Long Hollow White House Campus Blog

It kind of feels like Beatle-mania right?  I mean David is coming to White House to do our first New Comers live!!!  AHHHH!!!  

Instead though we are going to push the New Comers in White House back to September 14th.  I had announced last week that we were going to have the class on the 17th but no, and the anticipation builds.  This way we will have a little more time to figure out who’s coming and let folks get a better taste of who we are.

Seriously though, if you are seeking membership at Long Hollow Baptist Church or want to learn more about what that entails, please let us know by calling the church office at 824-4006, signing up at a host desk this Sunday, or emailing me at ben.heile@longhollow.com.  For clarification, if you are a member of Long Hollow, you are a member at all three campuses because we are one church. Please don’t try and join again because you are coming with us to WH.  Keep me up to date with questions or comments with an email, call or letter. 

Much love,

Ben

…come right in and have some pizza.  Truly a day of firsts, yesterday was also our first youth service! 

The White House youth, along with a healthy dose of our Hendersonville faithful, met at the H. B. Williams Elementary school last night to officially begin our youth activities.  We had Lovingood himself come and give an excellent sermon on Peter getting out of the boat to meet Jesus on the water.  With his unique flair and discerning leadership, Jeff taught us that we have to have the faith to get out of the boat to meet our Lord.  The message hit me right between the eyes as I really needed to remember and be freshly encouraged to step up my efforts to follow our Lord.  It’s not about doing what Jeff, John, Travis, David, the Easter Bunny, Condoleezza Rice or anyone else says, it’s about following where the Lord has led us, and when we do, miracles happen.

I’m pumped about next week, to hear about what God has done with our students this first week of school and to see the miracles that resulted.  If you have or are a youth (in 6th-12th grade) come out next Sunday night at 6:30 and see what all is going on.  I know you will be blessed.

For any more info email me at ben.heile@longhollow.com. 

Ben

Yesterday we jumped!  We had been walking ever closer to this cliff for the last couple of months and yesterday was the official first day of the White House Campus!!!  Could we have asked for anything more from God?  To my knowledge, things went off without too many problems.  The services went fairly smoothly, set-up was faster than ever and we had so many guests!  Officially we had 314 people come into the auditorium across the two services and I’m still waiting to see how many kids we had.  Numbers don’t mean much till you consider that they are lives that were confronted with the gospel.  Then they jump off the page!  God is building His local church!

I don’t know of too many people who are more involved in the campus then myself, well because its my job.  I think White House all day every day and am at everything we do.  That being said, I have absolutely no idea how everything worked other than to give God all the glory.  I would love to attribute Sunday to all of the long hours of our volunteers, all of the faithfulness of our membership to invite people, the incredible gifting of David or even the jedi-like wisdom of our executive pastor Lance Taylor, but I can’t.  God did it and He gets all the glory.  I can’t wait to see what hapens next…

As always, and especially now that we are officially under way, please let me know if there is anything at all that we can work on, tweak, or explain.  The best way to do that is to email me at ben.heile@longhollow.com.

Your befuddled coordinator,

Ben

The first preview service is in the books!  Yesterday, we met and had the first of two weeks of preview services where we are trying to work out the kinks and get it started.  The sound was a little much (acoustic stuff we are trying to figure out) and the sermon blinked twice (that got my heart-rate going.  Can you imagine trying to finish a David Landrith sermon?) but on the whole, “him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,” did exactly that.  The children’s set looked amazing, the check-in went wondrously smooth, the preschool was very professional and well staffed, Dale Smith gave an Oscar-worthy performance as one of our story tellers, the host tables were staffed, the greeters were friendly, Mike Marlow ushered like a pro, an army of folks helped do set up the night before with minimal injuries, and all of this for the glory of His grace!!!

Next week will be a little different in that we are going to do the set-up that morning, we have to make ourselves do it someday and spending Saturday night setting up signs is going to get old really fast. 

Stepping back and looking at the whole where else would you want to be than right on the cutting edge of the work of God, be it in Hendersonville, Gallatin, White House, Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, or the end of the earth? 

Looking forward to the grace to come,

Ben Heile

Lots of questions surrounding the youth and when and where they are going to meet.  Let me clear some of that up while leaving some of it muddy.  The clear part:  We are going to launch the youth group when we launch the campus on August 10th, not before.  So the preview services won’t include a youth program that night.  The muddy part:  We aren’t 100% sure where the youth will meet yet.  There are some really promising possibilities, but nothing definitive.  Some cool stuff has come up though and rest assured, as per the amount of emphasis the youth get on the other campuses that they will be cared for with the excellence and ‘coolness’ that they get on the other two campuses.  God is so good!

Questions at ben.heile@longhollow.com

The official start times for the services have changed, we are now officially at 9:30 and 11:00, not 9:00 or 9:15.  6 Days till the preview service!!!

Ben Heile

The Holder Small Group (Which normally meets on Friday nights) will for one night only be meeting on this Saturday the 12th because of the prayer service on the 11th.  If you were intending to go on Friday, just go Saturday.  It will be at 7:00 and the Holders live over in Indian Ridge.  Contact me for any more info needed at Ben.Heile@longhollow.com.

