Greg Surratt

Seacoast Plays of the Week

Play #1 originated in the Student Ministries Department. Last weekend we had three of our campuses, Long Point, West and Summerville, attend this year's Elevation Retreat. They had a total of 270 people and one student said, "I have been to many Elevation Retreats and they have all been good, but if you take all the Elevations I have been to and times it by 10, then that is how good this one was."  Way to go Seacoast Student Ministries, you guys rock!

Play #2 came from Greensboro, NC with the grand opening of our Greensboro campus. Brett Thompson, campus pastor, led a great team of volunteers to make it a huge success.We had 256 people for the first service. Can’t wait to see what happens with this campus. Go God!

Play #3 was the "beta testing" of our internet campus.  More on that later...

It was a good week.

Governor Sanford, You Can Make A Difference

I had the privilege of speaking at the Prayer service for the Inauguration of Governor Mark Sanford on Wednesday, January 10.  Here are the notes from that service as well as some newspaper coverage from around the state.

Download 2007_governors_inauguration_prayer_service.pdf

Highs and Lows

This week I have experienced some of  life’s highs and one of life’s lowest low’s.

First the highs:

• Last weekend over 8,000 people experienced God at Seacoast Church!  What a great way to start the New Year.  Many of our campuses were full and overflowing.  For those at the Long Point campus, people were turned away from the main worship center at the 9:30 service.  We ran out of seats, worship guides and parking for both Sunday worship times.  Let’s work together to make sure that we don’t have to turn people away this weekend.  I’ll make sure we have more worship guides and additional seating will be available in the Chapel at 11:15 am beginning January 21st.

***Here is your part.  Can you commit to come to Saturday night at 6:15 or go to the Chapel or the Warehouse on Sunday if at all possible? Your commitment to this will help those who are new get a seat in the Worship Center.***

• We started our new series, “New & Improved”.  This is a verse by verse study of the book of Ephesians.  I’ve wanted to do this for a long time. I believe God is going to draw us into loving him more and appreciating each other better as we study this great book to the church.
• On Wednesday morning I had the privilege to speak at the prayer service preceding the inauguration of Governor Sanford.   I am honored to be asked…let’s not forget to pray for Mark and Jenny Sanford and their family as they lead our state government.

The low:

• Our family experienced the unexpected death of my son-in-law Ben Mayer’s father, Russ Mayer.  For Russ this was a home going as we know he was a Christ-follower.  Ben serves as an assisting pastor in the Summerville Campus.  Russ died in a plane crash not far from his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  As you can imagine, this week has been a trying time for our whole family.  The church has been great in expressing your love…please continue to pray for Ben and Jenny.