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Today the feel of the message is going to be noticeably different. It\\u2019s less \\u201cprophetic\\u201d and more pastoral. I have a shepherd\\u2019s heart and feel as directed to share this very practical information from God\\u2019s word as I did the strongly prophetic messages of the preceding weeks.

I want to talk to you today about the Sabbath.

Over the last few months we have been preparing to launch our Saturday night services. Part of that preparation has been researching other churches that have started Saturday nights and we have gathered some really good information. We had several of those churches tell us\\u2026 \\u201cDon\\u2019t do it! It will destroy the family lives of your pastors and staff and it will wear out your volunteers.\\u201d

Of the several churches that we talked too who have sustained a healthy Saturday night service and kept balance in their staff families and health with their volunteer ministry teams\\u2026the one key is understanding what God has to say about the Sabbath.

Let me say this\\u2026our goal for starting Saturday night services is not to grow a big a church. We want a healthy church. Our goal is to increase capacity, create movement, and seize opportunity.

Healthy living things grow and reproduce but not all growth is healthy. Growth is a natural byproduct of health but big is not the goal.

We said in the beginning we have a culture of \\u201ctry\\u201d and Northplace. We are going to \\u201ctry\\u201d this for a year and if its not working we can always going back to what we were already doing. I\\u2019m not worried about whether or not people will come to Saturday\\u2026I\\u2019m worried about us doing it in a healthy sustainable way. The difference in Saturday services working and not working will not be based on attendance but our ability to get this principle of the Sabbath and understand what God has to say about rest.