need to dream. You’ve got to dream—you’ve got to see. I think imagination is an attribute of God. When God says, “Let there be…” and we are made in his image, it shows that dreaming and envisioning are essential. I believe we should be leading from our imagination, not from our memory. We venerate the past and honour what God has done, but we must draw from God’s future and lead from our imagination.

Nowadays, if we were building a new church, we’d bring in an architect. The architect would ask us what we’d like the church to look like, then go away and draw it—maybe even make a model so we could visualise it. We know the church is not just a building, so we need spiritual architects—people who can see what the future might look like and the generations of congregations that will worship through this church. My dream—the reason I’m here today—is to see a million Christians inviting a million friends in one day. That’s my dream, and I’ve been at it for 20 years. Now you know why it’s so important to me personally.

Resolve: Responding to God's Call

So we need resolve—hunger, dream, resolve. Even Jesus had to do this. He set out his mission statement to proclaim freedom and set captives free, and then sat down. At that moment, everyone should have stood up and applauded. But instead, they said, “Hang on a minute—isn’t this Joseph’s son?” As soon as we share our dreams, someone is likely to come along and burst our balloon. That’s why we need to keep that hunger, maintain the dream, and have the resolve to see it through.

Hunger, dream, resolve.

I will not leave you orphaned. I am coming to you.

Do you know, there’s another 8-year-old boy out there, just waiting for an invitation? There’s a 21-year-old young woman in difficulty, waiting for an invitation. There’s a man who’s been rejected by his family because of his background, just waiting for an invitation. And it doesn’t matter what the result of that invitation will be; it doesn’t even matter if their parents are still around. In many respects, we’re all disconnected from the Father in some way; we all carry this orphan spirit. He is coming for us, and he often comes disguised—just like you and me.

A Spiritual Exercise in Invitation

And so, as I close, we’re going to do a spiritual exercise. As I travel, I try to help churches become invitational by leading them through a simple exercise. In a few moments, I’m going to pray 14 words. Now, I apologise—it’s only 14 words, so it might not seem like much! But I’m going to pray these 14 words first at a regular pace, and then a second time slowly, one or two words at a time. As I pray, I’ll ask you to close your eyes, bow your heads, and consider these words. After the second prayer, we’ll have a time of silence—not too short, not too long, but enough to let the words settle in our hearts.

If you’ll close your eyes and bow your heads, let’s pray:

Lord, today, is there someone you want me to connect with outside the church?

Lord, today, is there someone you want me to connect with outside the church?

Amen.

Now, if the Lord has brought a person or a few people to mind, that’s wonderful. And here’s the thing about this exercise: you might not be completely certain about who it is. There’s always going to be a faith element to it—a name might flash through your mind, or maybe more than one. But if the Lord has brought someone to mind, that’s lovely. And if he hasn’t brought anyone to mind yet, that’s also fine. We only want to respond to the nudging and prompting of the Lord.

Now, I have a small exercise for you. The worship band is going to come back up—this is your warning! At the foot of the cross, over there and over there, you’ll see Post-it notes and pens. When the worship band begins, if you have a name of someone in mind, I’d love for you to go and write their first name or initials on a Post-it note. If you don’t have a name yet, I’d like you to put a question mark on the Post-it note. It might be that while you’re at the school gate on Tuesday, or shopping on Wednesday, or in the neighbourhood on Thursday, a name will pop into your mind, and you’ll think, “No, no, not that person! Give me someone else!” The question mark is there as a reminder to keep our hearts open to whoever the Lord may bring to mind.

Now, I know the leadership team here doesn’t know I’m about to say this, but I discovered earlier that these Post-it notes don’t stick well to the cross! So I’m going to take matters into my own hands and ask you to stick them onto the frame around the drum kit. If you can, try to make a cross shape out of the Post-it notes around the drum cage—down and across. It might get a bit chaotic, but that’s okay.

As the worship band begins, come forward if you feel led, and place the name or question mark on the Post-it note.

Amen.