It’s a strategic location from the standpoint that the dream to begin a church in Acworth started from a house in Millington, TN.   We are going to be loaded down for the majority of the time we are here, but we’ve worked in a little R&R as well.  Very little

I absolutely love our team, the people at Freedom Church, and those whom we are striving to reach.  The next 6 months are going to be insane.  Scary actually.  Can’t wait to get back and fill you in…

One of my greatest passions as the Worship Pastor at Freedom Church is
songwriting. Singing original songs is part of the culture at
Freedom. God speaks His vision to Pastor JR for our church and our
city. It’s my job to create worship experiences that make that vision
come to life. Part of doing that is writing songs that speak the vision.

It’s easy to fill a set list with songs by Hillsong. They write
amazing songs that were birthed out of the vision of Hillsong Church
and for the people in Australia. We write songs that are birthed out
of the vision of Freedom Church and for the people in Acworth. Any
worship leader who can play chords and carry a tune can learn worship
songs written by other artists. To write songs for the vision of your
church means you take the vision God has spoken to your pastor and you
prayerfully get before God and allow Him to bring it to life through
song.

One way we make this happen on a consistent basis is by having weekly
song writing sessions. Tyler Orr (Worship Leader) and I sit
down and develop songs based on upcoming series ideas that God has
given our Pastor. As time goes on more originals will take over the set list. We are very
excited about going into the studio in September to do a full-length
album of all original songs. This album and all of the songs would not
exist apart from the vision of Freedom. Our songs are written so that
people far from God can experience life in Christ.

The problem was that since the Priests were to be a type of standard bearer – their willingness to bend the rules caused the people to have a distorted perception of God.  2nd rate giving (our gifts to God reflect our attitude toward Him) became the norm and ignoring the issue was much more convenient than confronting the problem.

God didn’t take this lightly…¹⁴ “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great King.”

If He didn’t take it lightly – than neither should we.  God deserves our best – so whatever your bringing – bring your best.  He is a Great King!

Several people accepted Christ yesterday – the week before the JESUS  series even begins.  God is up to something in Acworth, GA.  We are believing God for even bigger things over the course of the next 3 weeks.

1. I honor and defend my Pastor. I consider J.R. my best friend in the entire world.  Even cooler than that, I get the privilege to call him my Pastor.  I desire to honor him and protect him in every way. I don’t just do it because of the fact that it is expected, it’s something that I enjoy doing because I have a high respect for the office of Pastor and I want the very best for my friend. 
2. I empower our staff to accomplish what God has called them to do. It is my job to make sure they have the resources they need and hold them accountable to be the best they can be. 
3. I handle the details.  I do this so that J.R. can be free to dream.  I want him to be casting vision, leading the staff, and preparing messages.  I fly at 1000 ft. so that he can fly at 30,000 ft. He is one of the greatest visionary leaders that I have ever been around. I want him to continue to do what he does best!

We are 7 weeks into the incredible journey that is Freedom Church.  The best is yet to come!

Todd Lollis

Executive Pastor.

 It’s good for us to just get away for a few hours and concentrate on having a great time.  We are all pretty competitive so I am pumped to be able to see what kind of skills everyone has when it comes to bowling. 

Rumor has it that some of the wives can beat the husbands… If that is true, it will lead to a VERY fun night!

He is our Creative genius as well as Freedom Church’s MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR!  He brings a ton to the table on a weekly basis and I am pumped to have him on board!  Go to his site to check out some of the video’s that he has put together.  We haven’t done a ton yet – since we haven’t officially started, but they are still mucho bueno!

By the way, he also doubles as a pretty darn good wide receiver for our many football encounters!  Eric, you are amazing and this write up should be worth at least one PWCM at our next staff meeting!

After leaving there, we headed right next door to ESPN Zone for some video games, football, basketball, etc. Gotta love that!

We have an incredible team! People that are extremely talented and a ton of fun to hang with.

Thank you Eric, Todd and Joni, Blake and Emily, Justin and Dawn! Y’all are awesome