Ben

As far as I can tell, the most frustrating thing about not having a regular meeting time yet is information dissemination.  I can’t see you so I can’t talk to you about what you might be wondering about.  I can’t see what’s bouncing around in the old brain box.  So lets try an FAQ.  Send me questions.  Your questions, your friends’ questions, your children’s questions, your youth questions, your service questions, your style questions, all of them.  I want to know what you wonder or even what you think others might be wondering.  Let me know, I’ll figure out the answer, and then I’ll post it.  Easy as ABC right?  Well I need the questions to post so send them to me along with any other comments or jokes at ben.heile@longhollow.com.  Thanks!

Ben

Well as we push harder and harder toward our launch date, I grow more and more jealous for each and every White House Campus person to be involved in a small group.  We just have to do it, it will be a fiery center of ministry and activity and I can’t overstate their importance.  So, I am going to list the few but excellent already established groups and let you start to move your way toward them.  PS. START A GROUP YOURSELF!!!  If you are even halfway close to thinking about leading a small group, call me, email me, shout my name as loud as possible from your living room and I’ll come running to see if it is a possibility.  I don’t want you to get the impression that we have anything other than sky high standards for our small group leaders, but the actual job is very doable and should not be intimidating in the least.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the most vital service role you can have here at Long Hollow White House is to lead a small group, no questions asked.  Okay, so here are the groups and times:

Wednesday Nights:Allen and Vicki Beckner which meet in Northwoods, White House

Thursday Nights:    Terry and Monica Alexander which meet in Cottontown

Friday Nights:            Matt and Kristy Holder which meet in Indian Ridge, White House

Sunday Nights:         Dale and Shirley Smith which meet in Orchard Park, White House

                                     Andy and Stephanie Cook which meet in Hilton Hills, White House

                                     Ben and Sheila Lay which meet in Millersville

                                     Troy and Deborah Donaldson in Fern Valley Rd, White House

TBD:                            Mark and Jennifer McLane which meet in Springfield

When you want to know more about these groups, like how to get there, contact info, just whatever, email me at ben.heile@longhollow.com and I will take care of it!  Thanks!

Ben

Alan has a message for all the prospective children’s folks:

Hi everyone. 

We are having a couple of Preschool & Children’s ministry kick off meetings upcoming this week.    If you haven’t thought about serving in the this area before, we invite you to come to one of these meetings to find out some of what’s in store for kids at the Long Hollow White House campus!  Feel free to pass pass this invite along to others interested in the WH Campus.  I can’t say I have a complete list at this point  and I apologize if you this information twice!  

What:  Talk about current plans and opportunities to serve in Children & Preschool ministries at the White House Campus!

When:  Tuesday July 1st, 7:30 PM  - Dessert is on us!  

Sunday July 6th -  4:45 PM - We will meet, have some food and fellowship.  Bring the family and a side dish with you….the pool will be open!

RSVP to:  Alan or Amy Tucker at 672-3311 or via e-mail at almost40@earthlink.net

Where:  317 Cherry Lane, Orchard Park Subdivision, White House

Directions

Coming from I-65, exit 108 & points west:  Head east on Hwy 76 and turn Right on Sage Road (Wendy’s is on the corner).  Follow Sage past the Crossroads Medical Group.  Further down, Sage will turn to the left (there is a sign indicating such).  Once you make that left turn, keep following Sage Road till you come to Cherry Lane on the left.  There is a big stone Orchard Park sign on the corner.   Take a left there and head down the street and up the hill.  Cherry makes a curve to the right.  We are at 317 which is on the left in the curve.

Coming from 31-W, points south of town:  Follow 31-w going north.  You will pass the WH Soccer field complex on the right.  Take a left on Sage (WH First Baptist and The Great Outdoors store are both on the right hand side where Sage meets 31-W.)  Cherry Lane is the first street on the right.  Take a right and head down the street and up the hill.  Cherry makes a curve to the right.  We are at 317 which is on the left in the curve.

Coming from 31-W points north:  Follow 31-W going south.  Take a Right on Sage Road (WH First Baptist and the Great Outdoors store will be on your left where Sage meets 31-W).  Cherry Lane is the first street on the right.  Take a right and head down the street and up the hill.  Cherry makes a curve to the right.  We are at 317 which is on the left in the curve.

Coming from Tyree Springs Road & WH High School:  Follow Tyree Springs to Raymond Hirsch Parkway (Traffic light –WHHS is on the corner at this intersection.  Take a Left onto Raymond Hirsch at the light if you are coming up Tyree Springs from Hendersonville area.  Take a Right if you coming from the other direction on Tyree.  Follow Raymond Hirsch to 1st Traffic light which is 31-W. (Dollar General Market is on this corner).  Take a Left on to 31-W heading south.  Take a Right on Sage Road (WH First Baptist Church and the Great Outdoors store are on the left where Sage meets 31-W).  Cherry Lane is the first street on the right.  Take a right and head down the street and up the hill.  Cherry makes a curve to the right.  We are at 317 which is on the left in the curve.

Enjoy this fantastic meeting and please come to instruct the next generation of White House believers.  As the title recalls, serving the children is a passion of our Lord.  Why wouldn’t we want to follow in His holy steps?  For motive, if my admonition isn’t enough, look into the eyes of this little boy…when you are finished, wipe the tears from your convicted eyes and get ready to clean up after children!  As always, direct any questions, queries or qualms to ben.heile@longhollow.com.

Ben